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#26
03-22-06, 06:53 PM
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Here's my problem with this then.
What's stopping me from saying "raise" (say of a $50 dollar bet) Putting in 20, 5 dollar chips and keeping my hand on them, looking around the table to get a read, then either keeping it a min bet, or announce a larger raise
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#29
03-22-06, 08:58 PM
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The dealer will not "allow" you to go back to your stack to complete your minimum raise - the dealer will "make" you go back to your stack to complete your minimum raise.
If you lead out for $100 and I say "raise" and put $101 in the pot, he will MAKE me put $99 more into the pot, because that's the minimum raise. |
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#30
03-22-06, 09:03 PM
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Nothing. That's legal. Annoying, but legal. After this happens once or twice (I would imagine once), the player will usually be instructed to count out his chips next to his cards (not in the pot) or to announce the size of his bet before moving chips into the pot.
*Some casinos use a "line" (and actual oval drawn on the table in front of all the players) to avoid this sort of problem. Once a chip crosses the line, it can not go back to your stack. If you reach out with your entire stack in your hand and drop off two $5 chips to call a $10 bet, they will say that your entire stack must stay in the middle. That's your bet. This is the exception and not the rule, and it's stupid IMO. That's why I didn't bring it up until now. But there are some places like this. |
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#31
03-22-06, 09:04 PM
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Yed, but you are talking about something else. You can't "string bet" a minimum raise (assuming you said the words "raise"). That would be like saying "Call" for a $20 bet and only putting $10 in the pot. You'll be instructed to put another $10 in the pot, but this isn't a "string call." LOL...
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