Why WPT and its satellites don't have rules against f*word?

[NYWalker]

I'm surprised that WPT and its satellite events don't have penality against F-word on the table. I've been hearing f workds in the satellites and even in the main tournaments. LA cardrooms like Commerce/the Bike have 10 minute penality for such behaviors, also card falls out of the table too.

"It costs nothing to be polite when you have to kill a man."

[okterrific]

Why WPT and its satellites don't have rules against f*word?


B/c its no [censored] big deal. the sats are not being aired on TV like the ESPN main event so how cares?
Sure its "rude" but if you pay 10k to play in a tourney u should be able to say what u want as long as your not threatening violence.

And its not like ESPN made the no cursing rule b/c their nice and they want everyone to be nice. They made it so their show can be "clean" and they can get advertising $'s.
ESPN's worry is if someone on their air says "vile and rude" words an advertiser will complain and eventually pull their add which would cost ESPN money and give them bad press.

[Army Eye]

It's kind of surprising I guess, in the sense that WPTE makes a lot of poor decisions, and here they seem to have gotten it right. The f-word rule is pathetic.

[blaketherake]

Censoring the F-Word is retarded.
Anyone who disagrees with me can go [censored] themselves lol.

[pa3lsvt]

Every room I've played in AC has rules against foul language at the tables. I've only seen warnings given with a 10 minute penalty promised on the next transgression.

I'm personally for it ... live players are obnoxious enough as it is (smelly, sloppy, rude, and arrogant) without a barrage of f-bombs on top of it.

[TheIrishThug]

The thing is that making a rule about one word is pointless. [censored] isn't any worse than the other 6 that can't get said on TV.
I'm a firm believer of it's not what you say, but how you say it. If I am berating some one for sucking out, that is worse than if I casually used [censored] as an adjective.

[VincentVega]

"I'm personally for it ... live players are obnoxious enough as it is (smelly, sloppy, rude, and arrogant) without a barrage of f-bombs on top of it."

Ridiculous....poker is made to be played live and dealing with people and personalities is part of the game..get over it you online fool

[troymclur]

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Every room I've played in AC has rules against foul language at the tables. I've only seen warnings given with a 10 minute penalty promised on the next transgression.

I'm personally for it ... live players are obnoxious enough as it is (smelly, sloppy, rude, and arrogant) without a barrage of f-bombs on top of it.

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Maybe if dealers and room managers actually reprimanded players for being abusive and insulting, we wouldn't need to have non-sense blanket rules against 'wrong' words.

[nath]

Swearing at the table is the nuts.

[Black Aces 518]

A rule against abusive language is hundreds of times better than one against a specific word. I don't see why quoting someone or muttering "fk me" or "ya gotta be fking kidding" is worse than berating a player or dealer.