Atlassino Academy · Poker in the room · Lesson 3
The poker room: list, buy-in, stakes, rake
Getting a seat in a poker room is a short path: your name with the Jefe de Mesa, the waiting list, the whole buy-in in chips, and a first hour that keeps to the national catalogue of games.
You walk into a poker room for the first time. What happens between the door and your first hand?
The short answer
A short path, and one set of rules for the whole country: the national catalogue of games. You sign up with the table supervisor, the Jefe de Mesa, who keeps a waiting list for the next free seat. The buy-in, one amount set by the casino and approved by the regulator, is bought in chips before you play, and the casino announces it in advance with the starting time. The seat is given at random. If the table has a minimum stay on its sign, it is never more than 45 minutes. Then comes a first hour with a few rules of its own: a short break is announced, your blinds are posted while you are away, and your chips stay in view and are yours alone.
- Signing upYour name with the Jefe de Mesa, and the waiting list.
- The buy-inThe whole amount in chips, before you play.
- The seatGiven at random; a new player in a blind posts it.
- The stayA minimum stay, if the sign sets one.
- The first hourBreaks, blinds while you are away, and your chips.
Every step here is a rule of the catalogue for Texas hold’em; the amounts, the stays and the commission of each room are on its signs.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
A poker room is the one room in a casino where you play the other people at the table, and the house only takes its commission. The first visit is mostly asking. I would rather you asked the Jefe de Mesa three times than guessed once.
Signing up, and the waiting list
A game of hold’em needs at least 2 players to start, and a table seats 10 at most. Everyone at the table plays against the other players, and the dealer runs the game and takes a percentage of the pots for the casino.
To play, you sign up beforehand with the Jefe de Mesa, who reserves you a seat. Players who are not seated at once go on a waiting list, in case a seat comes free, and the casino announces the buy-in and the starting time of its games in advance. The list is kept inside the gaming room, and the Jefe de Mesa keeps it in order. No player may sell a seat; a player can hand it on only to the first player on the list, and only if that player buys the leaving player’s chips.
A signed-up player has to be at the table when it opens; a player who is not loses the seat.
- Signing upWith the Jefe de Mesa, before the game.
- A full tableThe waiting list, for the next free seat.
- Buying a seatNot allowed.
- Late for the openingThe seat is lost.
The buy-in
A buy-in is the amount in chips you sit down with. The catalogue makes it one amount, set by the casino and approved by the regulator: each player buys chips for it, or brings chips that cover it, before starting to play, and nobody takes part without holding that amount in chips. The amounts of each game are shown in the gaming room, on the sign of each game.
An example table
- GameNo limit hold’em
- Blinds1 unit / 2 units
- Buy-in100 units
An example table, not any room’s stakes
An example table, not any room’s stakes and not a suggested stake. On a sign like this, the two numbers after the game are the blinds, the small one and then the big one, and the buy-in is the one amount of chips the table seats you with. Amounts are in betting units, not pesos: a unit can stand for any amount, and the arithmetic is the same at any scale.
Whether this buy-in is yours tonight was decided at home, before the room was in sight.
Two plans against the same buy-in: one that covers it, one under it.
Your plan: 100 units
The plan covers the buy-in of 100 units: this table fits tonight.
Your plan: 60 units
Under the buy-in of 100 units: this table is not for tonight’s plan.
The buy-in is what the table asks of everyone; the plan is what tonight gets. A buy-in past the plan is a table to pass by.
During the game, more chips can be bought only to make up the rest of the buy-in, and only once a hand is over. Adding to your chips or taking chips away while a game is being played is not allowed, and a player who takes chips off the table is taken to be leaving it. Chips cannot be bought to cover a bet in progress, only before a new hand. A player who runs out of chips in a round of betting waits for the hand to end before buying any.
The casino’s commission
The casino plays no hand: the players play one another, and the casino takes a commission from the pots. The commission is a percentage set by the casino and approved by the regulator, and the gaming room shows it on a sign.
- With limitsTaken from the pot at the end of the hand, from each pot on its own.
