I think the dealers should detect these slow playing (or acting) players and they should warn them about it and use clock if necessary. In extreme cases they should have the right to disqualify these players.
Live pro poker players have a ton of tricks. Eg Sammy Farha likes playing with his chips and acting to call/push and in the meantime he watches the reaction...
OMG I hate this.. Don't get me wrong I do this when messing around at my buddys home game other than that... Never do I pull this shenanigan bs, when people do this in live tourneys or even worse $1/$2 cash games... I just want to reach across the table and slam their head on the felt.. Lol usually when their being real idiotic with the hollywood like their on espn or wpt, I almost always will ask for the dealer to call floor for a clock (just so I can be dick right back).. No ****in need to hollywood to decide if your going to call a $10 reraise lol!I agree, I think a shot clock would really improve the game. In my experience, when people start to tank or 'hollywood', it almost always ends in a fold. So why waste everybody's time? I think for most of us, we know exactly what we're gonna do within 5 seconds of a decision, but then we like to hide that choice by waiting to act.
I say shot clocks for everybody!
Any thoughts of shotclocks under a minute are nonsense....no one is proposing that, and it would never happen except in instances where special "shot clock" tournaments are made.....that's simply not enough time for live poker on difficult decisions.
I DO think the dealers need to be able to prompt play and warn about a clock being called in some instances, but that needs to be backed up by a new attitude among live players to call the clock more readily/often and not be offended if the clock is called on themselves.
Actually, I'm pretty sure there are some where the shot clock is already under a minute. IIRC my local casino has used a 30-second shot clock in cash games.
I've gotta disagree again about getting the dealers involved in this too - at least, more than they already are. A good dealer should already be reminding people that it's their turn to act and prompting them to act in a timely manner. The only way that having them call time on a player will ever work though is if you implement the shot clock as well, so they've got a fixed rule to work with.
I can only imagine it'd be an even bigger nightmare for dealers who work for tips: the incentive for them is to call time every action, because the more hands they get to deal the more tips they could make... except if the players end up hating them because they're constantly calling time, then they'll be less inclined to tip them. Ouch.
I'd be very interested to see NORMAL CASH GAME TABLES (NOT special advertised shot clock promotional tables) all being equipped and using 30 sec. clocks for cash game play over and extended length of time...not some trial period promotion;/
PLEASE LINK US TO SOME EVIDENCE OF THIS ....i'd be more than interested.