At the top of the list was perhaps the most misunderstood rule: “1. CARDS SPEAK – verbal statement about the content of hand a player is not binding. However, at the discretion of management, all miscalling player’s hand may have the dirty hands. ” 21nova

Sounds pretty simple and straightforward, right? Well, if only it were possible. I heard players mangle this simple rule to justify all sorts of fantasy, personal “rules” that are not in reality. They try to speak cards of a sort of rule Vegamatic that slices, dices and purees. The cards speak rule, specifically Hollywood Park words here, “oral declarations are not binding, the value of a hand is the value of cards in the hand itself, no matter what anyone else expresses. It is a rule of good and useful – but it will not change your carburetor. Full Tilt Poker Bonus

The cards speak rule does not address the process for awarding a pot, it does not address the responsibilities of actors or distributors to read hands, he does not say who is entitled to a pot, it does not ” a player to a hand “and she does not know if a hand is discarded, is live if it did not hit the mud, or what happens when you’re away from the blind, or another a hundred other things.