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Message: [QUOTE="OzExorcist, post: 1426963, member: 23910"] FWIW, pros string bet all the time. I view it a lot like the travel rule in professional basketball - as long as the pro in question does something cool afterwards it's generally ignored. This hand really hinges on the individual tournament rules. If the rule dwolfg has posted above is the one that applies then the ruling is correct. It only requires a verbal declaration, without specifying the form it has to take, and Daniel didn't return to his stack so he didn't violate that portion of the rule. Some other tournaments will specifically require the player to say "raise" and will rule this a string bet though. If Deeb hasn't studied the specific rules for the tournament then it's not unreasonable for him to think this could be a string bet, and the point about this opening up loopholes for angle shooting is a valid one in any case. [/QUOTE]