Atlassino Academy · First visit · Lesson 5
Joining a table: the unwritten rules
When your bet can go down at a casino table, what a seat asks of you, whose decisions count at your spot, and which table rules are written down.
Nobody has ever shown you how to sit down at a casino table. Almost nobody is ever shown. This lesson is the minute before you sit, and what the rules ask of you in it.
Before we start: every seat at a blackjack table is taken, and you would like to play. What can you do? Nothing is scored; the answer comes at the end.
The short answer
Sit down whenever you like; the bet waits. Bets go down before any card is dealt, and once the round has started a bet cannot be added to, cut or taken back. The decisions at your spot are yours, and nobody else may make them for you. At roulette nothing moves after “no más apuestas”, and at the poker table the phone stays out of use.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
People think the hard part of a first table is the game. It is not. The hard part is the minute before you sit, and almost none of it is unwritten: it sits in the rulebooks published for the casinos.
Taking a seat
At a blackjack table you can sit down at any moment; it is the bet that waits. Under the rules Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) publishes, the dealer invites the bets before any card is dealt, so a bet goes down in the gap before the next round.
- The table
- 7 betting spots, numbered from the dealer’s left
- Your seat
- you are still standing
- Taken
- spots 1, 2, 5 and 6
- Open
- spots 3, 4 and 7
- The round
- the dealer has started dealing
- Cards come from
- a shoe beside the dealer
The round has started and the first cards are out. Spot 4 is open, and a bet on it waits for the next round.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Sit down when you are ready, not when the dealer is halfway round the table. Nobody minds a player who waits for the next round: that is how the rules are written.
Your spot, your decisions
Once your bet is down, the rules settle two things: what you may still do with it, and whose word counts at your spot.
- Your hand — yours to decideHow much to bet, whether to take a card, double, insure or split: the decisions at a spot are strictly the player’s own.
- Somebody else’s decision — not theirs to makePlayers may not interfere in another player’s decision — to stand, split, double, insure or surrender — and no player may play another player’s hand.
- Your bet, once it is down — changed only as the rules provideNo bet may be raised, lowered or taken back other than in the ways the rulebook provides: doubling, splitting, insurance.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
The player at the next spot will tell you what they would do. You can listen, nod and do whatever you meant to do: under these rules their opinion has no weight at all.
At the roulette table
Roulette has a track of its own. Two rules are worth knowing before your first spin.
- The call closes the table. Once the dealer calls “no más apuestas”, no bet may be made, and none already down may be taken back or changed.
- Your bet is yours to watch. The player keeps an eye on the bet, checks that it is playing on the option chosen, and corrects any mistake in good time.
- The table
- a corner of the roulette layout, eighteen numbers of it drawn here
- The ball has landed
- on one number, marked darker
- The dolly
- standing on that number
- Your colour chips
- one stack on a number
- The round
- the dealer is paying the table
The ball has landed, and the dolly stands on the number.
In the poker room
The poker room has a track of its own too. What the published rules ask of a player at a poker table, in order:
- Your phoneNot used at the table: communication devices such as phones and radios are not allowed there.
- A breakIf you need to get up, your seat is kept for 15 minutes, once the floor supervisor has been told.
- The table
- 9 seats
- The button
- seat 1
- Small blind
- seat 2
- Big blind
- seat 3
- The seat offered to you
- seat 6
- The hand
- a game is under way
The button (the disc that marks which poker seat is dealing this hand; it moves one seat on every hand) marks which seat is dealing this hand, and the two blinds (the two forced bets that start a poker hand, and the two amounts a game is named by) sit to its left. Seat 6 is free.
Who has the last word
And where the rules leave a doubt, the floor staff answer it. Under the poker rules of the catalogue Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) publishes, any disagreement about how the rules are to be read goes to the table supervisor or the section supervisor.
Practice: your first minute
A moment at a table, three answers, and after each answer the rule it rests on, with its publisher named above the scene. Level 1 is a blackjack table, and every moment says whose rule it is; level 2 is a signpost to roulette and the poker room, and is not scored.