- Without limitsTaken at the end of the third round of betting, the turn, from each pot on its own.
- Before the flopNo commission, if the hand ends before the flop is dealt.
Paid in chips, the commission is rounded down to the smallest chip used at the table. Either way it comes out of the players’ own money.
The seat and the minimum stay
The seats are given at random under the Jefe de Mesa’s eye: before the first hand the dealer, or the Jefe de Mesa, gives each player one card, and the card decides the seat. A player who joins the table in the seat of the small or the big blind has to post that blind. How the blinds and the button move round, and who acts first, is lesson 7.2.
A casino may set a minimum stay at a table, of no more than 45 minutes, for as long as the players hold chips from their buy-in. Where it does, the Jefe de Mesa keeps it and tells each player the time from which that player may leave, and the room shows it among the conditions of play on the sign of the game.
Your first hour at the table
During a game the players stay in their seats. A player who has to get up may do so with the seat reserved for 15 minutes, after telling the Jefe de Sala; a player who gets up suddenly and without notice loses the seat. If an absent player is due a blind and has the chips for it, the Jefe de Mesa posts it with the absent player’s chips. A player who stops playing for more than three hands in a row may not keep a player’s seat, and the Jefe de Mesa asks that player to free it.
The chips in front of you stay in view of the other players on the table, and are never put away or given away. Chips in play may not be given, lent or used to pay debts, and players may not lend each other money. One player plays one hand: nobody bets in more than one place, plays another player’s hand, or passes on information about a hand. Communication devices such as phones and radios are not allowed at the table.
- A short breakTell the Jefe de Sala: 15 minutes.
- Leaving without a wordThe seat is lost.
- Lending chipsNot allowed.
- A question about the rulesAsk the Jefe de Mesa.
Where the rules of the game are in doubt, the Jefe de Mesa, or the section supervisor, is the one to ask. A break that does not cost you the seat is lesson 7.13.
Leoformer dealer · rules and maths
From the dealer’s side of the table, the new player who asked was never the trouble. The trouble was the one who guessed when it was their turn. A question costs the table a few seconds, and a guess can cost a hand.
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Decide the buy-in, and how many times you would buy in again, before you sign up. Once the cards come, a second buy-in is a decision made in the middle of an evening, and the plan you made at home is the calmer of the two.
When tonight’s buy-ins are spent, give the seat back: the next hand was never part of the plan.
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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Practice: from signing up to your first hand
One path, step by step. Level 1 covers signing up, the seat, the buy-in at an example table and the commission; level 2 is the first hour at the table: the opening, the minimum stay, a break, your blinds while you are away and your chips.
Nothing is bet here. The amounts belong to an example table, and every rule in a moment is a rule of the national catalogue of games.
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Level 1 · Signing up and the buy-in
A hold’em table
- Seatsall taken
- Youjust arrived
You arrive and every seat at the hold’em table is taken. What do you do?
- Stand behind a seat and take it when its player leaves A free seat goes by the waiting list, which the Jefe de Mesa keeps in order.
- Offer a player money for the seat No player may sell a seat.
- Sign up with the table supervisor, the Jefe de Mesa, and go on the waiting list for the next free seat Players sign up with the Jefe de Mesa beforehand, and a waiting list is kept for those not yet at the table, in case a seat comes free.
The list is kept inside the gaming room, and the Jefe de Mesa keeps it in order.
Every moment in the practice run is one step of the same path, from signing up to the first hand, and every answer comes from the national catalogue of games, or from the sign of the example table.
How the practice run works
Where the answers come from. Every right answer is a rule of the catalogue, or the sign of the example table, and every wrong answer is one named mistake: a seat bought or picked, a buy-in that is not covered, chips bought in the middle of a hand, a break without a word to the Jefe de Sala, chips lent to another player.
One strip, and no rounds. Every square on the strip is one moment of this lesson, and all of the squares are there from the start. Your first answer fills the square it belongs to; when the squares of one level are full, the next level begins by itself, with no button in between. Practising a moment you got wrong turns its cross into “fixed in practice” and does not change the count, because only first answers count.
