WSOP F-Bomb Rule

[slickpoppa]

Does anyone know if the no F-Bomb rule at the WSOP has actually been enforced?

[James Lang]

I have heard that it has been enforced this year. I think the player has to sit out 10 minutes. They had this rule at the wsop circuit too.

[lonn19]

Yea, I heard they enforced this rule in a tourney last week. The penalty is sitting out for ten minutes. I think this rule is absolutely ridiculous.

[TheMainEvent]

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I think this rule is absolutely ridiculous.

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Maybe. I really don't have any sympathy for someone with such a lack of self-control that they can't avoid being penalized though.

[sekrah]

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I think this rule is absolutely ridiculous.

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Maybe. I really don't have any sympathy for someone with such a lack of self-control that they can't avoid being penalized though.

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Agree with you.. I don't feel bad for a guy who gets slapped with that penalty.

[MicroBob]

My main problem with the rule is that I won't be sure when to try to call someone on it.
Otherwise, I have no problem with the rule itself.


some dealer may let a guy 'get away with it' and I'll have to decide if I want to try to get him out for 10 minutes.
If a guy does that then he's probably tilting a little and I might want to keep him at the table.
But I'm guessing that if I try to get it enforced on him then when he returns he will be tilting even worse.


In most situations, I think I will be happily notifying the floor ANY time someone drops an f-bomb.
Since I've never been to the WSOP before this is all subject to change based on my impression of the situation.

[jedi]

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I think this rule is absolutely ridiculous.

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Maybe. I really don't have any sympathy for someone with such a lack of self-control that they can't avoid being penalized though.

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IMO, the problem isn't the "F-word," it's the auto penalty associated with it, whereas there's no auto penalty for other "non-dirty words" used in berating someone, whether it be dealer or another player. If someone launches a quick 10 second tirade about the dealer's mother, but avoids using the F-word, chances are that he won't be penalized.

But if a player uses the F-word in an unantagonizing way, like "I'm so F-ing stupid," he'll get the penalty automatically.

[luvrhino]

Is there a "Seven Words You Can't Say at the WSoP" list somewhere? All i could find is Rule 38, which says:

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"Penalties WILL be invoked in cases of abuse, disruptive behavior, or similar incidents. All penalties will be issued in Harrah’s sole discretion."

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So i'm guessing this is a "I know it when i hear it" kind of deal?

I'm curious to know how creative i need to be in my profanity.

[hockey1]

This f-bomb rule was maybe the only instruction the dealer gave us before the tourney started.

[BAK]

I was told that they were enforcing it at the satellites as well as the tourneys and that one guy was blinded out of his sat during his 10 minute time out. But it could have been just an urban legend going around the satellite tables.