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edit: Didn't mean to sound overly harsh. If y'all believe this rule is necessary to run a smooth game, I accept that. This just seems like taking it too far to me.

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See my other reply, about home games being training grounds for casino games and therefore teaching correct practices makes sense.

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edit: Didn't mean to sound overly harsh. If y'all believe this rule is necessary to run a smooth game, I accept that. This just seems like taking it too far to me.

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I agree, but on the same token, arent home games a little looser (and less uptight) than a casino? Dont get me wrong, I am all for following the rules, but cmon. This new player may be a "newbie" and not know any better.

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If there was a pause i.e.:

I see your bet.....
AND Raise you all in! Hahaha!

then it's a string bet.

However, if he said it all at once, which seemed to be the case from your post, claiming this is a sting bet is not cool.

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No

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I probably would have let it go one time, seeing as the guy was a newbie. If he did it again, though, I'd shoot him in the foot.

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My home games run completely the opposite. If I don;t see at least one string bet per hand, it's a miracle. Nothing is enforced however, because these people seriously have no clue about the finer points of the game, and If I was to call every string bet I probably would end up without a game. I'm contenet to just sit back and let them string bet all day, because I know that they seriosuly aren't doing it on purpose.

Yes, as some have said we should be training these people for the casino's, but if any of the poeople that populate my homegame ever played poker in a casino, I'd eat my underwear, just not going to happen.

The worst string bet I've ever seen at my game actually happened last night:

Blinds are 300/600 and this girl throws out 300 in chips. I tell her that the minimum bet is 600, so she pulls the 300 and makes it 1000. I'm like wtf, and she goes "I though I had to put in 150, and wanted to raise, so since the minimum bet is 600, I'll make it 1000"

yeesh. Ah well, all in good fun [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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If there was a pause i.e.:

I see your bet.....
AND Raise you all in! Hahaha!

then it's a string bet.

However, if he said it all at once, which seemed to be the case from your post, claiming this is a sting bet is not cool.

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No

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Well, there's no arguing with that.

Licks Tony.

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100 % string bet. The host wasn't trying to see a free card, simply enforcing a proper rule of poker. The new player should of said something like..

raise you all in
or
all in
or
pushed all their chips in

Remember, an oral bet is binding and trhe proepr words to use are, fold, call, raise or check.

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Seeing as this was clearly not an attempt at angle-shooting, and the guy thought he was announcing his raise in a legitimate way, I think it would be seriously nitty to forbid the raise.

However, you should have taken the opportunity to explain the rules to him, and tell him that in future he must announce raise immediately or it will be counted as a call only.

That's what happens in my local card club when a newbie does this, and I think it's by far the fairest way to resolve the situation.

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Good answer. The fact that it was the host, who should know how to deal with new players, makes your solution the best one.

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No, that's softplaying again man. Can I, as an experienced player expect the same consideration? It's a string raise and you should have stuck with your first post on this subject. If you're going to train people then train them, if you're going to play poker then play poker.