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Poker rules about asking for chip count in a casino. |
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Sunday, 29 March 2009 06:56 |
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In a live tournament or cash game what is the rule about asking for a chip count. Can players do it anytime? How are they supposed to know how much opponents actually have in their stack? Does the opponent have to say how much he has? I would like to know the general poker rules when it comes to this.
Poker Rules Professors says: What usually happens is at the start of each new level, players will survey their opponent's stack for a rough gauge of where everyone is at. Big stacks it isn't really that critical, but medium and short stacks are easier to approximate by eye (because there are fewer chips).
If a player is in a key hand, he/she is allowed to ask for a chip count at any time. A player may count his own chips and answer, or he may allow the dealer to do that for him.
Requesting a chip count is often a very good question just to get your opponent moving and talking. Watching their hands as they count and hearing the tone of their voice as they answer can provide valuable tells.
In this video for example, Ivy asks for a chip count.
Paul Jackson elects to provide the count himself rather than let the dealer do it. IMO Jackson's answer and hand movements showed nervousness and I believe this was the confirmation of other information Ivy had collected to prompt him to move all-in (note that Jackson covers his mouth before and after answering the question. He is not lying about his chip count, but his body language still tells of a lie.
(The other information collected by Ivy IMO, was Jackson's last re-raise. With the two clubs on board, Jackson would typically shove with a Jack rather than re-raise when the pot was already that large). |
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Last Updated on Sunday, 29 March 2009 07:03 |
