Thanks....In my situation, the word 18 came ahead of chips hitting the felt (2 5000 chips) hence multiple chips.....what happens if 3 5000 chips came into the pot with 18 announced first, etc...
Leaving a "resonable" call by a TD is (IMO) not the best way, fore a players stack in a tournament is his "life", and the life of all the tournament players are affected by this "resonable" decision>>>If it were possible to stop the game, ask all the registered players to "vote", should the player be forced to put 18,000 into the pot (leaving him short stacked maybe and possibly be out of the tournament soon), therefore one less player to compete against) or to "vote", OH, Let the poor guy go, made a mistake, just put in 1800!....
At their choosing, todays players can be distracted by Ear Buds, I Pads, MP Players, Video, Massages, Rail conversations, or none of the above....
A player with none of the above distractions, but total concentration on the game at hand, may become a victim of a TD's judgement "resonable" call and could affect his tournament life....
I wish for Black and White so the good dealer's are on the same page as the TD making the call...The TD's aren't at the table to witness the "spirit of the game", the "gamesmanship", bantering, if any, etc....However, whatever it is, it is....we dealers recognize a "foul", and our only job is to "call the floor"....and the system does work and takes the dealer out of the decision making process...but I would like Rule 44 to be a ONE chip rule....not a rule for a "stack of chips" which is "multiple chips"...keep it simple...