If things look like they might escalate, disengage and talk to the floor.
If a player or dealer makes a mistake or behaves poorly, you still need to behave with respect. The dealer's job is to keep the game running smoothly and to collect the rake. Treat the other players with respect and if you are the kind of person who treats service staff badly, then stick to home games.
Poker is a game, it is meant to be fun and losing is no excuse for forgetting one's manners. Always Respect the Dealer and Other Players For example, the 'forward motion' rule exists in many poker rooms, making explicit a ban on the form of angle shooting where players would push chips forward (but not fully into the middle) to get a reaction from the other players left to act. Another is announcing a raise as 'four' and waiting for a reaction from another player before deciding if you meant 'four hundred' or 'four thousand.'įrom time to time, the rules of poker are updated, putting these unwritten violations into ink.
Angle shooting is a term for any number of tricky behaviors that don't violate the exact word of the poker rulebook but do violate its spirit or take advantage of ambiguities within it.Īn example of angle shooting might include positioning your larger chips where they can't be seen by other players.
