Last night I played a hand of no limit hold'em that ended up causing a bit of controversy: I raised to $2500 with 6s 8s and the big blind called me. The flop came K-10-4 rainbow. The big blind checked, and I bet $3000- he called. The turn was a 7, he checked again, and this time I bet $8000. The river was the 9, and after he checked is where things got a little funky.

I started counting the pot in my head to try and figure out how much was left to bet. We'd each put in $2500, $3000, and $8000 thus far, leaving $16,500 left to bet. I said, "I'll bet the pot," then threw out $13,500, miscalculating how much was left. So my verbal action was "pot," but the amount of chips I actually bet was $3000 less than it was supposed to be.

My opponent called the bet, and as the pot was being pushed towards me, the hand still face up on the table, I realized that the bet was supposed to be $3000 more since I actually verbalized the word pot. What do you think? Should I get the extra $3000 or not? I think there are decent arguments on both sides.