Poker Forum Charter - Ignore and face a banning - New Charter 20/10/2009

This forum and it's sub-forums are dedicated to poker and all its variants - both online and in the flesh. Please remain on topic and be civil to other members.

Golden Rule

"Don't be a dick!" So play nice, be nice to new posters looking for help starting out. Being obnoxious or abusive to others can lead to censure. Banter among peers in appropriate places is fine, abuse is not.


Site Wide Rules:

All Boards sitewide rules apply here http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/faq.php?faq=bie_faq#faq_bie_faq_guidelines Including the following:

* Discussion of moderation of other forums is not tolerated. All such issues should be raised in the Helpdesk or Feedback forum alternatively with the relevant moderator(s).

* Planning of, or involvement in threadspoiling or coordinated attacks on another forum on boards is a serious issue that may result in a siteban being issued to those involved.

* No spamming (unsolicited advertising), shilling (advocating something you pretend to have no connection to, but actually do) or trolling (inflaming comments designed to cause argument).

* No re-registering to get around a forum ban.

* No discussion of where to source illegally copied movies/games/music, etc.

Any breaches of these rules can result in bans up to and including a complete site ban depending on the rule breach.


Poker forum specific rules:-

1. Do not create or post in off topic threads. These threads will be deleted or merged with the Bad beats, Boasts and Venting sticky provided without notice (see also rule #2).

2. Bad Beat stories/ Boasts/ unfounded gossip/ claims that online poker is fixed/ off topic posts/ etc. should be posted in the Bad beats, Boasts and Venting sticky provided. Any threads created about such topics will be merged with this sticky.

3. Outbursts of personal abuse/racism/hissy fits/sarcastic jibes/newbie bashing etc. will not be tolerated (see Golden Rule above!). These posts will be deleted.

4. There is no discussion of where to source Rakeback allowed. Should a general thread on rakeback appear, it should not be used to pimp yourself as an affiliate or your site in general, but genuine generic advice is encouraged. The use of your sig to request or advertise rakeback is allowed (within the confines of rule #12 below). Any Threads asking for rakeback will be locked or deleted.

5. Threads relating to Real World Events should be posted in the "Real-World Tournaments and Events" Forum. Threads advertising Events (no matter how disguised) posted in the main forum and/or not following the correct structure as outlined in the Poker Event Guidelines sticky will be deleted without notice. *

6. Threads relating to staking / online tourney discussion / sweating are to be posted in the "Online Tournaments" Forum. *

7. Please post Hand Histories / Theory discussions related to Hold'em in the "Holdem HH's & Theory" Forum

8. Please post Hand Histories / Theory discussion around Omaha or other poker variants in the "Omaha, Variants HH's & Theory" Forum

9 Please post any rules questions or discussions in the "Rules and Rulings" forum.

10. If you have any issue with a post in these forums then report it to a Moderator. DO NOT post and get involved.

11. Text speak is not allowed. It makes posts hard to read and is annoying. Someone doing this constantly will be warned and if this warning is not heeded, you will be banned temporarily and longer if necessary.

12. Advertising in Sigs - One link. (this obviously only applies to commerical sites not to people who want to link blogs, put in quotes etc. This applies to site advertsing). More on this in the Tournament sub forum and here.

* - non-profit events directly related to boards are exempt from this (e.g.bcoop, bsop, cash league etc.)

NOTE: Any poster who it is deemed by the moderators to be making trouble without breaking any specific rule can also be banned at a moderators discretion.


Punishments:

Breaches of Sitewide rules will result in an immediate Forum ban and could lead to a Sitewide ban.

Punishment for breaches of Poker Forum Specific rules are at the moderators discretion and will be based on the severity of the breach; the history of the poster; previous bannings; etc.

Punishments can vary from a warning to an infraction or a temporary ban upto a permanent ban. The general first offence punishment is a warning, if this warning is not heeded the norm is a 3 day temporary banning from the forum.

NOTE: Consistent infringement of the above rules will result in a longer ban than the norm for the offense than would apply to a less frequent offender.

If you are banned and wish to appeal, either PM the moderator who banned you, or start a Helpdesk thread for appeal to an Admin.

For all the above, moderator action is at our discretion, and some actions are more serious than others, but common sense and forum interests will apply. Breach of sitewide rules may in some instance result in a sitewide ban for offenders for those more serious breaches. The length and application is at the discretion of the site Admins.