Calling the clock when not in the hand.

[gatso]

Two people regularly play the cash games at my local.

1) Thinks he is some Italian hotshot, and regularly tanks over decisions preflop etc.

2) Guy seems to not have all his mental functions- possibly just steaming drunk, it is the north east.

I have experienced a whole table been asking the dealer call the clock on player 1 and not say a thing even though its 5:25- the game ends in 5 mins and number 2 has taken 3 mins to act pre.

Players call the clock for  variety of reasons, and usually speeding the game up is number 2 on the list.

more info needed on player 1. is he actually italian or does he put on the accent?

[rfgqqabc]

Two people regularly play the cash games at my local.

1) Thinks he is some Italian hotshot, and regularly tanks over decisions preflop etc.

2) Guy seems to not have all his mental functions- possibly just steaming drunk, it is the north east.

I have experienced a whole table been asking the dealer call the clock on player 1 and not say a thing even though its 5:25- the game ends in 5 mins and number 2 has taken 3 mins to act pre.

Players call the clock for  variety of reasons, and usually speeding the game up is number 2 on the list.

more info needed on player 1. is he actually italian or does he put on the accent?

He's Romanian and ok away from the tables. But you should see his tanking, just ridiculous in every say. Everytime he has to fold it takes 20 seconds and one of his folding routines, either showing a player next to him, flicking his cards, or dramatic headshakes and chip counting. However, his wife/gf is incred. Every cloud eh

[jgcblack]

Two people regularly play the cash games at my local.

1) Thinks he is some Italian hotshot, and regularly tanks over decisions preflop etc.

2) Guy seems to not have all his mental functions- possibly just steaming drunk, it is the north east.

I have experienced a whole table been asking the dealer call the clock on player 1 and not say a thing even though its 5:25- the game ends in 5 mins and number 2 has taken 3 mins to act pre.

Players call the clock for  variety of reasons, and usually speeding the game up is number 2 on the list.

more info needed on player 1. is he actually italian or does he put on the accent?

He's Romanian and ok away from the tables. But you should see his tanking, just ridiculous in every say. Everytime he has to fold it takes 20 seconds and one of his folding routines, either showing a player next to him, flicking his cards, or dramatic headshakes and chip counting. However, his wife/gf is incred. Every cloud eh

Gd lad... yer.. no one wants a complete time waster!  Although sometimes u gota get ur hollywood on!

Worst I've ever done was spout for 5 mins about how sucked out i'd gotten in Gala Northampton, when the guy then turned over my hand to find out his rivered two pair was a better top pair than mine all along! that was £50 well spent!

<3 the poker players round ur average live table!!!!!

[AdamM]

Players calling the clock on themselves drives me mad.
Saw a guy do it at Betfair live a couple of weeks ago. He had Q high flush with the A on the board.
He was never folding, he was just making a scene.
It was virtually a slowroll.

Get on with it.

[Ant040689]

Players calling the clock on themselves drives me mad.
Saw a guy do it at Betfair live a couple of weeks ago. He had Q high flush with the A on the board.
He was never folding, he was just making a scene.
It was virtually a slowroll.

Get on with it.

Funny you should say that I had a tough decision with JJ after I 3 bet a utg raiser and he 4 bet jammed late on in the 500/1000 deepstack. This was genuinely a tough spot. After 2 mins of mulling it over I knew I could be there all day so politely asked someone to call the clock on me knowing that the added pressure probably will shift me onto making a good decision much quicker because without the immediate urgency, why not just keep on thinking about it in the hope more clarity will bolt out of the blue. Made the laydown in the end but needed the clock to be called.

The table refused to call the clock on me initially which I found nice and it just shows the extent of how much other players want to refrain from calling the clock. Tbf it was a worthy spot to have trouble with and they all realised that and I was happy they would have probs have been fine with me having another two mins.

[jakally]

Players calling the clock on themselves drives me mad.
Saw a guy do it at Betfair live a couple of weeks ago. He had Q high flush with the A on the board.
He was never folding, he was just making a scene.
It was virtually a slowroll.

Get on with it.

Funny you should say that I had a tough decision with JJ after I 3 bet a utg raiser and he 4 bet jammed late on in the 500/1000 deepstack. This was genuinely a tough spot. After 2 mins of mulling it over I knew I could be there all day so politely asked someone to call the clock on me knowing that the added pressure probably will shift me onto making a good decision much quicker because without the immediate urgency, why not just keep on thinking about it in the hope more clarity will bolt out of the blue. Made the laydown in the end but needed the clock to be called.

