Originally Posted by jhardin3

This was event 30 at the wsop. The format of this tournament requires the first player in must raise to enter the pot, including the small blind. So, the one chip rule is modified for the player first in to a min raise.

Day two, 150 ante, 300-600 blinds. The first player in puts out three t500 chips for 1500 total. Another player at the table says that has to be 1200 since the player that raised said nothing. Floor gets called, says it's 1200 to go.

I just don't understand how the burden in this spot is on the player to specify an otherwise legal raise amount, regardless of the tendency in floor calls to go with the lesser amount.

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by WSOP rules

92. Oversized Chip Betting: Putting a single oversized chip or multiple same-denomination chips into the pot will be considered a call if the Participant
doesn’t announce a raise. For example, pre-flop, blinds are 200-400: A raises to 1,200 total (an 800 raise), B puts out two 1,000 chips without
declaring raise. This is just a call because removing one 1,000 chip leaves less than the amount needed to call the 1,200 bet. To make a raise with
a single oversized chip, a verbal declaration must be made before the chip hits the table surface. If a Participant says "Raise" as an oversized chip
is placed into the pot (with the word Raise being announced prior to the chip landing on the table surface), but doesn’t state the amount, the raise
will be the maximum allowable up to the denomination of that chip. After the flop, an initial bet of a single oversized chip without comment will
signify a bet equal to the size of the chip.

Originally Posted by tringlomane

Sounds like a call in the WSOP rulebook to me since he used all the same denomination.