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HomePokerTourney Poker Tournament Rule Book Updated to version 11

The 28 page HomePokerTourney Poker Tournament Rulebook includes the HomePokerTourney Tournament Rules, Robert's Rules of Poker (Version 6) (Condensed Hold'em version), How To Play Hold'em, How To Deal Hold'em, and several charts. This poker rule book is all you will ever need to play a Texas Hold'em poker tournament.
Poker Rule Book (full size): poker-rule-book-hpt-11-fullsize.pdf
Poker Rule Book (booklet): poker-rule-book-hpt-11-booklet.pdf

Robert’s Rules of Poker Updated to version 11

Sixty-two pages of general poker rules. This rule book is about as official as you get for poker.
HPT web page: Robert's Rules of Poker Version 11
Rule Book (full size): roberts-rules-of-poker-version-11-fullsize.pdf
Rule Book (booklet): roberts-rules-of-poker-version-11-booklet.pdf
Robert's web site: www.pokercoach.us

Robert's Rules of Poker for Home Games

These rules are only available from Robert's site. These are his standard sixty-two page rule book altered for home game play.

The Tournament Directors Association

The TDA is comprised of a group of poker room personnel from around the world whose objective is to draft a standardized set of rules for poker tournaments. The TDA meets annually to discuss the addition of new rules and to amend or eliminate current rules. The TDA forum is a great place to get answers to your poker rules questions from some of the most knowledgeable people in the industry. Here is a TDA Poker Rulebook ...
TDA 2007 Rule Book (full size): poker-rulebook-tda-fullsize.pdf
TDA 2007 Rule Book (booklet): poker-rulebook-tda.pdf

The World Series of Poker Rules

2007 Tournament Rules

HomePokerTourney Tournament Rules

Three pages of poker tournament rules that cover such things as the buyin, rebuy, payout, blinds busting out, seating and moving players. These rules are also included in the Poker Tournament Rulebook.
MS Word doc file in zip format: RulesTourney.zip
Tourney Rulebook (Full size): poker-rulebook-tourney.pdf
Tourney Rulebook (Booklet): poker-rulebooklet-tourney.pdf

HomePokerTourney Poker Sheets (Obsolete)

These are one-page help guides quoting Robert's Rules of Poker. Print them out and keep them handy during your game. these sheets have been made obsolete by the Poker Tournament Rulebook above. Please note that the rules contained in these sheets are old and obsolete.

Poker Rules

Caro & Cooke's Rules of Real Poker (Dead link Sept/07 and still dead June 08)
Lucky Chances Casino Rule Book Project (1999)
Rules of Poker by Chuck Ferry

Poker Rules Forums

CardPlayer Rules and Etiquette Forum
Casino Dealers Forum
TDA Forum

How to Play Poker Basic poker rules

Jerry Cooley The Rules of Poker

How to Deal Poker

CasinoDealers.net
Dealer Training.com

Other Poker Tournament Rules My competition!

Cheesey Poker
Dave's Guide to Poker Night
Dead Poker Society (includes league rules)
Mt. Dew Virus Tournament rules
The Home Game Poker rules
Waring Poker Tour rules

Casino Rules

Akwesasne Mohawk Casino
Hollywood Casino

Home Game Rules Various poker rules

Gambling-Poker.com
Home Poker.com
Jerry Cooley
Joker Poker
Mike's Poker Pages.com
Oresteen Home Rules for Poker
Pagat
Poker Phil's
U.S. Playing Card Company

House Rules

Mike's House Rules
Poker Phil's

Other Game Rules

Craps Pit
Pai Gow Rules
Online Baccarat Rules

Print hard copies of your rules and have them readily available when you play. I use Robert’s Rules of Poker in conjunction with my tournament rules. There is no "one" standard set of rules for poker ... Robert's Rules is about as "official" as you can get.

The most common problems you will encounter during your tourney are … dealer errors. The dealer forgets to burn a card and a player goes ballistic because “That was the card I needed to complete my straight. Like hell it doesn’t count!”. Other common dealer errors are cards exposed during the deal or dealing too few or too many cards to a player. Have a hard-copy of the rules nearby to avoid problems ... my rulebook might save your life some day!

Your tournament rules must establish how you will handle certain situations such as seating and moving of players and what to do when one of the blinds busts out (dead button rule vs. forward moving button rule). What happens when the 2nd and 3rd place finisher both bust out on the same hand? How long can you rebuy? Make sure you have pre-established rules in place before you start your tournament.

You must choose a Tournament Director (usually yourself) who will have final say concerning rules interpretations and decisions. Be fair, but firm. If your own chips are at stake, you should allow for an impartial third party to be appointed to make a decision.