New Rule Rant #12: Rethink the F-Bomb Rule

By: Poker Shrink – November 13, 2006

NEW RULE: Dumb Rules are simply Dumb Rules.

The F-Bomb Rule still does not work. I wrote a two part article about this last year but another year of “enforcement” has done nothing to change anyone’s minds about this. The rule does not create more civility at the tables, it does force players to change their favorite curse word and its does overly punish players who grew up in New Jersey but it remains a stupid rule.

We all know and we have all told the floor staff in dozens of card rooms, the rule should punish intent and not just a word. The enforcement also puts dealers in the position of being table monitors and its demeaning to them and not uniformly enforced, never was and never will be. Dump the rule, it was a bad idea, it remains a bad idea.

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Yes I did link to the mothership but their is a tachyon feedback wave within the link that will eventually destroy the entire universe, its called UIGEA.

Poker Shrink – November 13, 2006 – 7:23pm

didn't annie duke have some fun once calling amir vahedi or someone a "cucking funt"?

Dan Michalski – November 13, 2006 – 7:49pm

Oooh, Rule Amendment 12-A: Catfights between poker bloggers and writers should be a weekly occurrence:

http://www.billrini.com/2006/11/13/the-f-bomb-rule-and-misguided-pokerblogcom-writers/

Shoot, and I like both of these guys. Errrm, skip the "shoot" reference.

Wait, I've got it --- don't fruit the beer.

Haley – November 13, 2006 – 9:22pm

Haley, even though I should probably take personal offense at the term "misguided", that doesn't mean we should withhold any link that is of service to readers. Here's a clickable URL to Bill's post.

Dan Michalski – November 14, 2006 – 1:43am

I am properly abashed at my failure to provide proper HTML, and "misguided" is what people say about me on a good day. (Lucky you.)

I go ROFL now.

Haley – November 14, 2006 – 2:28am

The "F Word" is allowed and abused in the poker room at Saloon #10 in Deadwood. They also sell shirts with colorful expletives.

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rate and review brick and mortar poker rooms

girl poker tour – November 13, 2006 – 10:22pm

Now, now let's not be too hard on Bill; he has after all become an ex-patriot thanks to the UIGEA. Or as he calls it: My Own Private 22 Caliber to the Forehead.

Poker Shrink – November 14, 2006 – 3:08am