Top 5 Live Poker Etiquette Mistakes

[Chelsea4thewin]

is it acceptable for a player not involved in a hand to call time? i too think it is poor etiquette to take over 2 minutes to make a decision, especially if it is on a matter like calling the small blind or a min raise

[BigPete33]

I don't think they can (but I'm not 100% sure).

I prefer the 'player not in the hand can shut the hell up' option.

[muzzington]

Pretty sure anyone at the table can call for time.

[Des]

I don't think they can (but I'm not 100% sure).

I prefer the 'player not in the hand can shut the hell up' option.

I'll bite my tongue on this one

[Origami]

Pretty sure anyone at the table can call for time.

any TD please ....


correct Answer is.


Rule Book Quote please.........................

Polite and the Rules can be two different things.

love to debate the playing of 'mucked cards with you all
except Honi

[Ashley Higgins]

NPL RULE BOOK :

"12. In all NPL tournaments, the tournament host has the right to place a maximum time limit for taking action on your hand. The clock may be put on someone by the tournament host, if a player requests it or if the host deems it necessary. If the clock is put on you when you are facing a bet, you will have one additional minute to act on your hand. You will have a ten-second warning, after which your hand is dead if you have not acted. If a player has not taken action within a reasonable timeframe (i.e. no more than 2 minutes.) the clock can be called which will result in them having 30 seconds to make a decision."

[Garth Kay]

Anybody dealt into the hand can request time.

It is the perogative of the TD to enforce this call as he/shes sees fair.

[Gaz787]

bruce and gaz, i agree with what you are saying

BUT

sometimes people (including both of you i have to say) go into the tank for 30 seconds or a minute just to complete the small blind, or when facing a min bet from another player.

this is unacceptable in my opinion, and just slows the game down too much for a turbo format. if it takes this long to make a decision, it usually means you should have folded a minute ago - and usually this is the decision that is made.

having said that, you two are by no means the worst - and i don't think i have been a tool when i have called time on you in the past.

some people take a lot longer than you guys though.

I agree that there have been moments where I have taken entirely too long (I don't think any of these were in relation to min bets or completing from the SB, however. I cannot recall a single situation wherein I even approached an unreasonable timeframe for those actions, to be honest), and this does in fact have an impact in a turbo format such as NPL - and in these cases, by all means, do what you have to to speed things up. However there is a way to achieve that without being obnoxious or offensive. And no, you haven't been a tool in this regard - most people haven't, it's just something that comes up rarely that irritates me, and figured it would be appropriate to mention in an ettiquite thread. Didn't mean a mass derail in regards to time calling .

[bennymacca]

time calling is definitely etiquette so its on topic.

sorry the completing the SB wasn't specifically about you.

[BigPete33]

NPL RULE BOOK :

"12. In all NPL tournaments, the tournament host has the right to place a maximum time limit for taking action on your hand. The clock may be put on someone by the tournament host, if a player requests it or if the host deems it necessary. If the clock is put on you when you are facing a bet, you will have one additional minute to act on your hand. You will have a ten-second warning, after which your hand is dead if you have not acted. If a player has not taken action within a reasonable timeframe (i.e. no more than 2 minutes.) the clock can be called which will result in them having 30 seconds to make a decision."

So.... 1 minute or 30 seconds... which one actually is it?