A big part of poker's appeal is that at its essence, the rules are same everywhere. For the most part, you play with a deck of fifty-two cards, four suits, thirteen ranks, and the best five card hand takes the money. The purpose of this book is to provide a uniform set of rules for the most popular poker games spread in public cardrooms.
Some rules apply to all games.
Some apply to particular games. In deciding upon which rules to use the rulebooks of every major cardroom in the country have been consulted. Where rules differ, the authors have given preference to the rule that best serves the interest of fairness in the game. After fairness and efficiency, the next most important factor is simplicity. All other things being equal, where there is a simple and a complicated way to do things, the simpler rule has been chosen.