[bunny]

Sorry to disagree with you but I don't believe this is considered a string bet.

Our casino here, checks to see if you have enough chips, when you verbally announce a "raise". Meaning if I were to announce, I'm going to raise; the dealer will make sure I have placed the right amount of chips in front of me, whether it took me one or two trips back and forth to my chip stack. Therefore that's not considered a "String bet".

I have a friend of mine does this quite often. When asked why he does it, he says, it's to see the other player's facial expression and reaction to his bet as he keeps stacking his chips for a raise. If he sees no reaction, he takes it back and just calls. It really works for him, granted it's annoying as hell to us.