standard NL ruling?

The following is an example of a common ruling at an NL ring game where I play:

Player A raises/re-raises, and Player B doesn't notice the raise/re-raise and throws in chips intending to call the previous bet before the raise. Player B is alerted to her mistake and now has the option of folding and surrendering those chips to the pot, or calling the amount of the raise.

Is this a standard ruling?

[Randy_Refeld]

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The following is an example of a common ruling at an NL ring game where I play:

Player A raises/re-raises, and Player B doesn't notice the raise/re-raise and throws in chips intending to call the previous bet before the raise. Player B is alerted to her mistake and now has the option of folding and surrendering those chips to the pot, or calling the amount of the raise.

Is this a standard ruling?

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This approach is common, but not standard. When is it clear that a player misunderstood the action to him his chips should be returned to him so he can act on his hand. Bob Ciaffone outlines it better than I can:

10. Because the amount of a wager at big-bet poker has such a wide range, a player who has taken action based on a gross misunderstanding of the amount wagered needs some protection. A bettor should not show down a hand until the amount put into the pot for a call seems reasonably correct, or it is obvious that the caller understands the amount wagered. The decision-maker is allowed considerable discretion in ruling on this type of situation. A possible rule-of-thumb is to disallow any claim of not understanding the amount wagered if the caller has put eighty percent or more of that amount into the pot.

[Al_Capone_Junior]

I agree, and would have quoted the same rule from RROP.

I don't think someone should be penalizied by forcing them to leave chips in the pot if they honestly did not understand what the bet was, didn't hear the raise, etc. That's just not "good for the game." Poker should be played in an easy going, relaxed atmosphere, not one where everyone's a lawyer and they're all looking for a technicality to argue over and screw their neighbor on.

al