[StepBangin]

I took my trip to Caesars Indiana last week/weekend and I noticed something that seemed to happened a LOT! It never affected me enough to complain though.

Basically instead of setting the chips down, the players would reach across the "bet line" (That apparently isnt really a bet line, thats what one of the dealers told me, but everyone placed their bets across it) and drop the chips one at a time on top of each other. This happend 2 different ways.

Assume both ways the player wants to be $25 on the flop, he does not announce his raise amount before doing so, he just says "raise"

Way #1 - Player grabs 5 red chips and reaches across the line and drops each one seperately

Way #2: Player grabs a stack of red chips and reaches across the line and drops 5 chips, one at a time, then brings his arm back with the rest of the stack in his hand.

They didnt drop the chips really slow, basically they were dropping them and counting them one at a time. This happend so many times it drove me nuts but it never affected the game enough for me to be a nit about it.

Would both of these ways be considered string bets?


Edit: I thought of a 3rd thing. Assume the player wants to bet $50, they sometimes would grab a stack of red, reach across the line and cut out two stacks, $25 each, and pull the rest of the stack back in his hand. Well, sometimes they would make a $25 stack and a $30 stack, but would grab one off of the $30 stack before bring their hand back with the rest of the chips.

Wouldnt this be considered a string bet too??

Side note: When I bet, I clearly announce "Bet" or "Raise" cut out my chips in front of me, announce exactly how much, "fifty more" or "Fifty straight" (Usually the latter, since I like telling them exactly how much I am putting in, not how much more I am raising) and push my chips out. Why is this so difficult for others?