BSOP Director explains changes of rules in international meeting

Campos explained that the meeting did not bring major changes to the rules, focusing on clarifying some situations that often cause managerial doubts. "This TDA meeting made one thing clear: poker has now reached a very cool maturity, which we have seen in recent years," he said. "You no longer have to create or edit a lot of rules, we have a super consolidated sport and with clear rules. The ones that were created or edited this year were to give more clarity to some specific statements," he added.

One of the changes that will most affect the poker player's daily life is the change in the "clock” rule. Before, the player had 60 seconds to make the decision after the floor began counting, time dropped to only 30 seconds. "That's because we've noticed a very large trend of delay in tournaments," Campos explained. "Sometimes it's at the first level of the blind and it takes two minutes to decide whether to raise. Not even the biggest professional in the world needs 1 minute in the blind 25/50 to know if he's going to open the hand or not. A very quiet situation."

Another revealing change was in the hand-for-hand procedure. To prevent too much game time from being lost at the time of the bubble, a standard time per hand has been set. "So the hand-for-hand has lasted 10 hands, the clock will be advanced in 20 minutes, even if in the practice has passed more time. "

One of the main points that Campos insisted during the event was in the case of accidental muck by the dealer of the cards of a player who is all in and has received a call. In the old days, the player's hand was considered dead and it was automatically eliminated. "It's a very bad situation, sometimes the guy did everything right and the dealer made a mistake and pulled the card, because the dealer is also human and susceptible to mistakes," Campos said. "So we came to the consensus that the direction of the tournament will do everything possible to try to recover the hand. If the cards really are impossible to identify, at worst the player plays with the board, having at least a chance to compete for the pot."

One of the biggest poker markets in the world, Brazil, is valued at TDA meetings, as Campos explained. "Once again we were very active in the discussions. We, who work in itinerant circuits, have a different view of those who work in a casino, especially in Brazil that does not have casinos," he explained. ""Brazil has a very great relevance in the market, even because of the size of the events. We had tournament directors with 4 or 5 tables, while in Brazil we have a BSOP Millions with more than 150 tables, for example. We were once again very respected withour opinions and points of view. "