Originally Posted by simplekid

If you want to call, say "call", and if you want to raise, say "raise". Keep in mind that the first thing you say is the only thing you can do. Forget about all the old movies you've seen where someone says "I call your bet... and I raise it". It is illegal in anything other than unorganized home games. Not to mention the fact that little things like these are precisely what labels you as the "fish".