Poker has some new rules.

With the 2008 World Series of Poker underway, it is probably safe to assume that poker is hot. The poker industry is still on an uphill climb and more and more people are getting into the game.

This doesn’t mean, however, that the rules you use in Las Vegas are the same rules being used on the other side of the Earth.

Any serious poker player knows that confusion of the rules in the middle of a poker game (or even worse, in the middle of a hand), can cause a great deal of frustration, not to mention a mountain of chips.

Thanks to the Federation Internationale de Poker Association (FIDPA) and the International Poker Rules (IP Rules), this problem should no longer be a cause to tilt. Professional poker players Marcel Luske and Michelle Lau established FIDPA and IP Rules to make sure that there is an international set of rules and standards for poker games.

The IP Rules consist of 80 rules and also incorporates the Tournament Directors Association’s 40 rules.

Standardization should promote fair play, consistency and clarity, particularly since tournament directors are required to disclose modifications prior to the tournament. FIDPA will be endorsing card rooms and tournaments that adopt the rules.

So what is the first card room to be endorsed? No surprise here. The Bellagio, of course.

So the next time you start scouting for a game in Asia or anywhere else in the world, you can more or less be assured that the game you’ll be playing is exactly like the game that you play back at home.

Who will win the 2008 WSOP Main Event Final Table at the Rio in Las Vegas on November 9? Bodog sportsbook has the odds.

Dennis Phillips 4.00

Craig Marquis 11.00

Ylon Schwartz 9.00

Scott Montgomery 5.00

Darus Suharto 9.50

Chino Rheem 8.50

Ivan Demidov 5.50

Kelly Kim 26.00

Peter Eastgate 6.50

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2008 World Series of Poker International Poker Rules

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