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In Vegas rooms, I'm not aware of one that will allow this. You either have to state the amount or more all the chips out in on shot. No returning to the stack as that was causing angle shots between bettor and possible callers. I dont need to go into that much, I'm sure most of you can figure that part out.

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This is a new devolopment in Vegas. From 1999-2001 I was involved in spreading the only small stakes NL game in town. Some other places tried to spread the game, but one of the things the regular palyers didn't like about other palces is they just didn't know the rules (continuous action and what reopens betting they jsut couldnt' get right other places).

I haven't been there in ages, but I would be very suprised if the big games they sometimes spread at Bellagio don't have a continuous motion rule.

I know a lot of poeple like RObert's Rules of Poker so here is what he says about it
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6. At non-tournament play, a player who says "raise" is allowed to continue putting chips into the pot with more than one move; the wager is assumed complete when the player's hands come to rest outside the pot area. (This rule is used because no-limit play may require a large number of chips be put into the pot.) In tournament play, the TDA rules require that the player either use a verbal statement giving the amount of the raise or put the chips into the pot in a single motion, to avoid making a string-bet.

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I thikn a lot of the confusion comes from teh TDA mandating a limit rule for NL tournaments. At the time I was in favor of that TDA rule becasue most people playing touranments had never seen a live NL game. With NL becoming popular as a cash game I see no reason to play NL tournaments by limit rules.

edit to add: I know the above applies to raising, I see no reason that the same should not be true betting. Put your bet in in a continuous motion.