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Check yourself
Mayaformer floor supervisor · manners, money and breaks
Three quick ones. Pick an answer, then check it. No timer, no points: just whether it stuck.
Back to the question we opened with. Between the door and the first hand come your name with the Jefe de Mesa, the buy-in in chips, a seat given at random and, if the sign sets one, a minimum stay. The rest of the first hour is a few rules: a break announced, blinds posted while you are away, and chips that stay in view.
Rooms, help and further reading
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Further reading
- 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.
How it’s worked out
Rules, numbers, sources and hosts
Where this happens. Every rule on this page is a rule of the national catalogue of games for Texas hold’em, with limits and without: signing up, the buy-in, the minimum stay, the commission and what players must and must not do at the table. A room may add house rules of its own; nothing here says more than the catalogue prints.
Numbers. The blinds, the buy-in and the plans of the example table are not any room’s stakes and not a suggested amount. The 45 minutes, the 15 minutes and the three hands are the catalogue’s own; the percentage of the commission and the amount of each buy-in are set by each casino and shown in its room, and we do not give them.
What the page leaves to the room. The catalogue does not say how the waiting list calls a player, how long a free seat is held for the next name, or how high the commission may be. Where a question is not in the catalogue, the Jefe de Mesa answers it.
What is deliberately absent. How the blinds, the button and the betting rounds work is lesson 7.2. The showdown and side pots are lesson 7.5. Tournament entries are lesson 7.11. A break and when to leave are lesson 7.13. Setting the limit for an evening is lesson 0.2.
Sources. Every claim on this page carries a button with the sentence it rests on, the publisher who wrote that sentence and the date we read it; the sentences are in Spanish, as the catalogue prints them.
Hosts. Maya and Leo are illustrated characters. Their backstories, a former floor supervisor and a former dealer, are written for the course: neither is a real person, and neither speaks for any casino. The rules and numbers on this page come from the sources it cites, not from their experience.
No promise. Poker in a room is played against the other players at the table, and the casino takes a commission from the pots. Knowing the path to a seat makes the first visit calmer; nothing on this page is a way to come out ahead, and nothing here says how an evening at a table would end.
Signing up and the waiting list
Las personas interesadas en participar deben inscribirse previamente con el Jefe de Mesa reservando un puesto para las partidas que se disponga realizarFree translation: Persons interested in taking part must first register with the Jefe de Mesa, reserving a seat for the games that are scheduled to be held
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
Así también debe generarse una lista de espera para los postulantes al juego que no estén inmediatamente incluidos en la mesa, ante la eventualidad que surjan puestos vacantes.Free translation: Likewise, a waiting list must be drawn up for applicants to play who are not immediately seated at the table, in case vacant seats arise.
el casino debe informar anticipadamente la compra inicial y la hora de inicio para las partidas que se disponga realizar.Free translation: the casino must announce in advance the initial buy-in and the start time for the games that are scheduled to be held.
Section 3.5.7.1 Requisitos, Inscripción, Compra Inicial; Comisión a favor del Casino; 3.6.2 Obligaciones del jugador; 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.5.5 Condiciones para la práctica del juego; VII Torneos de juego
The commission
La comisión es de un porcentaje establecido por el casino y aprobado por la Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego y deberá ser indicado en la sala de juego, a través de la señalización correspondiente.Free translation: The commission is a percentage set by the casino and approved by the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego, and must be displayed in the gaming room by means of the corresponding signage.
Para la modalidad de Texas Hold’em “con límites”, la comisión se aplica al monto de dinero correspondiente a las fichas acumuladas en el Pozo, al final del paseFree translation: For the "limit" Texas Hold’em variant, the commission is applied to the amount of money corresponding to the chips accumulated in the Pot at the end of the hand
Sin embargo, no se cobra en caso de que el juego se defina o termine antes de repartirse las cartas de la Ronda de Apuestas Flop.Free translation: However, it is not charged if the game is decided or ends before the cards of the Flop betting round are dealt.
