Chips in pot in PLO question
 

When playing Pot Limit Omaha, is it standard procedure to stack the chips in the center neatly or left in a messy pile?

We played PLO on a spur of the moment in a usually NL Holdem room and the dealers would just mound the chips in the center. When the pot got big, they constantly had to restack them when ever someone wanted to 'pot it'. It was pretty stupid for us not to catch on and save a bunch of time but it was one of those late ones.

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The chips should not be stacked, and dealers should not have to count the chips, they should know whats in the pot.

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The chips should not be stacked, and dealers should not have to count the chips, they should know whats in the pot.

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We played PLO on a spur of the moment in a usually NL Holdem room and the dealers would just mound the chips in the center. When the pot got big, they constantly had to restack them when ever someone wanted to 'pot it'. It was pretty stupid for us not to catch on and save a bunch of time but it was one of those late ones.

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Well this would be because they aren't used to having to count passed 40 for the rake anyways. And PLO is such an ultra rare game that this seems to be the way lots of inexperienced dealers will do it. It's not the right way, the posts above already show the right way.

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What's the problem with the chips being stacked besides the fact that it slows the game?

I'm just asking because I would be willing to play PLO and it's known to run around here from time to time, but I don't think most of the dealers are used to counting the pot beyond the rake limit.

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It's really not hard to count the pot...

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I would always estimate the pot myself by reconstructing the action and betting that amount rather than saying "pot". If you announce a bet amount that is a little over, no one is going to say anything.

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It's really not hard to count the pot...

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It's not hard to get a reasonable estimate. It's not hard for someone who isn't math challenged to reconstruct the action. Actually counting a mound of chips of assorted denominations is difficult.

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In a case where some nit claims you have overbet and wants it trimmed back, I assume the dealer would count/stack it at that point?

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Ya, I guess, but really the dealer is just supposed to know what's in the pot at all times... I've dealt PL games before and if you keep up w/ the action it's pretty easy...