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Level 1 · At a blackjack table
Blackjack · rule published by Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ)
- The table
- 7 betting spots, numbered from the dealer’s left
- Your seat
- you are still standing
- Taken
- spots 1, 2, 5 and 6
- Open
- spots 3, 4 and 7
- The round
- the dealer has started dealing
- Cards come from
- a shoe beside the dealer
The dealer has started dealing, and spot 4 is open. When can your first bet go down?
The answer: Before the first card of the next round.
Sit down whenever you like; it is the bet that waits. No bet is accepted after the first card of a round has been drawn, so yours goes down in the gap before the next one.
Antes de que se distribuya carta alguna el croupier invita a los jugadores a apostar. Los jugadores hacen sus apuestas colocando el importe de las mismas en fichas en el punto de apuesta marcado en el paño.Free translation: Before any card is dealt, the dealer invites the players to bet. Players make their bets by placing the amount of them in chips on the betting spot marked on the layout.
Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void.
Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales · readLevel 2 · The other tables
Roulette · the same rule in two rulebooks
- The table
- a corner of the roulette layout, eighteen numbers of it drawn here
- The dolly
- off the table
- Your colour chips
- one stack on a number
- The round
- the dealer has called “no más apuestas”
The dealer has called “no más apuestas”, and you want to move your chips to the next number. Can you?
The answer: No: after the call no bet is placed, moved or taken back.
Once the dealer has called “no más apuestas”, no bet may be made, and no bet already on the table may be taken back or changed. Roulette has a track of its own; this is the one rule to know before your first spin.
hasta el momento en que el croupier, debido a que el movimiento de la bola se hace más lento y está a punto de caer dentro del disco, anuncie “no más apuestas”. Desde entonces, ninguna apuesta puede ser colocada sobre el paño.Free translation: until the moment when the dealer, because the movement of the ball is slowing down and it is about to fall into the wheel, announces "no more bets". From then on, no bet may be placed on the layout.
No puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, después del “no más apuestas”.Free translation: You may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase your bet, after "no more bets".
Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void.
Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana · readEs importante considerar que el jugador no puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, después del llamado “no más apuestas” del croupier.Free translation: It is important to consider that the player may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase their bet, after the dealer's call of "no more bets".
Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Funcionamiento de los juegos: Juegos de ruleta · read| The moment | What to do | Whose rule it is | The words it rests on |
|---|---|---|---|
| The dealer has started dealing, and spot 4 is open. When can your first bet go down? | Before the first card of the next round Sit down whenever you like; it is the bet that waits. No bet is accepted after the first card of a round has been drawn, so yours goes down in the gap before the next one. | Blackjack · rule published by Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) | Antes de que se distribuya carta alguna el croupier invita a los jugadores a apostar. Los jugadores hacen sus apuestas colocando el importe de las mismas en fichas en el punto de apuesta marcado en el paño.Free translation: Before any card is dealt, the dealer invites the players to bet. Players make their bets by placing the amount of them in chips on the betting spot marked on the layout. Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void. Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales · read |
| Your neighbour tells you to take another card. Whose decision is it? | Yours alone, and the advice counts for nothing Players may not interfere in another player’s decision — to stand, split, double, insure or surrender — and no player may play another player’s hand. Listening costs nothing; the decision stays at your spot. | Blackjack · rule published by Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) | Un jugador no puede jugar la mano de otro.Free translation: A player may not play another player's hand. No pueden interferir en la decisión de otro jugador (plantarse, abrir, doblar, asegurarse o retirarse),Free translation: They may not interfere in another player's decision (to stand, open, double down, take insurance or fold), Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales · read |
| The cards are out, and you would like to take back half of your bet. Can you? | No: a bet changes only in the ways the rules provide, such as doubling or splitting No bet may be raised, lowered or taken back, other than in the ways the rulebook itself provides — doubling, splitting, insurance. | Blackjack · rule published by Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) | No puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, una vez que el croupier haya dado inicio al pase.Free translation: You may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase your bet, once the dealer has started the round. Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales · read |