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 short 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
si un jugador insiste en levantarse repentinamente y sin aviso de la mesa, éste pierde el puesto.Free translation: if a player insists on suddenly getting up from the table without notice, he loses his seat.
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Blinds while you are away
si el jugador se ausenta y le corresponde una de las apuestas obligatorias (blind), y si tiene el monto de fichas necesarias, el jefe de mesa debe hacer cumplir esa regla del juego, realizando la apuesta correspondiente con las fichas del jugador ausente.Free translation: if the player is absent and it is his turn to post one of the mandatory bets (blind), and if he has the necessary amount of chips, the jefe de mesa must enforce that rule of the game, placing the corresponding bet with the absent player's chips.
Section 3.5.7.1 Requisitos, Inscripción, Compra Inicial; Comisión a favor del Casino; 3.6.2 Obligaciones del jugador; 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.5.5 Condiciones para la práctica del juego; VII Torneos de juego
How many players one table needs
Para barajar o iniciar el juego se requiere la participación de dos (2) jugadores como mínimo.Free translation: To shuffle or start the game, the participation of at least two (2) players is required.
La cantidad máxima de jugadores para cada modalidad de Poker corresponde a la que se indica en el cuadro que se inserta a continuación:Free translation: The maximum number of players for each Poker variant is the one indicated in the table below:
Texas Hold’em Poker 10 jugadoresFree translation: Texas Hold’em Poker 10 players
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
Against the other players
los jugadores compiten entre ellos. Al croupier le corresponde la dirección del juego, así como el cobro de un porcentaje sobre el o los pozos para beneficio del casino, según las reglas del juego.Free translation: the players compete against each other. The dealer is responsible for running the game, as well as for collecting a percentage of the pot or pots for the benefit of the casino, according to the rules 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
Signing up and the waiting list
Las personas interesadas en participar deben inscribirse previamente con el Jefe de Mesa reservando un puesto para las partidas que se disponga realizarFree translation: Persons interested in taking part must first register with the Jefe de Mesa, reserving a seat for the games that are scheduled to be held
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
Así también debe generarse una lista de espera para los postulantes al juego que no estén inmediatamente incluidos en la mesa, ante la eventualidad que surjan puestos vacantes.Free translation: Likewise, a waiting list must be drawn up for applicants to play who are not immediately seated at the table, in case vacant seats arise.
el casino debe informar anticipadamente la compra inicial y la hora de inicio para las partidas que se disponga realizar.Free translation: the casino must announce in advance the initial buy-in and the start time for the games that are scheduled to be held.
Section 3.5.7.1 Requisitos, Inscripción, Compra Inicial; Comisión a favor del Casino; 3.6.2 Obligaciones del jugador; 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.5.5 Condiciones para la práctica del juego; VII Torneos de juego
A seat is not sold
Ningún jugador puede vender su puesto, pero sí puede cederlo al primer jugador de la lista de reservas, sólo si este último adquiere las fichas (Compra inicial) del cliente que cede el puesto.Free translation: No player may sell his seat, but he may give it up to the first player on the reservation list, only if the latter acquires the chips (initial buy-in) of the customer who gives up the seat.
La lista de reservas debe estar dentro de la sala de juegos y es responsabilidad del Jefe de Mesa hacer cumplir el orden de ésta.Free translation: The reservation list must be kept inside the gaming room, and it is the responsibility of the Jefe de Mesa to enforce its order.
Section 3.5.7.1 Requisitos, Inscripción, Compra Inicial; Comisión a favor del Casino; 3.6.2 Obligaciones del jugador; 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.5.5 Condiciones para la práctica del juego; VII Torneos de juego
At the opening
Los jugadores deben estar presentes en la apertura de la mesa. De no ser así, pierden su puesto.Free translation: Players must be present at the opening of the table. Otherwise, they lose their seat.
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The buy-in
Cada jugador debe realizar una compra de fichas o traer fichas por el monto que cubra la caja inicial (Buy in), antes de comenzar a jugar cuyo monto es definido por el casino y aprobado por la Superintendencia.Free translation: Before starting to play, each player must buy chips or bring chips for the amount that covers the initial stake (Buy in), which amount is defined by the casino and approved by the Superintendencia.
