Re: ruling question-hidden chips
One problem is that the OP states "from all we could see" after the person went all-in. There is no statement that the player hid the chips - perhaps they were on the side of his stack but not on top where they should be. This is not equal to him deliberately obscuring them behind his stack.
The bottom line is that someone at a poker table said call w/o verifying the size of the bet. What if he had the best hand? Would he say, wait I thought you had only $400 so that's all I want from you? No, he wouldn't. I don't condone hiding chips, but in a NL game that involves four-figure bets....
VERIFY THE AMOUNT OF A BET FACING YOU BEFORE YOU CALL IT.
Jeff
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