How do you rule?

[Headhunter13]

We have a $2-5 NL home game. 8-10 players, we rotate the deal. On the flop, player A bet $50. Player B picked up a stack of chips, counted them out in his hand, and said, "well, here's your $50 and I'm going to raise another $100."

He's a relative newcomer to our game, but not to poker. As soon as he said it, everyone stopped and looked at me. I happened to be dealing, and the host of the game happened to be in the hand. Would you rule it a string-raise and disallow the raise, or let the raise stand?

Would it matter if he had done something similar earlier in the night and we had disallowed it then?

Thanks for the input

-- Headhunter13

[Richard Tanner]

Strict Ruling: String bet, you aren't allowed to announce a call and then a raise, you must either say "I raise" or put the chips out (all in one fluid motion).

Home Game Ruling: It really depends on how friendly the game is and what everyone expects. If everyone expects a friendly game and he's a fish feeding the game, he can piss on the table and it's cool. If you're trying to run a professional game, then it's a string bet.

Cliff's Notes: It's against the rules, and barring a situation where everyone is ok with it, it should be disallowed and kept to a call.

Cody

[EasilyFound]

If it is a friendly game, and the guy isn't trying to shoot an angle, and just doesn't know the rule, I would let it slide and tell him what the rule is and enforce it in the future.

[i am run]

The way described, id let it slide & let him know about his move.
however, if you want to keep everyone happy, id tell him to take his bet back, let him know the rule (that is in place at every professional institution) and its a friendly game, your not trying to let the other guy see a card for cheaper.

[jjigglers]

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If it is a friendly game, and the guy isn't trying to shoot an angle, and just doesn't know the rule, I would let it slide and tell him what the rule is and enforce it in the future.

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[dkgojackets]

Id let it go as its obvious he meant to raise the whole time and let him know of the rule for future situations.