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
Para participar en las partidas, es obligatorio que el jugador disponga del referido monto en fichas.Free translation: To take part in the games, the player is required to have the aforementioned amount in chips.
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The amounts on the sign
Dichos montos deberán ser informados en las salas de juego, a través de la señalización correspondiente respecto de cada juego.Free translation: Those amounts must be posted in the gaming rooms, by means of the corresponding signage for each 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
Buying more chips
Cada jugador debe realizar una compra de fichas o traer fichas por el monto que cubra la caja inicial (Buy in), antes de comenzar a jugar cuyo monto es definido por el casino y aprobado por la Superintendencia.Free translation: Before starting to play, each player must buy chips or bring chips for the amount that covers the initial stake (Buy in), which amount is defined by the casino and approved by the Superintendencia.
las compras adicionales que los jugadores realicen sólo pueden ser por el monto correspondiente al saldo restante para completar el monto definido para la compra o caja inicial (Buy in) señalada.Free translation: additional purchases made by players may only be for the amount corresponding to the remaining balance needed to complete the amount defined for the purchase or initial stake (Buy in) indicated.
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
Your stack between hands
Está prohibido aumentar o disminuir la caja durante el desarrollo del juego. Sólo se puede aumentar una vez terminada la mano de un juego, por un mínimo de la caja establecida o el faltante para completar dicha cantidad.Free translation: It is prohibited to increase or decrease the stake while the game is in progress. It may only be increased once the hand of a game has ended, by at least the established stake or the shortfall needed to complete that amount.
En el caso que un jugador disminuya su caja durante la partida, se entenderá que hace abandono de la mesa.Free translation: If a player decreases his stake during the game, he shall be understood to have abandoned the table.
No se puede realizar una compra o caja inicial (Buy in) para cubrir una apuesta en curso, sino que sólo se puede hacer antes de iniciarse un nuevo pase.Free translation: A purchase or initial stake (Buy in) cannot be made to cover a bet in progress; it can only be made before a new deal begins.
Section 3.5.7.1 Requisitos, Inscripción, Compra Inicial; Comisión a favor del Casino; 3.6.2 Obligaciones del jugador; 3.6.3 Prohibiciones al jugador; I.5.5 Condiciones para la práctica del juego; VII Torneos de juego
No chips during a hand
Cuando un jugador quede sin fichas en alguna ronda de apuestas, no puede comprar fichas durante el transcurso de este pase, debiendo esperar hasta que culmine el mismo.Free translation: When a player runs out of chips in any betting round, he may not buy chips during the course of this hand and must wait until it ends.
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 commission
La comisión es de un porcentaje establecido por el casino y aprobado por la Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego y deberá ser indicado en la sala de juego, a través de la señalización correspondiente.Free translation: The commission is a percentage set by the casino and approved by the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego, and must be displayed in the gaming room by means of the corresponding signage.
Para la modalidad de Texas Hold’em “con límites”, la comisión se aplica al monto de dinero correspondiente a las fichas acumuladas en el Pozo, al final del paseFree translation: For the "limit" Texas Hold’em variant, the commission is applied to the amount of money corresponding to the chips accumulated in the Pot at the end of the hand
Sin embargo, no se cobra en caso de que el juego se defina o termine antes de repartirse las cartas de la Ronda de Apuestas Flop.Free translation: However, it is not charged if the game is decided or ends before the cards of the Flop betting round are dealt.
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 commission, pot by pot
La comisión es de un porcentaje establecido por el casino y aprobado por la Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego y deberá ser indicado en la sala de juego, a través de la señalización correspondiente.Free translation: The commission is a percentage set by the casino and approved by the Superintendencia de Casinos de Juego, and must be displayed in the gaming room by means of the corresponding signage.
