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Originally Posted by machi5
Blinds 300/600/600. BB puts in his ante with 6 black chips, but posts his BB with a 5k chip despite the fact that I clearly see he has 6 or 7 other black chips. I ask if he wants to use those chips for the BB instead, and he says, "No, I need those to shuffle," and tosses the 5k chip toward the chip leader, of whom I then ask, "Can you break this for him? He needs chips to shuffle." So we got the BB's shuffling chip situation squared away, and play resumed.
To be fair, when I am playing, I will often post a bigger chip even though I have exact change just so I can keep my smaller chips. If for some reason I end up folding my BB and the dealer doesn't have exact change, I will switch out to the smaller chips as I fold.
The question is, why are you changing up the big blind before actionnis complete? I understand making sure the ante is exact. That should be required. But the big blind doesn't require change until action is complete. Why not wait? Maybe there will be enough to make change?