Please critique our rules and regulations

[psandman]

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However, is this not a standard rule, including NL?

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No.

[jamzfive]

The rule regarding high-carding for button is ambiguous. First you say high card wins, then you say "First Ace dealt wins" (what if no Aces are dealt?). Based on the last sentence, I think you probably mean:
"Button is assigned by dealing one card face up per player. Highest card (Ace being highest) wins the button, ties going to first player dealt the highest rank.

Regarding your fear that players will min-raise back and forth ad infinitum, you could rewrite your min raise rule to state that a player who is raising must bet at least double the previous bet. This is fairly common.

If you're a real stickler for grammar, it should read "Hands mucked, even unintentionally, can not win a pot."

In my poker league, something that comes up a lot is whether a player is able to re-raise in the face of an all-in that is less than the amount needed for a legal raise. You may want to address that situation.

And finally, maybe mention how to resolve the situation if a protected hand were to be mucked, say accidentally by the dealer. Robert's Rules say something like "a player who fails to protect his hand will have no redress..." but doesn't touch on what kind of redress a player who does protect it does have.

[naquoae]

two of your rules may contradict each other at some point. the one about possible collusion says even a mucked hand may be looked at if it was called, but later you say NO ONE may look at a mucked hand. you might want to add a clause to the second one to eliminate an argument there.

[LastEmu]

I thought you WANTED people to drink... more money for you [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Etaipo]

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two of your rules may contradict each other at some point. the one about possible collusion says even a mucked hand may be looked at if it was called, but later you say NO ONE may look at a mucked hand. you might want to add a clause to the second one to eliminate an argument there.

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Not necessary. Note that I used the modified IWTSTH rule.

“Any player who has been dealt in may request to see any hand that has been called, even if the opponent’s hand or the winning hand has been mucked. This rule is intended to detect possible collusion, and the requesting player must be able to substantiate the reason for asking to see a hand.”

In other words, don't invoke the rule unless you suspect cheating, which is a serious accusation. At that point, we've got problems that we don't need a rule sheet for.

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I thought you WANTED people to drink... more money for you [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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We've had....incidents.