Calling 'time' in live NL games? |
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Posted Sat Jan 24, 2004 11:04 pm GMT by Mithfen
First time poster, hello...
I figured this would be the best place to ask, I was playing some no limit side games while a tourney was going on at a casino near me. I have a little experience in NL tourneys and have NEVER been asked to call time while deciding whether or not I wanted to bet. At the live table however, the dealer seemed very unfamiliar with NL. Immediately after I was handed my cards the dealer would be on my ass asking me to check or bet. After I gave her some evil looks she finally yelled at me saying, the moment I get my cards I need to make an action. I know this holds true for limit games, but does the same rule apply to No Limit? Do you have to call time if you want to sit and think for a second? She even called a floor man over and said "this player is taking his sweet old time just to piss me off."..the floorman ignored her comment and noted to me that no profanity would be allowed in the casino (was kind of upset after she flipped out on me, i mean come on...you are getting my money..somewhat..)
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Posted Sun Jan 25, 2004 12:25 am GMT by racquet000
Theres not realy a time limit, My guess was she wanted to deal more hands to collect more tips, But i would just do it to piss her off in the end after that for sure. haha. But as long as your not taking to long then it shouldnt have been a problem....
Posted Sun Jan 25, 2004 1:29 am GMT by ballbp
You can take as much time as you want with-in reason. I mean a couple of minutes isn't unheard of. She didn't like you too much or like racquet said, she wanted to speed up the tips. 
Posted Mon Jan 26, 2004 12:36 am GMT by Sente
Maybe they grabbed that dealer from the blackjack tables. That seems the kind of pace she wanted to keep. <shrug>
Posted Mon Jan 26, 2004 9:19 am GMT by Dave B
was she cute?
Posted Mon Jan 26, 2004 11:52 am GMT by BrianGre
this thread reminds me of something I"ve been meaning to ask... When you watch the WSOP you may notice that the players will place a chip (or other token) on their cards while they are thinking...
Are they calling 'time'? If so, what are the rules for calling time? I've heard many say that there is no time limit, but surely you cannot sit there for an hour to make a decision.... can you?
Posted Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:26 pm GMT by JimTheBullet
When they place a chip on their cards this just means "I haven't folded yet".
People quite often do it, particularly in a game without a dealer, to prevent their hand being mucked by accident. This is particularly important if you are dealing yourself. Believe it or not I have seen dealers muck their own hand in error.
Posted Mon Jan 26, 2004 1:40 pm GMT by Mithfen
Yeah, you could tell she didn't know what she was doing.
It was a low stakes 1-2 NL table, when a new dealer came she said "2-4 No Limit, no check raising, kill pot" the whole table and the new dealer kind of looked at her like "what??"
It was really horrible, my blood was boiling and I couldn't play correctly, she yelled at me in front of the whole table.
Luckily a new dealer came and I tripled my money..
Posted Mon Jan 26, 2004 6:20 pm GMT by Sundance
It looks like the WPT is going to an 'action clock' of one minute. Click on the link to read the entire article. Not sure what the WSOP is doing, if anything..
http://www.cardplayer.com/?sec=afeature&art_id=13784
Posted Thu Feb 26, 2004 1:14 pm GMT by redd38
I didn't like the 'action clock'... at least I didn't like it being 1 minute... they should get at least 2 i think. It takes a nice relaxing game of poker and turns it into a fast paced game.
Posted Sat Apr 17, 2004 5:39 am GMT by wEbMaStEr
last years wsop didn't seem to have any time limit.
remember the hand when Moneymaker seemed "overwhelmed" by the occasion, bet was on him, and he just sat there for about 5 minutes looking from Howard Lederer to Johnny Chan, before Chan finally asked him if he was gonna bet, and Money looked down and finally realised that he actually had cards in front of him
Posted Thu Apr 22, 2004 11:30 pm GMT by Nugzy
Why would a casino now allow "check-raising". Its a natural part of holdem. Either you wanna trap your opponent, maybe force him out with a check raise, or maybe you check with a medium hand, he bets, you get a read on him and decide to raise to not allow him to out draw you for free.
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