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I actually looked through
Robert's Rules and couldn't even find the part about high-denom chips being in clear view, let alone the part about whether anyone's obligated to count down stacks or not.
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From Chapter 2 of Bob Ciaffone's online rulebook:
19. Any player is entitled to a clear view of an opponent’s chips. Higher denomination chips should be easily visible.
Of course about 60% of what is in the "House Policies" section is either no longer applicable, changed, never/rarely enforced and shouldn't have been in a rule book in the first place but that's another rant [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
From the General Rules - House Policies section of the Commerce Rulebook (other LA rulebooks are similar or identical):
24. Any player is entitled to a clear view of an opponent’s chips when applicable."
Hope this helps.
~ Rick