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[QUOTE="S3mper, post: 2992371, member: 97084"]
By saying something that influences the hand that the other players don't understand.

Case and point. Poker is an individual game (unless in a special format) You shouldn't be helping people win hands. Whether you do so in English or Spanish is irrelevant at this point.

And you shouldn't be saying these things. If person A is tanking thinking about calling person B and I say "Person B is a NIT" I've potentially influenced the hand which is unfair to person B.

No one said English is the official poker language though most rooms and sites tend to have English only rules.

Are you really asking every poker dealer and floor manager to learn hundreds of different languages? Or is it easier to have a one language rule to ensure fairness in the games.

If there's a room with a Mandarin Chinese only rule and I decide to play there I'm not going to complain when I get scolded for speaking English. 
I probably wouldn't play there since I don't speak a word of the language.

And I concede that it sucks for players who don't speak English since most rooms are English only. But until we get to a point where everyone speaks every language I'm in favor of a 'x' only speaking rule.

Edit: And I guess on the flip side. If a place allows for members to speak in whatever language they want they are free to do so.
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