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Originally Posted by Devilboy In a tournament setup - what happens if a player annouces a bet when it's not his turn yet? If I read Robert's rules correctly, it seems like he'll be forced to bet when his turn comes (if, for example, everyone before him checks)
Is that right?
Reason I ask is that they Australian Poker League has this stupid idea that this player is then forced to either check, call or fold when his turn comes - he cannot bet or raise. That makes no sense to me. If it was not deliberate then surely the 'fair' thing to do is to allow this person to bet if everyone else checked before him? |
"An action or verbal declaration out of turn may be ruled binding if there is no bet, call, or raise by an intervening player acting after the infraction has been committed."
So the way that reads it sounds like if everyone checked in front of him he MAY be forced to stick with his verbal announcement. It seems to leave it up to the tourney director. I would say make them stick to it, because that might have already altered the play of those in front of him. They might have checked because he already declared a raise.
