How should the Poker Room have handled this:

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At some point players have to learn that verbal action is binding, and the best way to prevent misunderstandings is to avoid making ambigious declarations in the first place. Why put that onus on other players, dealers, and floors in the first place?


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It is true that cerbal actions are binding, but what would you like the casino to do if they refuse to put the call in. I can rule all day long that someone has committed their chips to the pot, but I have no mechanism to take enforce this rulign if they choose to leave the casino instead.