Do poker dealers call the amount in the pot?

Question

I was just curious if poker dealers call out how much money a player bets or raises and/or calls out how much is in the pot.

I watch poker on TV, but have never been to a casino and I notice that when a bet is made, the player seems to automatically know, but it never shows them looking.

Answer 1

Some dealers do, some don't.  Usually players put the chips out in stacks of common amounts (50, 100, etc...)

Answer 2

The dealer will state the amount of the raise if asked, but not the pot size.  The players do know, at least the good ones, because you're keeping track as the hand progresses in order to calculate your odds.  If a player wishes to know how many chips another player has left, then it is the dealer's job to count that player's chips out and announce how much the player has, although some players will do this themselves.  

Poker on TV is severely edited.  If you were seeing the game play out in real time, there are many more hands being played where players are taking pots down preflop and on the flop.  There's only so much time for the show, so they only show "exciting" hands, and even those are edited.  In a big pot, it's not uncommon for a player to think 5 minutes or more.  However if they showed 5 minutes of someone thinking, it wouldn't be terribly exciting.  This is why you don't see people counting out the pot or anything of that sort.

*Edit*

Yes a dealer should announce the size of the raise when the chips are put in.  If you push a stack in, the dealer will break it down, and announce the size of the bet.

Answer 3

It could very-well vary from casino to casino. At the local casino here (Melbourne, Aus), the dealer will state the amount that the player bets out loud once, and will do so again if another player doesn't know (and asks). It's good etiquette for players to verbalize what they're actually doing anyway.

Dealers will not count the amount of money within the pot. The pot is never supposed to be stacked in poker and is completely up to individual players to keep track of the pot-size.

Answer 4

A poker dealer should not count the pot (unless playing pot limit) but can spread the chips so a player can see how many are in the pot.

A poker dealer can at the request of the player count the size of a bet or raise.

A poker dealer should not count the amount of chips a player has left.  Said player can count them out of just show his chips so the other player can approximate how many chips are in play.  

Answer 5

depends if no limit or pot limit they will tell you amount in pot if pot limit in No limit they shouldnt but its good to ask becasue then people think you have no clue what you are doing and then bust there ***