diff --git a/src/main/resources/messages.yml b/src/main/resources/messages.yml
index bccca0d..6416374 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/messages.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/messages.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ place:
   spawn_failed: "#ff5555Could not spawn table displays. The table was not saved."
   done: "#55ff55Placed {game} table."
   picked_up: "#55ff55Picked up the table."
-  pickup_denied: "#ff5555Only the table's owner, its guild leader or staff can pick this table up."
+  pickup_denied: "#ff5555Only the table's owner or its guild leader can pick this table up."
   pickup_live: "#ff5555Wait until the round is over before picking the table up."
   gui_title: "Select a game"
   gui_poker: "#55ff55Tenceur Hold'em"
@@ -119,10 +119,10 @@ poker:
   buyin_refused: "#ff5555Buy in before the tournament starts; rebuy only between hands with no chips and rebuys remaining."
   bought: "#55ff55Bought {n} tournament chips."
   chip_bet_refused: "#ff5555Bet a positive amount within your chip stack, on your turn."
-  configure_refused: "#ff5555Only the table host or staff can configure an idle, empty tournament."
-  kick_refused: "#ff5555Only the host or staff can kick tournament players between hands."
+  configure_refused: "#ff5555Only the table host can set up a tournament, and only while the table is idle and empty."
+  kick_refused: "#ff5555Only the host can remove tournament players, and only between hands."
   kicked: "#ff5555The host removed you from the tournament."
-  finish_refused: "#ff5555Only the host or staff can finish a started tournament between hands with one remaining chip stack."
+  finish_refused: "#ff5555Only the host can finish a started tournament, between hands, once a single chip stack remains and its winnings have been paid out."
   usage: "#aaaaaa/games poker configure <buyin Denars; 0 = cash> <chips> <rebuys> <ante chips> <blind minutes> | buyin | rebuy | bet <chips> | kick <player> | finish | status"
   need_players: "#ff5555Need two seated players to deal."
   cannot_check: "#ff5555You cannot check. Call, raise, or fold."
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ dealer:
   unset: "#aaaaaaYou are no longer the dealer."
   denied: "#ff5555You cannot deal at this table."
   takeover: "#55ff55You took over as dealer."
-  staff_table: "#ff5555This staff table cannot be taken over."
+  staff_table: "#ff5555This is a house table. Nobody can take over its dealing."
   float_held: "#ff5555The tray still holds a dealer's float. It goes back to them when they return."
   no_flush: "#ff5555You cannot take the pot by hand during this game."
   need_players: "#ff5555Someone else has to buy in before that item can go on the table."