Had two situations come up in my monthly Omaha Hi-Lo Limit tournament where multiple denomination chips were place in the pot after a single bet.
1st situation: on the River in a 3 handed pot, level 200-400,
SB checks,
BB checks,
late position raiser declares "All-in" and tosses in a 1k chip.
SB puts in a call with 4 $100 chips,
BB tosses in a $500 and 3 $100 chips,
the dealer declares raise and the BB immediately says, "that's not a raise it's a call." At this point the Late Position player had not said "call" or tapped his single 1k chip. When I was called over the dealer describes the situation as I have here and the BB states that he saw the 1k chip, didn't pay attention to the SB's bet and assumed the bet was $800, which he thought he was calling. I don't play a lot of limit poker, but he stated that he does and as long as there was no action affected he can take the bet back. I see nothing in the TDA about that, and found in Robert's Rules:8. In limit poker, if you make a forward motion with chips and thus cause another player to act, you may be forced to complete your action. This seems to kind of speak to what the player was talking about. Even seeing the Robert's rules, it seems clear this should be a raise. Players should pay attention to actions, right?
2nd situation: 5 handed on the flop, level 300-600,
SB and BB check
there is a bet of $300 and 2 callers when it gets back to the
BB who throws in 2 $500 and 1 $100 chips,
again the player immediately takes the bet back and corrects his mistake, the original bettor had not made an action yet, but wants to protest that this too should be a raise because he threw in enough chips to raise. Neither of these situations fall under the multiple same denominations chip rule (#33).
If this were no limit would the rulings be any different?
In both situations I ruled it was a raise.