| The dealer has called “no más apuestas”, and you want to move your chips to the next number. Can you? | No: after the call no bet is placed, moved or taken back Once the dealer has called “no más apuestas”, no bet may be made, and no bet already on the table may be taken back or changed. Roulette has a track of its own; this is the one rule to know before your first spin. | Roulette · the same rule in two rulebooks | hasta el momento en que el croupier, debido a que el movimiento de la bola se hace más lento y está a punto de caer dentro del disco, anuncie “no más apuestas”. Desde entonces, ninguna apuesta puede ser colocada sobre el paño.Free translation: until the moment when the dealer, because the movement of the ball is slowing down and it is about to fall into the wheel, announces "no more bets". From then on, no bet may be placed on the layout. No puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, después del “no más apuestas”.Free translation: You may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase your bet, after "no more bets". Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void. Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana · readEs importante considerar que el jugador no puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, después del llamado “no más apuestas” del croupier.Free translation: It is important to consider that the player may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase their bet, after the dealer's call of "no more bets". Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Funcionamiento de los juegos: Juegos de ruleta · read |
| Your chip looks as if it has slid onto the line next to the bet you chose. Whose job is it to notice? | Yours: watch the bet, and have it corrected before the call Among the player’s duties: to watch the bet and check that it stays on the option chosen, correcting any mistake at the right moment — which at roulette means before the call. | Roulette · rule published by Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) | Vigilar su apuesta y verificar que ésta quede jugando en la opción que él eligió, corrigiendo en el momento oportuno cualquier error que detecte.Free translation: Watch your bet and verify that it stays in play on the option that you chose, correcting at the right time any error you detect. Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana · read |
| Your phone rings during a hand. Under these rules? | Leave it: no phones at the table At the poker table the use of communication devices, such as phones and radios, is forbidden. Step away from the table to use one. The poker room has a track of its own. | Poker room · rule published by Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) | Se prohíbe el uso de dispositivos de comunicación en la mesa, tales como teléfonos y/o radios.Free translation: The use of communication devices at the table, such as telephones and/or radios, is prohibited. Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section III.3 Poker, 3.5.7 Texas Hold’em Poker (con y sin límites); 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.6 Resolución de conflictos · read |
| You need to get up for a while. Under these rules, how long is your seat kept? | Fifteen minutes, once the floor supervisor has been told A player who needs to get up from the table may do so with the seat kept for 15 minutes, after telling the floor supervisor. | Poker room · rule published by Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) | si un jugador requiere levantarse de la mesa, podrá hacerlo reservándole su puesto por un tiempo de 15 minutos, previa notificación al Jefe de Sala.Free translation: if a player needs to leave the table, they may do so, with their seat reserved for 15 minutes, after notifying the Jefe de Sala. Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Catálogo de Juegos que podrán desarrollarse en los casinos de juego (texto de marzo 2023) · section III.3 Poker, 3.5.7 Texas Hold’em Poker (con y sin límites); 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.6 Resolución de conflictos · read |
How the practice table works
Where the answers come from. Every answer comes from a published rule, quoted with its publisher and the date we read it.
One strip, no rounds. Every square on the strip is one moment of level 1; when they are full, level 2 begins by itself. Level 2 is not scored. Progress stays in this browser; nothing is sent anywhere.
Check yourself
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Five quick ones. Pick an answer, then check it. No timer, no points: just whether it stuck.
The question we opened with. Wait for a seat, and ask the dealer how this table works before a chip goes down.
Where to check this
18+ across Chile · Play responsibly · self-exclusion and the regulator are at the end of this page
Further reading
- Catálogo de Juegos (Black Jack) · Superintendencia de Casinos de JuegoThe regulator’s rules for blackjack: six decks, how the dealer plays, doubling, splitting, retiro and the seguro.
- Catálogo de Juegos (Ruleta francesa y americana) · Superintendencia de Casinos de JuegoThe regulator’s rules for the wheel tables: bets, colour chips, payouts and what a zero does to even-money bets.
- Funcionamiento de los juegos: Juegos de ruleta · Superintendencia de Casinos de JuegoThe regulator’s plain-language page on roulette: which wheels are allowed, the “no más apuestas” call and approved equipment.
- Catálogo de Juegos (Poker: Texas Hold’em) · Superintendencia de Casinos de JuegoThe regulator’s rules for Texas Hold’em in the room: signing up, the buy-in, blinds and button, the betting rounds, the showdown and the casino’s commission.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Decide your break before you sit down. At a blackjack table a seat means a bet on every round, so a break means giving the seat up — and that is a perfectly good moment to look at the clock and at what is left of your limit.
