Universal Rules
A little bugbear of mine for a long time now, to the point where I bought a website 4 years ago to try and get an association to overcome this. At the same time APAT started (another story) now APAT stands or did stand for Amatuer Poker Association and Tour, and at the time I thought having 2 associations would do more harm than good. It transpired that as of yet no attempt to unify any rules has taken place and it just seems to be a Tour (a very good one too) but the association side doesn’t seem to exist as of yet, but am assured that they are on the case.
I am writing this today as a press release has just been doing the rounds. More of which later.
There are a number of rule books each basically the same but with some minor differences, add into the mix house rules and incompetent TD’s and it is just a recipe for disaster.
Most Home games operate using basic Robert Rules of Poker, And casinos going down the TDA, IPF, WPF and Caro and Cookes rules, all have their own merits, yet everywhere I know of, do not stick to the letter of the law, and most make silly little tweaks to individualise their own cardrooms.
Even DTD uses TDA rules but have not stuck to them rigidly. The confusing thing I find is that founder members are not just founder members of one set? The Matt Savages and Thomas Kremsners seem to be involved in more than one??
Well………… back to that press release. Marcel Luske (The Flying Dutchman) who is a stickler for the rules has started an organisation to try and unify the rules once again. The Press release can be seen here http://www.ukpokerlife.co.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5000.
The Federation Internationale de Poker Association (FIDPA), is set to be the next single set of Tournament rules, already the Bellagio are using these rules based on the TDA rules. But I just don’t get this paragraph……………?
The IP Rules consists of 80 technical rules, policies and procedures for tournament play, that reference and incorporate the latest version of the TDA’s 40 rules. The IP Rules provide a standardized set of tournament rules that are fully modifiable by a tournament director, tournament organizer or card room management. The IP Rules allow card rooms and tournaments to modify the rules in accordance to House Rules, State, Federal and Country Gaming Commission laws and regulations and/or the Tournament Director’s procedures and policies. All modifications made to the IP Rules will be provided to the players and will take precedence in that venue for the tournament.
Surely this paragraph reopens the individual cardrooms making their own house rules still, and therefore defeats the object.
Thoughts please, either in the comment box or on the thread provided after the press release.
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