New 2007 World Series of Poker Rules

Harrahs has released the new rules for the 2007 World Series of Poker. There are 93 listed. Some of the more notable rules are:

Rule 20, the Harrahs CYA Rule:

“20. Harrah’s is not responsible for injuries or losses arising or resulting from participation in the WSOP and is not liable for any acts or omissions by employees, whether negligent or willful, in the conduct of the WSOP, and is not liable in the event of any equipment or software malfunction. This includes, but is not limited to, any loss of any tournament chips players leave at playing tables during tournament play, except during authorized breaks.”

So if Harrah’s makes another mistake during a chip-up, you’re S.O.L.

The F-Bomb rule has been modified (Rule 27), so that penalties will incur if the F-bomb is directed at a player or staff; penalties MAY incur otherwise.

Rule 84 may make viewing this years series less interesting since you will see less gamesmanship of showing just a single hole card:

“84. At the end of a hand, if a player exposes one hole card, he or she must also show the other hole card if asked to do so by any player.”

The apparel rule has been a hot topic of discussion of late. It states that:

You can wear patches, or multiple patches; each patch must be no more than 6 square inches in size; patches can’t advertise any alcoholic beverages except for one’s made by Miller (rule 34(c)), can’t assist or promote illegal gambling (rule 34(d)); can’t advertise a dot.com gaming site that conducts business with US residents (rule 34(i)); and patches for dot net sites must have “.net” in as big type as the site name (rule 34(k)).

Warning to Mike “The Mouth” Matusow, excessive chatter can now be considered an ettiquette violation”

“Repeated etiquette violations such as touching another player’s cards or chips, delay of game and excessive chatter will result in penalties.”

And, finally, the “Who took away my Fossil” Rule:

“55. There will be no foreign objects on the table except for a maximum of one card cap. Card caps can be no larger than two (2) inches in diameter and no more than one-half (1/2) inch in depth.”

I’m just waiting for Harrah’s to come out with a tape measure to tell Greg Raymer that his fossil is too big or the 78 year old pround grandfather from Poughkeepsie that he can’t have the 4 pictures of his grandkids on the table.

You can see all the rules at the Harrahs World Series of Poker site.

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