Para la modalidad de Texas Hold’em “con límites”, la comisión se aplica al monto de dinero correspondiente a las fichas acumuladas en el Pozo, al final del paseFree translation: For the "limit" Texas Hold’em variant, the commission is applied to the amount of money corresponding to the chips accumulated in the Pot at the end of the hand
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
Para la variante “sin límites”, la comisión se cobra al término de la tercera ronda de apuestas (Turn), la que se aplica a cada uno de los pozos en forma individual.Free translation: For the "no limit" variant, the commission is charged at the end of the third round of betting (Turn), and is applied to each of the pots individually.
esta comisión no se cobra en caso de que el juego se defina o termine antes de repartirse las cartas de la Ronda de Apuestas Flop.Free translation: this commission is not charged if the game is decided or ends before the cards of the Flop betting round are dealt.
Para efectos del pago de la comisión en fichas, su monto deberá ser aproximado al valor más bajoFree translation: For the purposes of paying the commission in chips, its amount must be rounded to the nearest lower value
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Seats at random
cuya ubicación en la mesa será determinada en forma aleatoria y supervisada por el referido funcionarioFree translation: whose position at the table shall be determined randomly and supervised by the aforementioned official
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procede a sortear los puestos repartiendo una carta a cada uno de los jugadoresFree translation: proceeds to draw for seats by dealing one card to each of the players
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 new player in a blind seat
Si un jugador se integra a una mesa en la posición que le corresponde realizar la “Apuesta Ciega Menor” o la “Apuesta Ciega Mayor”, deberá asumir dicha apuesta.Free translation: If a player joins a table in the position that must post the "Small Blind" or the "Big Blind", he or she must assume that bet.
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A minimum stay
El casino podrá fijar un tiempo mínimo de permanencia de los jugadores en la mesa, el cual no podrá exceder de 45 minutosFree translation: The casino may set a minimum time for players to remain at the table, which may not exceed 45 minutes
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En caso que el casino establezca un tiempo mínimo de permanencia en el juego, éste será controlado por el jefe de mesas, quien indicará la hora a partir de la cual cada jugador podrá retirarse de la mesa.Free translation: If the casino sets a minimum time to remain in the game, it will be monitored by the jefe de mesas, who will indicate the time from which each player may leave the table.
las condiciones especiales para su práctica, adicionales a las establecidas en el plan de apuestas, y que se les haya autorizado establecer en este Catálogo, tales como el tiempo mínimo de permanencia de los jugadores en una mesa.Free translation: the special conditions for its practice, additional to those established in the betting plan, which they have been authorized to establish in this Catalogue, such as the minimum time players must remain at a table.
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A short 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.
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si un jugador insiste en levantarse repentinamente y sin aviso de la mesa, éste pierde el puesto.Free translation: if a player insists on suddenly getting up from the table without notice, he loses his seat.
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Blinds while you are away
si el jugador se ausenta y le corresponde una de las apuestas obligatorias (blind), y si tiene el monto de fichas necesarias, el jefe de mesa debe hacer cumplir esa regla del juego, realizando la apuesta correspondiente con las fichas del jugador ausente.Free translation: if the player is absent and it is his turn to post one of the mandatory bets (blind), and if he has the necessary amount of chips, the jefe de mesa must enforce that rule of the game, placing the corresponding bet with the absent player's chips.
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Sitting out
El jugador que no participa del juego o deja de participar por más de tres pases consecutivos, no puede ocupar los asientos destinados a los jugadores.Free translation: A player who does not take part in the game, or stops taking part for more than three consecutive deals, may not occupy the seats intended for players.
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Chips in plain view
Cada jugador debe tener sus fichas a la vista de los demás jugadores sobre la mesa, y en ningún momento puede guardarlas u obsequiarlas.Free translation: Each player must keep his chips on the table in view of the other players, and at no time may he put them away or give them away.
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No lending
Se prohíbe regalar, prestar, o pagar deudas con las fichas en juego.Free translation: It is prohibited to give away, lend, or pay debts with the chips in play.
Está prohibido prestar dinero entre los jugadores, como también está prohibido guardarse las fichas de su resto.Free translation: It is prohibited to lend money between players, and it is likewise prohibited to keep back the chips of one's stack.
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One player to a hand
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.
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Phones at the table
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.
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Who settles a doubt
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.
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