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Live Poker Question

StayOrGoStayOrGo
edited June 2011 in Poker Chat
Hi I have a quick question regarding live poker play. When you state your intention to raise, do you have to state how much the increase is or what you are raising to in total?

Many thanks,

Graham 
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  • jesusdog22jesusdog22
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Live Poker Question:
    Hi I have a quick question regarding live poker play. When you state your intention to raise, do you have to state how much the increase is or what you are raising to in total? Many thanks, Graham 
    Posted by StayOrGo
    it probably depends on the rules of the card room,but my understanding is if you say raise the only proviso is that you have to raise, you never havd to actually say how much as the chips that you move over the line will do this for you...
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  • AMYBRAMYBR
    edited June 2011
    Once you've anounced raise you can let your chips do the talking, with exact chip amounts

    But if your wanting to bet something like 3k but only have multiples of 5k verbally confirm the amount prior to putting the larger chip in
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  • JockBMWJockBMW
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Live Poker Question:
    Hi I have a quick question regarding live poker play. When you state your intention to raise, do you have to state how much the increase is or what you are raising to in total? Many thanks, Graham 
    Posted by StayOrGo

    To avoid any ambiguity I always say "Raising to.......... "  then there is no doubt 

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  • jesusdog22jesusdog22
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question:
    Once you've anounced raise you can let your chips do the talking, with exact chip amounts But if your wanting to bet something like 3k but only have multiples of 5k verbally confirm the amount prior to putting the larger chip in
    Posted by AMYBR
    yes i forgot that bit...when i was last in vegas i said raised and put in a 1000 chip even though i wanted to min raise (which was 200) luckily i think they thought i was angle shooting and all folded(i had 67).

    only other time you may have a problem is when u move chips over the line but your holding other chips in the same hand.you may be forced to play all of them
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  • JockBMWJockBMW
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question:
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question : yes i forgot that bit...when i was last in vegas i said raised and put in a 1000 chip even though i wanted to min raise (which was 200) luckily i think they thought i was angle shooting and all folded(i had 67). only other time you may have a problem is when u move chips over the line but your holding other chips in the same hand.you may be forced to play all of them
    Posted by jesusdog22

    I would have thought that would be classed as a string bet and only the first load of chips would count 

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  • AMYBRAMYBR
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question:
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question : yes i forgot that bit...when i was last in vegas i said raised and put in a 1000 chip even though i wanted to min raise (which was 200) luckily i think they thought i was angle shooting and all folded(i had 67). only other time you may have a problem is when u move chips over the line but your holding other chips in the same hand.you may be forced to play all of them
    Posted by jesusdog22
    Were getting into russian fake pumping territory :p lol

    Have never done this, dont see the point, you?

    I love it when people stack their chips like huge towers (wobbly) and are animated, move around alot.  Just praying they knock into it, spilling across line. 
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  • StayOrGoStayOrGo
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question:
    Once you've anounced raise you can let your chips do the talking, with exact chip amounts But if your wanting to bet something like 3k but only have multiples of 5k verbally confirm the amount prior to putting the larger chip in
    Posted by AMYBR
    Thanks for the response AMYBR. So if I announce verbally, do I say what I am raising TO or what I am raising BY, or can you do either. Ie if I say raise 2000 and the previous player bet 500, is my bet 2000 or 2500?

    Many thanks,

    Graham
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  • AMYBRAMYBR
    edited June 2011
    I am in the habit of never verbally announcing my bet TBH, I always make sure I have plenty of denominations to cover my bet sizes. 

    If you are going to verbally announce would be a good idea to get into the habit of stating something like "make it x total to go".

    This is probably stating the obvious but it might be useful to know for someone who hasnt played live.  Never say I call and raise, as it is just a call.  Also make sure your putting in the chips that you think you are and blinds are what you think they are.  Its horrible to think blinds are 50/100, make a standard bet of 375 to find that the blinds are now 100/200 and you are tied to a min bet of a very weak 400.  Also same advice with anny raises in front.  If you get the amount wrong your bet can become disastrous
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  • jesusdog22jesusdog22
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question:
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question : Thanks for the response AMYBR. So if I announce verbally, do I say what I am raising TO or what I am raising BY, or can you do either. Ie if I say raise 2000 and the previous player bet 500, is my bet 2000 or 2500? Many thanks, Graham
    Posted by StayOrGo

    if u say raise 2000 you are raising the bet another 2000,if you say raise to 2000 then thats how many chips you are betting
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  • GELDYGELDY
    edited June 2011
    unless you want your raise determined by the rules of the country/state/club/dealer/bolshie big stack on your right it is always worth stating whether you are raising "to" or "by".
    stating your raise helps when you drop the wrong chips
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  • jesusdog22jesusdog22
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question:
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question : I would have thought that would be classed as a string bet and only the first load of chips would count 
    Posted by JockBMW

    i believe that mostly the rule is the opposite although i may well be wrong..i think the rule would be that if your chips cross the line they are valid,therefore the onew hidden in your palm would count
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  • AMYBRAMYBR
    edited June 2011
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question:
    In Response to Re: Live Poker Question : i believe that mostly the rule is the opposite although i may well be wrong..i think the rule would be that if your chips cross the line they are valid,therefore the onew hidden in your palm would count
    Posted by jesusdog22
    If you move chips across the line, without announcing your bet size, there in.  So if you intend to bet 5k, pluck 9 single 1k chips from your stack move to the to the middle count out 5 and pull back 4 single 1k chips, thats mostly toughtittiesforturkleton :p

    An argument could be made that they werent released, but I doubt it would get very far.  Good practise to move exactly the chips you want to bet or verbally announce.  Beyond questioning if you do either.
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