Rules Question

I play in my local poker room and it is a 1-2 game. The game has chip denominations of 1, 5, and 10. Last night i am playing and i am in middle position and i have pocket Aces. I throw in a 10 chip and someone calls me on a string. They say that since i have no ones in front of me and that i threw in one chip it is considered a call. I then argue that if u do not call then whatever u put in the middle is the bet. They say i can only call. I call floor and they agree. Now i got 8 players on the hand. Board comes a bunch of Q-something else and something else. I bet kid calls. next card comes and i bet again kid calls. Then next card comes and it is an ace.  I check because i believe the kid is hiding like a possible straight or something and kid check he had two pairs and i rivered trips.

 

So i was losing til the river. If i lost i would of been pissed.

 

Am i right and the floor wrong?

You must announce your raise.

I agree,  I just got into the habit of verbally anouncing any move that I make, whether it be calling or raising

i thought whatever u throw in the middle is ur bet.

no announce and it is a raise

no dennis, the guys are right

 

If it's a single chip, which just happens to be larger than the denomination of the bet to be called, it's just a call,not a raise

 

Safest way is to verbalize your intent

 

 

Dennis, the guys are right.  Always VERBALLY announce when you want to raise to avoid any confusion.  That way they can't accuse you of a string bet or a call.  You can NEVER assume that a single chip is necessarily a raise, since you may just want to call but need change.  Now if you shove in multiple chips with just 1 motion, it's obviously raised the amount you pushed in.  VERBAL always takes precedence over anything.  That way you can't have someone say CALL, then say fold.  Your 1st verbage is FINAL.  

thank u for the responses and good luck to everyone

if your first to act and you throw any chip in that is the bet unless you announce the bet.

i was not first to act. I was in the middle.

if the player who didn't show was the player who was first to act then you could have asked to c his cards, also if u were in the pot at anypoint u can ask to c... i do it at foxwoods all the time and it pisses people off however i love doing that!