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[QUOTE="baudib1, post: 1828877, member: 47606"]
Casinos do not require it so that you have exact counts on everyone's chips so that you can make surgically precise betsizing decisions. Your chips must be visible and in behind your cards and with large denominations in front or on top, not hidden.

Beyond that, everything is pretty much based on etiquette, not hard and fast rules.

If someone asks for a count, tell them what you have. You should always keep a rough idea in your head of how many chips each person has in no-limit/pot-limit games. You can say something like, "about 30,000."

Do not ask for counts every time you need to make a bet or a call unless it's an all-in, unless they have some elaborate chip pyramid like some people do in the WSOP. Most people will stack their chips in rows of 20 in cash games; in tournaments, most people just stack them evenly so you can easily count.

Do not muck out of order in multiway pots. If someone bets and you call and they make a declaration "2 pair" or "I got a boat," you should hold onto your cards until they show. But if they flip immediately and you are beat, then either muck right away or pound the table or say "good hand," to indicate you lost, otherwise they will think you are about to slowroll them.

It's always safer to just flip your cards at showdown (even Phil Ivey can misread his hand) but some people don't because they want to reveal as little information as possible.
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