Calling Clock - Tournament Play

[Bongo]

Surely you want him to fold, given that he has so little back compared to the size of the pot. (unless I have misread!)

[Jaydeaa]

Why would I want him to fold, when I could take all his chips in one hand, burst the bubble and take a very strong player out of the game? of Do i hope he calls with his 7,2 and the flop hits 7, 2 or something, dont be silly!

[boldie]

Why would I want him to fold, when I could take all his chips in one hand, burst the bubble and take a very strong player out of the game? of Do i hope he calls with his 7,2 and the flop hits 7, 2 or something, dont be silly!

indeed..you don't want him to fold..you do want him to get a severe kick in the nuts for being a twat though.

[tikay]

Calling for the clock in Tournament Play should be strongly discouraged, & it's much mis-used, usually by insignificant little men who are hen-pecked husbands, & sitting at a Poker Table wielding players rights is as near as they ever get to exerting authority in their sad little lives.

In my opinion, that is........

[Jaydeaa]

Well, Tikay, very interesting way of putting it, personally i thought the bloke was taking the piss and last night try'd to explain why he did it and got shot by alot of the people around him.

He said he had known he had screwed up, trying to bluff with 7,2 but least his cards were live and wwanted to wait for the other bloke to make sure he cashed

(chip counts would of brought a different out come too)

I felt what he was doing was very wrong, and kind of noticed after 2 minutes, gave him  another and called clock, i seriously dont see anything wrong with this, knowing he is throwing his chips in anyway!

[boldie]

Calling for the clock in Tournament Play should be strongly discouraged, & it's much mis-used, usually by insignificant little men who are hen-pecked husbands, & sitting at a Poker Table wielding players rights is as near as they ever get to exerting authority in their sad little lives.

In my opinion, that is........

I completely agree BUT this case is a bit special in that the guy whom you'd be calling the clock on is actively trying to screw over another player (and not in the "bluff you out of a pot" sort of way.

[tikay]

Calling for the clock in Tournament Play should be strongly discouraged, & it's much mis-used, usually by insignificant little men who are hen-pecked husbands, & sitting at a Poker Table wielding players rights is as near as they ever get to exerting authority in their sad little lives.

In my opinion, that is........

I completely agree BUT this case is a bit special in that the guy whom you'd be calling the clock on is actively trying to screw over another player (and not in the "bluff you out of a pot" sort of way.

Oh, of course, absolutely, yes, there are certain cases where it's justified. About 2% of the total, I'd say. May even be less - say 1 in 50.

[boldie]

Calling for the clock in Tournament Play should be strongly discouraged, & it's much mis-used, usually by insignificant little men who are hen-pecked husbands, & sitting at a Poker Table wielding players rights is as near as they ever get to exerting authority in their sad little lives.

In my opinion, that is........

I completely agree BUT this case is a bit special in that the guy whom you'd be calling the clock on is actively trying to screw over another player (and not in the "bluff you out of a pot" sort of way.

Oh, of course, absolutely, yes, there are certain cases where it's justified. About 2% of the total, I'd say. May even be less - say 1 in 50.

lmao

[tikay]

Oh, & to be serious for a moment, I have never put the clock on a player in my life, & I hope I never will. I don't need to resort to cheap shots, I can manage by playing within the spirit of the game, which is a leisure pursuit, not a race.

And in most cases, it's hen-pecked husb - oops, felt another rant coming on there.....

[boldie]

Oh, & to be serious for a moment, I have never put the clock on a player in my life, & I hope I never will. I don't need to resort to cheap shots, I can manage by playing within the spirit of the game, which is a leisure pursuit, not a race.

And in most cases, it's hen-pecked husb - oops, felt another rant coming on there.....

please post the rant somewhere...I could do with a good read and well, am fairly partial to a good rant myself

[kinboshi]

Oh, & to be serious for a moment, I have never put the clock on a player in my life, & I hope I never will. I don't need to resort to cheap shots, I can manage by playing within the spirit of the game, which is a leisure pursuit, not a race.

But a few minutes or hours to you are irrelevant because you've been alive for so long, like an ancient tree.  In fact, you wouldn't call the clock on a player, you'd call a calendar. 

[tikay]

Oh, & to be serious for a moment, I have never put the clock on a player in my life, & I hope I never will. I don't need to resort to cheap shots, I can manage by playing within the spirit of the game, which is a leisure pursuit, not a race.

But a few minutes or hours to you are irrelevant because you've been alive for so long, like an ancient tree.  In fact, you wouldn't call the clock on a player, you'd call a calendar. 

CLOCK!

[matt674]

surely any half decent TD would realize what was going on if both table were stalling waiting for action on the other table and would tell the players in question to get their @r$e$ in gear anyway?

[boldie]

Oh, & to be serious for a moment, I have never put the clock on a player in my life, & I hope I never will. I don't need to resort to cheap shots, I can manage by playing within the spirit of the game, which is a leisure pursuit, not a race.

But a few minutes or hours to you are irrelevant because you've been alive for so long, like an ancient tree.  In fact, you wouldn't call the clock on a player, you'd call a calendar. 

lmao

[KarmaDope]

surely any half decent TD would realize what was going on if both table were stalling waiting for action on the other table and would tell the players in question to get their @r$e$ in gear anyway?

I think in the OP situation it was just one person, not both.

However, surely there should be something in the rules to prohibit this? Hand for hand isn't seen everywhere, but surely it should be "in hand for hand play on the bubble, if 2 players exit within the same hand, the player with the lowest chip count at the commencement of the hand will finish in the lower position." Commencement of the hand could be defined by the TD saying "play" like he does at the start of all hands when HFH.

I can't see any loopholes with that, can you?