Two Pair
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Melboure, Australia
Posts: 28
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Originally Posted by Fnord
You're entitled to a clear view of thier chips, particularly the big ones.
I'll often ask stuff like "what'cha got" or "have any whites ($100 chips in la). Stuff that can get a quick answer with the information I need. Unless you're settling action, asking for a count just slows the game down. Eventually you get good at figuring about what 20 chips looks like.
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@OP
1) That is very rude and improper betting annunciation. You should always be clear as to how much YOU are betting.
2) There's nothing wrong with asking, but you should be working this out already from the moment you sit down.
@Fnord
That's what I do - except here in Aus whites are worth only $1. I generally ask about greens and blacks ($25/$100) as I play $2/3NL.
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Some other things:
I will also ask the question of who raised preflop (even though I know the answer).
I do like to be consistently inconsistent with whom I ask, and what I am holding. So in other words I will do this when I am holding the nuts, nothing or what have you.
Being gracious in defeat is something that I like to add to my poker etiquette. Even if they make a horrid call and you have them in for stacks. I just brush it off with I'll get you back next hand or make a comment about their seat being hot, etc.
I will never ask the player to move their hands away from their chips though - I ask the dealer to ask them as a good distraction from the hand in play.
Another thing that I like to do which is very bad etiquette but completely acceptable is I like to stack my chips in lots of $85. Here in Melbourne, Australia 2/3NL is the lowest buyin for live poker (not including pokerpro) and what we have to do is register for a table then go to the cashier and you would typically get handed a rack of chips for whatever you buyin for (max is $200). As I always max buyin, once I sit down, I stack in lots of $85 ($5 chips) and keep 6 chips for me to play with.
This way when players like Fnord are glancing over at your stack you don't have as much as what they think.  
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