Club 52 House Poker Rules
- Management reserves the right to make decisions in the spirit of fairness even if a strict interpretation of the rules may indicate a different ruling. Floor Person’s decision is final.
- Players are expected to treat staff and other players with respect. You may be asked to leave the poker game and or the club if you are negatively affecting the atmosphere in any way.
- Verbal or physical abuse will not be tolerated
- Players must protect their hands at all times
- One player to hand
- Cards must be kept visible
- Verbal declaration of action is binding.
- Players must act in turn. Acting out of turn may result in action being limited to that of action taken by the player before.
- Cards speak. At showdown, all cards must be turned face up to determine the value of a hand. In this case a verbal declaration is nonbinding
- The player is responsible for turning their hand over at the showdown. The last aggressor will show their hand first. If there is not a bet on the river, the first player to the left of the button will show first.
- No splashing the pot
- English only at the Poker table
- Use of cell phones is allowed however, texting or having a conversation whilst actively in a hand may result in a warning. After two (2) warnings the player’s hand may be declared as “dead”
- If a pot has been incorrectly awarded and mingled with chips that were not in the pot, management reserves the right to reconstruct the betting (using cameras if available) and award the pot to the rightful winner.
- In $2/$5 and higher No Limit games as well as $1/$2 Pot Limit games with $5 bring in. Only betting in amounts divisible by 5 will play.
- Players may leave their seats for a maximum of 30 minutes and must inform a Dealer or House person. If a player has zero chips or never played a hand, they have 10 minutes to return or management reserves the right to remove the player’s chips and open the seat to waiting players
- If a player returns to the same table within one hour of cashing out, their buy-in must be equal to the amount removed when leaving the table
- A game’s betting limit or type will not be changed unless approved by management.