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2007 WSOP Rules Amended

The rules for this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) have now been released, which contain 93 overall. There are quite a few exciting variations taking place in the 2007 WSOP tournament and some of the significant changes are as follows:

• The Modified F-Bomb Rule: Any player who directs any profane and/or abusive language at another player, dealer or tournament staff member or who makes any profane and/or abusive comments about another player, dealer or tournament staff member will be penalized in accordance with Rules No. 22 and/or 46. In particular, the use of the so-called "f-bomb" and "c-bomb" as well as derivatives of those and similarly offensive terms, will subject the offending player to penalties if they are directed at or refer to another player, dealer, staff member, patron or official of Harrah's or the WSOP.
• Repeated etiquette violations such as touching another player's cards or chips, delay of game and excessive chatter will result in penalties.
• Advertise any habit-forming drug, tobacco product, handgun or handgun ammunition.
• May not contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, profane, vulgar, repulsive or offensive, either in theme or in treatment or that describes or depicts repellently any internal bodily functions or symptomatic results of internal conditions, or refers to matters that are not considered socially acceptable topics.
• 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.
• 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.
• A player who wants to use a cellular phone must step away from the table. Any player on the cell phone or texting a messaging when the dealer delivers the first card from the deck will have a dead hand. No cell phones can be placed on a poker table