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18. All players must leave their seat immediately after being eliminated from an event.

19. Showing cards from a live hand during the action injures the rights of other players still competing in an event, who wish to see contestants eliminated. A player may not show any cards during a deal (unless the event has only two remaining players). If a player deliberately shows a card, that hand may be ruled dead and the player penalized.

20. Inappropriate behavior like throwing cards that go off the table may be punished with a penalty such as being dealt out for a length of time. A severe infraction such as abusive or disruptive behavior may be punished by eviction from the tournament.

21. The deck is not changed on request. Decks change when the dealers change, unless there is a damaged card.
22. In all tournament games using a dealer button, the starting position of the button is determined by dealing for the high card.

23. The dealer button remains in position until the appropriate blinds are taken. Players must post all blinds every round. Because of this, the button may stay in front of the same player for two consecutive hands.

24. New players are dealt in immediately unless they sit down in the small blind or button position. In these two cases, they must wait until the button passes.

25. In heads-up play with two blinds, the small blind is on the button.

26. At stud, if a downcard on the initial hand is dealt faceup, a misdeal is called.

27. If a player announces the intent to rebuy before cards are dealt, that player is playing behind and is obligated to make the rebuy.

28. All hands will be turned faceup whenever a player is all-in and betting action is complete.

29. If two (or more) players go broke during the same hand, the player starting the hand with the larger amount of money finishes in the higher tournament place for point and cash awards.

30. Management is not required to rule on any private deals, side bets, or redistribution of the prize pool among finalists.

31. Private agreements by remaining players in an event regarding distribution of the prize pool are not condoned. (However, if such an agreement is made, the director has the option of ensuring that it is carried out by paying those amounts.) Any private agreement that excludes one or more active competitors is improper by definition.

32. A tournament event is expected to be played until completion. A private agreement that removes all prize money from being at stake in the competition is unethical.

33. Management retains the right to cancel any event, or alter it in a manner fair to the players.

Poker Tournaments Rules