The table refused to call the clock on me initially which I found nice and it just shows the extent of how much other players want to refrain from calling the clock. Tbf it was a worthy spot to have trouble with and they all realised that and I was happy they would have probs have been fine with me having another two mins.

If you need a hurry up, then why not give yourself a minute to make a decision, instead of going through the dramatics, and disruption, of getting a clock called?
I'm sure that you went through the process with the best of intents, and I am not doubting the difficulty of the decision, just can't understand why you can't manage the situation yourself.

[SuuPRlim]

I think if everyone just takes the time they need and no more than we can all live happily.

I've never called a clock on anyone in my life and only had the clock called on me once in my career

The reason I never need to call the clock is (prolly mainly cos I dont play many tourneys lol) but that even when people are taking an amount of time that I think seems like more than they'll need, I trust them to be using the time properly so even though it seems like too much time I give them the benefit of the doubt. I expect the same courtesy to be extended to me when I need more time. the one time I had the clock called on me was in a infuriating situation my an old man in a cash game where I'd taken about 2 minutes to mull a distinctly difficult turn decision, he was doing his bollocks and wasn't a pro so I gave him the benefit of the doubt and didn't say anything. If it had been a player I play with regularly I'd be really steamed if they called the clock on me, and with good reason imo.

[Rivertony]

I must say I hate people who takes ages with no decision, just to make it look like they wasn't bluffing so tilting

[StuartHopkin]

I love calling the clock on people, especially when I am not in the hand.

Lol at Guys reasons. There is nothing that should be taking more than 5 mins so after 5 mins its free game.

Tourneys only obv, bit weird in cash games.

[T8MML]

there are one or two players on the circuit who think that its makes them look cool to dwell up on every decision, preflop, utg, you name it, before they eventually make on agonising fold and post on facebook!

calling a clock imo should be only for those actually in a hand. Ive witnessed situs where a player not in the hand, and to be fair, a total arse, is calling on another player just to wind him up. that to me is all wrong.

[Royal Flush]

Ha I feel players in a hand shouldn't call for a clock but those not in should....

[Cf]

Anyone dealt cards is "in the hand" and is free to call clock. Even in a cash game imo. I'd rather play more hands per hour.

[Ant040689]

Players calling the clock on themselves drives me mad.
Saw a guy do it at Betfair live a couple of weeks ago. He had Q high flush with the A on the board.
He was never folding, he was just making a scene.
It was virtually a slowroll.

Get on with it.

Funny you should say that I had a tough decision with JJ after I 3 bet a utg raiser and he 4 bet jammed late on in the 500/1000 deepstack. This was genuinely a tough spot. After 2 mins of mulling it over I knew I could be there all day so politely asked someone to call the clock on me knowing that the added pressure probably will shift me onto making a good decision much quicker because without the immediate urgency, why not just keep on thinking about it in the hope more clarity will bolt out of the blue. Made the laydown in the end but needed the clock to be called.

The table refused to call the clock on me initially which I found nice and it just shows the extent of how much other players want to refrain from calling the clock. Tbf it was a worthy spot to have trouble with and they all realised that and I was happy they would have probs have been fine with me having another two mins.

If you need a hurry up, then why not give yourself a minute to make a decision, instead of going through the dramatics, and disruption, of getting a clock called?
I'm sure that you went through the process with the best of intents, and I am not doubting the difficulty of the decision, just can't understand why you can't manage the situation yourself.

Mainly because it didn't cross my mind to self impose a clock and thinking about it now it would have been a much wiser decision. Definitely does look much more dramatic to call the clock on yourself and will avoid doing so in the future.

[mondatoo]

Players calling the clock on themselves drives me mad.
Saw a guy do it at Betfair live a couple of weeks ago. He had Q high flush with the A on the board.
He was never folding, he was just making a scene.
It was virtually a slowroll.

Get on with it.

Funny you should say that I had a tough decision with JJ after I 3 bet a utg raiser and he 4 bet jammed late on in the 500/1000 deepstack. This was genuinely a tough spot. After 2 mins of mulling it over I knew I could be there all day so politely asked someone to call the clock on me knowing that the added pressure probably will shift me onto making a good decision much quicker because without the immediate urgency, why not just keep on thinking about it in the hope more clarity will bolt out of the blue. Made the laydown in the end but needed the clock to be called.

The table refused to call the clock on me initially which I found nice and it just shows the extent of how much other players want to refrain from calling the clock. Tbf it was a worthy spot to have trouble with and they all realised that and I was happy they would have probs have been fine with me having another two mins.

Have a plan 

[mondatoo]

Calling a clock on yourself then hero calling is fun imo.