If it stops being fun
If gambling stops being fun, the SCJ self-exclusion applies in every casino in the country. Minimum entry age: 18 (age of majority under Law 19.221; Law 19.995 bars minors from gaming rooms). The casino may ask for an official ID. More on responsible gaming.
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How it’s worked out
Sources, numbers and hosts
Sources. Every rule on this page is quoted from the document that states it, in Spanish, with its publisher and the date we read it: the catalogue of games Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) publishes, one set of table rules for every casino in Chile, and the same regulator’s guide pages on how the games are played.
Numbers. There are none on this page: the rules it quotes are about when and how, not how much.
What this lesson does not cover. Buying chips and cashing out, the sign beside the table and the full rules of each game are subjects of their own. Where the course has a track on one of them, this page points at it and stops.
Hosts. Maya is an illustrated character. Her backstory, a former floor supervisor, is written for the course: she is not a real person and does not speak for any casino. The rules and numbers on this page come from the sources it cites, not from her experience.
No promise. Knowing how to join a table is not a reason to join one. Nothing on this page says an evening at a table is a good idea for you, and nothing here tells you how one would end.
When a bet goes down
Antes de que se distribuya carta alguna el croupier invita a los jugadores a apostar. Los jugadores hacen sus apuestas colocando el importe de las mismas en fichas en el punto de apuesta marcado en el paño.Free translation: Before any card is dealt, the dealer invites the players to bet. Players make their bets by placing the amount of them in chips on the betting spot marked on the layout.
Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Whose decision it is
Un jugador no puede jugar la mano de otro.Free translation: A player may not play another player's hand.
No pueden interferir en la decisión de otro jugador (plantarse, abrir, doblar, asegurarse o retirarse),Free translation: They may not interfere in another player's decision (to stand, open, double down, take insurance or fold),
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
After the call
hasta el momento en que el croupier, debido a que el movimiento de la bola se hace más lento y está a punto de caer dentro del disco, anuncie “no más apuestas”. Desde entonces, ninguna apuesta puede ser colocada sobre el paño.Free translation: until the moment when the dealer, because the movement of the ball is slowing down and it is about to fall into the wheel, announces "no more bets". From then on, no bet may be placed on the layout.
No puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, después del “no más apuestas”.Free translation: You may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase your bet, after "no more bets".
Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void.
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
Es importante considerar que el jugador no puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, después del llamado “no más apuestas” del croupier.Free translation: It is important to consider that the player may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase their bet, after the dealer's call of "no more bets".
Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Funcionamiento de los juegos: Juegos de ruleta · read
A break
si un jugador requiere levantarse de la mesa, podrá hacerlo reservándole su puesto por un tiempo de 15 minutos, previa notificación al Jefe de Sala.Free translation: if a player needs to leave the table, they may do so, with their seat reserved for 15 minutes, after notifying the Jefe de Sala.
Section III.3 Poker, 3.5.7 Texas Hold’em Poker (con y sin límites); 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.6 Resolución de conflictos
One player to a seat
Ningún jugador puede apostar en más de un lugar por pase, en consecuencia, no puede jugar más de una mano por pase.Free translation: No player may bet in more than one place per round and, consequently, may not play more than one hand per round.
Un jugador no puede jugar la mano de otro.Free translation: A player may not play another player's hand.
Los jugadores no pueden intercambiar o comunicar información relacionada con una mano del juego.Free translation: Players may not exchange or communicate information related to a hand of the game.
Section III.3 Poker, 3.5.7 Texas Hold’em Poker (con y sin límites); 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.6 Resolución de conflictos
When a bet goes down
Antes de que se distribuya carta alguna el croupier invita a los jugadores a apostar. Los jugadores hacen sus apuestas colocando el importe de las mismas en fichas en el punto de apuesta marcado en el paño.Free translation: Before any card is dealt, the dealer invites the players to bet. Players make their bets by placing the amount of them in chips on the betting spot marked on the layout.
Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Whose decision it is
Un jugador no puede jugar la mano de otro.Free translation: A player may not play another player's hand.
No pueden interferir en la decisión de otro jugador (plantarse, abrir, doblar, asegurarse o retirarse),Free translation: They may not interfere in another player's decision (to stand, open, double down, take insurance or fold),
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Nobody else decides your hand
Un jugador no puede jugar la mano de otro.Free translation: A player may not play another player's hand.
