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i find the best way to avoid confusion is to verbally declare your action. Say "Raise" and then the amount.

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Seriously, it's amazing how many problems would be fixed if people just verbalized their action.

It's like poker players are too lazy or something. Or maybe they think the way they say it might be a tell.

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There is this plus there are places where it is loud and hard to here and in some markets there are large numbers of non-native speakers. Also a lot of times new players have trouble remembering the correct words (I once had to rule on an obviously new player who said "call" as she threw her cards away because the dealer had told her "just tell me what you want to do").