Re: Question on raising/\"one chip rule\"
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I vote for "call". The intent is ambiguous. A single $5 isn't enough to call so the player had to put out more than one to do the call. Since he said nothing, you go with the least aggressive choice.
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To the best of my knowledge, none of the casinos I've played in would rule this way.
In general, any money you put in the middle is a bet or raise, with very few exceptions. One of those exceptions is if you put out a single chip worth more than the current bet to you (without saying raise). But put out two chips, and you're back into the "default" behavior of betting/raising to whatever amount you put out there.
Remember, calling your actions is optional. And while it is within the realm of possibility that many people would want to put out two chips worth more than the current bet and consider it a call, the line has to be drawn somewhere, and by and large it has been drawn: the "one chip rule." It's pretty standard.
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