Raise to amount less than previous raise.

February 17, 2008 by paigowtommy.

Playing last night when this situation arose.  Blinds at 300/600, under the gun raises to 2300, 2 folds, J to my left was watching TV (slam dunk competition), so I let him know it was his turn to act.  He acts (poorly) like he didn’t know it was his turn and announces “raise TO 2000″, and throws out 2000 in chips.  Well, the raise before him was to 2300, so then he throws out 10000.  TD asks me what the ruling should be.  I said since he specifically stated an amount, and that amount was less than a legal bet, it should be a call.  If he would have just stated raise, it would have been a minimum raise.  The TD, lets his bet of 10K stand, UTG goes all-in and J insta-calls and flips over pocket KK.  He knew exactly what he was doing and admitted to doing it as an angle to induce action from UTG.  I mentioned that is against the rules, and it shouldn’t have been allowed.  Who was right?

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