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All-In chip count

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Nick C:
In regards to the All-in chip count. I teach my student dealers to never count the amount unless a player requests that information. The main reason is to save time. The amount is very often recognized by players, they can be visibly accessed (four or five tournament chips) for example, is easy for a dealer to make the call...".raise to whatever the amount," or "player is all-in for whatever the amount.
" I will assume that it is a large amount, or a push of huge proportions. Why waste time counting the chips if no one wants to play.   Could you imagine a dealer counting out each players wager every time a player goes all-in....... Player pushes $1,087,000 in chips into the pot, the dealer stops to count it down, only to have all of the opposing players fold. The game would never end.  A player considering a call and asks how much was bet, would be the only time that a dealer should count the all-in wager, or to confirm the correct amount on a verbal declaration of a specific bet.    Multiple players in a hand will create different situations.  The best example would be when the action is down to two players only. The first player to act goes all-in and the remaining player calls. Sometimes is is not necessary to count out any chips because it is obvious that the player with the winning hand has the other player "covered" (more chips). If the player with the lesser amount has the winning hand, those chips will be matched and surrendered to the winner and the excess amount will be returned to the loser.
Nick C 

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