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
The plan was to see where i was and did so losing least amount of chips lol. I peel a flop and it comes 10 high i probably get it all in and see myself out the comp.
Calling a clock on yourself then hero calling is fun imo.
Did this on another occasion in the same tourn 15 bigs, raise 2.5 utg with 99, 14 bbs re shoves all in from mid pos on the pure bubble, i get the clock on and call. He has AQ suited and i hold.
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