Tourney Poker Math Question (Not Pot Odds) (1 Viewer)

[Sprinsd]

I play a lot of online poker where basically the bet, call, raise thinking is done for you with the buttons you can click. I was recently in a LIVE Tournament that lasted 10 hours and I was up at 4:30 am for work that day. Needless to say by about hour 8 I was mentally and physically exhausted. I rarely play live and rarely experience such high blind levels since it was a 50 player tourney. I'm decent at math but was so tired at the final table I was having a hard time figuring out what I owed into pots.

Example: I bet 5,300 and someone raises to 13,200.

Is it bad etiquette to basically pull the entire 13,200 out of my stack, state call, pick up my 5,300 already out and replace with my 13,200 stack?

Or is it bad etiquette to simply state a call and throw out a large chip like a 10k and have the dealer make the change.

Or am I stuck trying to figure out 13,200 - 5,300 when I'm having trouble thinking straight?

Any advice or tips would be appreciated.

 

[MegaTon44]

Say "call" and put the easiest denominations out there to get to the 13,200. Not wrong at all to pull back the 5,300 (or make the dealer give change). Since it's a tourney, people will appreciate you putting the chips out there as quickly as possible.

 

[abby99]

Yeah, as @MegaTon44 said, say "call." After that, you can take back your initial bet and count out chips for the new amount, ask the dealer how much you need to add, throw in a large chip and ask for change, or add approximately what you think you owe and the dealer will let you know if short or will give you change. No need to strain the brain at that point.

The same goes for cash games.

Disclaimer: All the above assumes you have a competent dealer. Even then, if the dealer makes a mistake, chances are that another player will notice and say something.

 

[lnlver]

You need to keep your chips in the middle until you decide. Otherwise, if you pull them back and then decide to fold and put the chips back, you could mistakenly replace an incorrect amount if they already hadn't been counted. A cheater would deliberately replace fewer chips. Better for the dealer and game to state your intentions first.