[EWillers]

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They are required to display the $100 chips. If they are hidden they don't play.

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This is a common rule? First off, anybody hiding chips deserves a kick in the nuts. That being said however, having the above as a rule would open Kramer's famed "Endora's box".

Hero calls Villain's (apparant--this doesn't count the "hidden chips") $600 all in on the turn. Villain has 5 black chips buried at the bottom of a stack of red chips in the back middle of his pile. These black chips are totally hidden.

Scenario #1 Hero is ahead at the river. Villain claims the chips were hidden and therefore shouldn't play. Does hero have to maintain he saw those chips or at least knew they were there when he called the bet?

Scenario #2 Villain is ahead at the river. Is it the dealer's job to bring up that the blacks were hidden? Must the hero make an affirmative declaration of the rule and the facts as they apply to this case?

Now let's assume that the blacks are "partially hidden" (whatever that may encompass). Let's say that 1/3-1/2 the table can see the "hidden" black chips.

Scenario #3 Hero is ahead at the river.

Scenario #4 Villain is ahead at the river.


I think if the chips are on the table, the chips play. Anybody who conceals chips is an evil doer. Anyone who goes to the mat for significant $$$ without due dilligince is a fool. To protect the fool via the rules in this case is unwise in my opinion.