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Originally Posted by swighey
No need for it. Just call the clock if it bugs you. Live and online are different. No need for a clock live, no need for a video conference online.
1) Calling the clock usually causes more problems than it solves. Have a look at the B+M or Home forums sometime and see what happens when the clock gets called - it's a disaster, not to mention all it does is extend the amount of time anyway due to the floor taking time to arrive, arguing how it was called too quick, etc.
2) As far as "no need" for it, if it's a big buy-in live tourmnament that you're not playing in, sure, there's "no need", you're at home watching it on TV and it's going to be edited out, so what do you care? As far as in standard low-stakes or medium stakes cash games or tourneys at your local casino? Yes, absolutely something needs to be done. The amount of time people take to make routine, trivial decisions constantly is becoming insane. I am no logner all that interested in going to one certain casino after three trips to it because of the almost comical level of tanking people engaged in at the table over and over again (despite it being much more convenient for me)