A common issue my home game runs into is when it’s an appropriate time to call the clock and who is allowed to call the clock.
We only have one player who sucks the clock down on big pivotal plays and when the clock is called on him he always wants to dispute the justification for the clock being called. I understand being emotionally involved in the hand, but it’s not fair to the other players to feel intimated to call the clock because someone else is going to get pissy. The issue is “don’t call the clock if you’re not in the hand” verses “everyone is suffering the timer going off because you’re sucking out the timer and causing the blinds to go up”
We have a set of house rules, but they don’t cover the clock so my questions are:
-When is it considered common practice to call the clock?
-Are you allowed to call the clock if you’re not in the hand, but you do have chips?
-Does the host who represents “The House” have the authority to call the clock if their not in the hand?
-Does being in the hand even matter since the timer impacts every player in a tournament considering the blinds go up?
Thank you.
We only have one player who sucks the clock down on big pivotal plays and when the clock is called on him he always wants to dispute the justification for the clock being called. I understand being emotionally involved in the hand, but it’s not fair to the other players to feel intimated to call the clock because someone else is going to get pissy. The issue is “don’t call the clock if you’re not in the hand” verses “everyone is suffering the timer going off because you’re sucking out the timer and causing the blinds to go up”
We have a set of house rules, but they don’t cover the clock so my questions are:
-When is it considered common practice to call the clock?
-Are you allowed to call the clock if you’re not in the hand, but you do have chips?
-Does the host who represents “The House” have the authority to call the clock if their not in the hand?
-Does being in the hand even matter since the timer impacts every player in a tournament considering the blinds go up?
Thank you.