No pueden interferir en la decisión de otro jugador (plantarse, abrir, doblar, asegurarse o retirarse),Free translation: They may not interfere in another player's decision (to stand, open, double down, take insurance or fold),
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
Hands off the bet
No puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, una vez que el croupier haya dado inicio al pase.Free translation: You may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase your bet, once the dealer has started the round.
Section III.1 Black Jack (modalidad Black Jack o Veintiuno); I. Cuestiones generales
After the call
hasta el momento en que el croupier, debido a que el movimiento de la bola se hace más lento y está a punto de caer dentro del disco, anuncie “no más apuestas”. Desde entonces, ninguna apuesta puede ser colocada sobre el paño.Free translation: until the moment when the dealer, because the movement of the ball is slowing down and it is about to fall into the wheel, announces "no more bets". From then on, no bet may be placed on the layout.
No puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, después del “no más apuestas”.Free translation: You may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase your bet, after "no more bets".
Las apuestas rechazadas por el croupier, después del “no más apuestas”, no tendrán valor, cualquiera que sea su monto, quedando nulas.Free translation: Bets rejected by the dealer after "no more bets" shall have no value, whatever their amount, and are void.
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
Es importante considerar que el jugador no puede realizar más apuestas, ni retirar, disminuir o aumentar su apuesta, después del llamado “no más apuestas” del croupier.Free translation: It is important to consider that the player may not make further bets, nor withdraw, reduce or increase their bet, after the dealer's call of "no more bets".
Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego (SCJ) · Funcionamiento de los juegos: Juegos de ruleta · read
Watch your bet
Vigilar su apuesta y verificar que ésta quede jugando en la opción que él eligió, corrigiendo en el momento oportuno cualquier error que detecte.Free translation: Watch your bet and verify that it stays in play on the option that you chose, correcting at the right time any error you detect.
Section I. Cuestiones generales; II.1 Ruleta francesa; II.2 Ruleta americana
Phones
Se prohíbe el uso de dispositivos de comunicación en la mesa, tales como teléfonos y/o radios.Free translation: The use of communication devices at the table, such as telephones and/or radios, is prohibited.
Section III.3 Poker, 3.5.7 Texas Hold’em Poker (con y sin límites); 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.6 Resolución de conflictos
A break
si un jugador requiere levantarse de la mesa, podrá hacerlo reservándole su puesto por un tiempo de 15 minutos, previa notificación al Jefe de Sala.Free translation: if a player needs to leave the table, they may do so, with their seat reserved for 15 minutes, after notifying the Jefe de Sala.
Section III.3 Poker, 3.5.7 Texas Hold’em Poker (con y sin límites); 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.6 Resolución de conflictos
The button and the blinds
Apuesta Ciega Menor (Small Blind): Es una apuesta obligatoria en la ronda del Pocket o Pre-Flop equivalente a un 50% del valor de la Apuesta Ciega Mayor, que debe ser realizada por el primer jugador a la izquierda del Botón de Salida.Free translation: Small Blind: A mandatory bet in the Pocket or Pre-Flop round equal to 50% of the value of the Big Blind, which must be made by the first player to the left of the Dealer Button.
Apuesta Ciega Mayor (Big Blind): Es una apuesta obligatoria en la ronda del Pocket o Pre-Flop, que debe ser realizada por el jugador a la izquierda de quien realizó la “Apuesta Ciega Menor”.Free translation: Big Blind: A mandatory bet in the Pocket or Pre-Flop round, which must be made by the player to the left of the one who made the "Small Blind".
Section III.3 Poker, 3.5.7 Texas Hold’em Poker (con y sin límites); 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.6 Resolución de conflictos
Who to ask
En caso de cualquier discrepancia en la interpretación correcta de las reglas del juego, se debe consultar al jefe de mesa o al jefe de sección o quien cumple sus funciones.Free translation: In case of any discrepancy in the correct interpretation of the rules of the game, the table supervisor or the section supervisor, or whoever performs their duties, must be consulted.
Section III.3 Poker, 3.5.7 Texas Hold’em Poker (con y sin límites); 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.6 Resolución de conflictos