No F-Word at WSOP

[BruinEric]

A little vid over at cardplayer.com about the WSOP rule. In short, if you say the F-word at the table, the floorperson can issue you a 10 minute suspension.

http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_videos/

[lonn19]

I think these no cursing rules casinos are starting to implement are ridiculous. The game is played by adults and often gets emotional.

[mlagoo]

i may as well get the obvious post out of the way


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[burningyen]

OK, instead, when someone puts a bad beat on me, I'll just say, "JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!"

[Daliman]

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OK, instead, when someone puts a bad beat on me, I'll just say, "JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!"

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Not a problem, if bad bat KO's you, F-bomb all you like.

What are they going to do, have you sit out longer while on the rail?

[Indiana]

Absolutely ridiculous. I was called down for this a lot last year at various casinos in vegas. Its clearly a stupid double standard. Think about it, there are tons of guys lining the strip handing out porn ads where <18 aged kids are but we cannot cuss in a pokerroom that only allows >=18 aged people??? Boy vegas is weird...

Indiana

[nsdjoe]

Read a hilarious article a month or two ago... Another casino had implemented the same rule, with several casualties during the day. When one player finally got eliminated, he stands up and shouts 'CAN I SAY F--- NOW?!'

[MicroBob]

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Absolutely ridiculous. I was called down for this a lot last year at various casinos in vegas.

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I think it's more ridiculous to get called for it just one time and then keep on doing it.
Do you have some emotional control issues or something?
Being told once that this is not allowed should be enough.
If you really can't control yourself from doing this after just one warning then you probably don't have the discipline to play winning poker either.



FWIW - I like the rule and hope I get to enforce it against as many of my opponents as possible.
I also don't think all of the dancing and taunting of the Matusow-type variety should be tolerated either and anyone who does this should receive a time-out also.
If I feel it's over-the-line then I'll call the floor-person over for them too if I think that having that person miss 10 minutes or more will be an advantage for me (if they are tilting away and I WANT them at the table then I won't try to get a time-out for them of course).

[niin]

I think it should have some context. If I say "Hey, you over there with the stupid hat, you're a [censored] idiot", then that should get a penalty. If I say "Man, I'm [censored] tired", that should be overlooked.

Just banning a 'word' is stupid. Context is everything.

[whiskeytown]

in a room full of adults who can act their age, this rule isn't necessary. I believe at WSOP, however, the average maturity age is about 10

Given the way people have been acting on tv the last couple yrs, it's actually not the worst rule in the world -

RB