44. Calling for the clock procedures: Once a reasonable amount of time has passed and a clock is called for, a player will be given one minute to make a decision. If action has not been taken by the time the minute is over, there will be a ten second countdown. If a player has not acted on his hand by the time the countdown is over, the hand will be dead. The following individuals, without exception, are entitled to call a clock on a player;-
1. Tournament Director.
2. Table Dealer.
3. Another player participating in that specific hand.
For the avoidance of doubt, the clock cannot be called on a player by another player who is not participating in the hand in question.
Early on in the tournament there was a hand on my table between a couple of players that took forever indeed one player contemplating for just under 5 minutes before raising all in and the other taking a full 5 to make his decision.
although out of the hand both myself and Foggy contemplated asking for the clock. We both held stum for my part simply because I had taken a few minutes to decide to fold to an all in bet on the turn knowing I had 12 outs almost certainly 15 and possibly 18 only 10 minutes earlier. The Gambler in me desperately wanted to gamble and run up to nearly 40k if i hit but crippled if missed halfway through level 2 but I chickened out.
Had either of us called the clock I see we would have been in breach of APAT rules which would have been unfortunate.
I think this rule needs to be looked at. For the record the 2 players involved were not trying to time waste but feedback does seem to suggest there was a hell of lot of timewasting later when the blinds got serious.
Surely if you are in the tournament the timewasting does affect you whether in the hand or not.
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Exactly..........but as Tighty says a lot of dealers feel intimidated to call the clock.
Solutions?.well I"ve seen a player (not in the hand)
ask the dealer if its "nearly" time to call the clock?!
