[bav]

I find people make more mistakes with betting lines that without. With a line, people who are used to going forward with a handful of chips and leaving behind just what they intend regularly get forced to bet FAR more than they intended. And the dealers are stuck trying to figure out exactly how many chips were in the player's hand as it crossed the line since bettors tend to go out with a handful, drop a few, then return the rest of the chips to the top of a stack in front of them--great, so how many chips did he just return to his stack? 7, 8, 9? And yeah, the angles available are good ones.

Just keep yer chips behind/beside your cards until you're ready to bet. Mind you, I also despise this whole new era of people screaming "STRING" 6 times an hour. 19 out of 20 times, the intention of someone is crystal clear and the claims of "string bet" are nittly. What I especially find annoying is folks not in the hand doing this. Butt out, people.