I used to work in a poker room, and that type of thing would come up occasionally, and while we never kicked anyone out in the 3 years I was there for that specific behavior, we sure did cut a lot of people off from drinking who were doing things like that.

Here’s the way we look at it though assuming it’s not related to alcohol.

We’re not looking to piss people off, and we’re looking to run a smooth game at the same time. We handle EVERY situation like this on a case by case basis.

First, is it a regular behaving this way? More leeway if he/she is, but still they need to understand it’s not acceptable.

Is he aware of what he’s doing and doing it intentionally? If so, we come warn him, and then eventually, at our discretion, decide that enough is enough.

If he’s a beginner, we kindly explain it, and almost always, they get it eventually.

The most common time it happens is when someone wants to leave the table and they keep folding early on the hands they decide to get up and leave on. As long as they keep it to that scenario, we’re ok with it.

Occasionally you get a space cadet who keeps betting early. Again, case by case basis and usually handled very patiently if it’s because they don’t understand.

Another time we often see it is when a player is pissed off because they lost a big pot on the river or something. In those cases, the player may keep folding immediately when they get their cards because they’re pissed off.

I’ve never seen anyone do it to try gaining an advantage, but if I was the supervisor and I thought someone was acting out of turn as a form of angling, I would probably warn them and then kick them out for the day if they took it too far. Then if they came back and did it a few more times, it would be a 7-day bar. Then if they insisted on making me, I’d kick him out for good.

Hope that helped

I think the best complete answer on this would be that rules and regulations can change from casino to casino. According to WSOP “Players must act in turn at all times. Action out of turn may or may not be binding. If a player acts out of turn and the action does not change by the time it is that player’s turn to act, that player’s action is binding. Action changes only if a player makes an initial bet or raises before the action gets back to the person that acted out of turn. Action does not change when the player in front of a player acting out of turn checks, calls or folds. If a player acts out of turn and the action changes, the person who acted out of turn may change their action by calling, raising or folding and may have their chips returned. Players may not intentionally act out of turn to influence play before them. Players will receive a warning for the first occurrence of acting out of turn, and will receive a penalty, in accordance with Rule No. 51, every time after.”

As for not liking someone, if it’s a private poker party don’t invite him. If not, just hope he not sitting at your table. If we kicked out everyone we didn’t like there wouldn’t be many people playing poker.