In our continuing look at the Tournament Director’s Association rules, we come to one of the more general rules, this one on Poker Etiquette.

TDA Rule #36: Etiquette Violations

“Repeated etiquette violations will result in penalties. Examples include unnecessarily touching other players cards or chips, delay of the game, and excessive chatter. Players are required to act in turn.”

Notice how general this rule has been written with examples. Like any public gathering, a poker tournament can have and will have unique situations. What might be a violation in one setting might simply be player’s having a good time in another. A lot of interpretation is left to the floor staff and tournament director in the area of poker etiquette.

Check out our Poker Forum and read a discussion of one particular very interesting etiquette ruling, where a final table player was disqualified from play.

-This is Beginner’s Poker Blog Post #129

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