List of Poker Etiquette.

Do not move another player's cards before the winner has raked the pot.

Never touch or move another player's money without that player's permission.

If you put your cards face-down on the table and put a chip on top of them, your cards are safe.

It's traditional for a dealer to offer a cut of the deck to the player to his right. That player may cut, tap or pass the cut to the player to his right. A tap signifies no cut is needed.

Answering your mobile phone in the middle of a hand is considered the equivalent of folding your hand.

It is assumed you know all the rules of a game when it's played.

A player should not talk across a player who is involved in a hand. Chatting is fine, but it never should reach the point where it interferes with the flow of the game.

Use of profanity and obscenities is a violation of poker etiquette.

No player should create a disturbance by arguing or shouting.

A player can quit anytime without criticism, and no one should be rude about it.

At no time should any player make statements that could unfairly influence the play of a hand, whether or not the offender is involved in the pot

Respectful treatment of dealers also is part of poker etiquette.

Cards should be discarded on a low line of flight so that people can't see them, Chips should be placed as far forward as reasonably possible to make it easier for the dealer to scoop them.

Do not stack chips so is stacking chips in a way that interferes with dealing or viewing of cards or conceals how much you really have in play.

Players should speak up when they see an error such as an improper amount of a bet, a card going to the wrong person or a flashed card, or the pot about to be incorrectly awarded.

Players should manage their table space in such a way as to be fair and reasonable to other players be aware if you are infringing on another player's space

Don't lean forward or backward to see a player's cards. It is proper for an opponent to complain when a player constantly has the opportunity to see another's holecards,

A player who repeatedly violates these principles of poker etiquette is a disruption to the game, and accordingly ought to be subject to discipline, up to and including ejection from the game and being suspended or barred from the cardroom.

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