This happens in a home game, blinds are 400/800 first to act is player A. Player A raises to 2400 total but player A fails to push out chips, It is only a verbal raise. Player B and C fold; Player D says call and puts out 800. So the problem that I am having is that Players lately fail to put out there chips. In this situation I give player A warning that he must put his chips out to let everyone know. In cases like this I give Player D the option to call the 2400 or to fold and surrender the 800. So with this situation it is laziness and Player B failed to hear the verbal. I took some flak for this, I felt it was a fair ruling. Can you give me some feed back on this. Also what would happen in the casino with Player A not pushing out his chips?
Sounds like this is a frequent problem. As such, it could be an angle shoot attempt for free chips.
I.E. Deliberately making a vague raise, then rake in unearned chips from players that undercall and fold.
Therefore, penalty for player A and player D has the option to fold and get the called chips back.