Question on raising/"one chip rule"

[thebeebster]

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On HSP, $300/600 blinds, a player throws out 2 $500 chips. Call?

I think this is a raise, for no other reason than the fact that everyone seems to think this is a call.

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a raise has to be to 1200 on hsp. two purples is a clear call.