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To aid players in tracking bets, and to ensure all players have bet the correct amount, players stack the amount they have bet in the current round in front of them.

When the betting round is over ( a common phrase is " the pot's good "), the players will push their stacks into the pot or the dealer will gather them into the pot.

Tossing chips directly into the pot ( known as splashing the pot ), though popular in film and television depictions of the game, causes confusion over the amount of a raise and can be used to hide the true amount of a bet.

Likewise, string raises, or the act of raising by first placing chips to call and then adding chips to raise, causes confusion over the amount bet.

Both actions are generally prohibited at casinos and discouraged at least in other cash games.