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Originally Posted by suchwinmuchprofit
If you're bluffing or valuebetting someone, you would want them to make a mistake. Why would you ever not call the clock immidiately to make your edge as big as possible over the other player? Especially in the really high stakes. When literal millions are on the line, why would players care about what is considered bad etiquette?
I'm watching the wsop and it's pretty funny how a lot of players at the table got mad at schwartz when he called the clock against another player just as he had put in chips to bluff. They have to realize he is doing whatever he can to maximize his chance to win the hand, within the rules, so why blame him at that point and not the rules themselves? It just seems really weird to me.
The general thought is that calling clock on others will in turn have the clock called on you when you face a difficult decision. There's a need to have some respect for other players at the table and the hope is that you're shown the same respect when facing a difficult decision. There's a thought that calling clock on someone should only be used in extreme circumstances, not to put someone in a position to make a difficult decision in a very small amount of time.
Personally, the only time I'll call clock on someone in a tournament is when I think they're deliberately stalling. In those cases though, I often will tell the tournament director instead of calling time on a specific hand. At this point, the tournament director can step in and give specific direction to the player that they need to speed up their play. This is a bigger problem in smaller tournaments with bad structures. In the WSOP, the tournament structure is such that players should be given plenty of time to make a difficult decision. Calling clock on someone when you're talking about half their stack and they've only had 30 seconds to think is a bush league move.
In rare circumstances, if someone was calling clock on every single big hand they play, there is always a chance the tournament director could decide to ban them from future tournaments for failing to follow the spirit of the "clock" rule.