Borgata N/L Rule question
 

I was sitting in a 2/5 NL game, racked up and went to dinner. I went back half an hour later and the only open seat I found was at the table I was just at. I bought in for less than I had when I left, and a nit objected, saying I couldn't play at the table because I "took money off the table." The floor was going to be called over. I did not want to start a fight so I moved to a different table without hearing a floor explanation.

I am curious if the Borgata has a rule about this. It was not my intention to rathole. The table was good and I would have liked to keep my stack in place (I know I could have but I don't like to leave a lot of chips unattended for a long period of time). I wonder if I could have asked the floor if I could buy in for what I had left taken from the table, but I know that would have opened a new can of worms (the player claimed I had more than I really did).

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The nit was right. You need to leave your chips on the table if you are going to leave the game and come back. All B&Ms are like this

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I was sitting in a 2/5 NL game, racked up and went to dinner. I went back half an hour later and the only open seat I found was at the table I was just at. I bought in for less than I had when I left, and a nit objected, saying I couldn't play at the table because I "took money off the table." The floor was going to be called over. I did not want to start a fight so I moved to a different table without hearing a floor explanation.

I am curious if the Borgata has a rule about this. It was not my intention to rathole. The table was good and I would have liked to keep my stack in place (I know I could have but I don't like to leave a lot of chips unattended for a long period of time). I wonder if I could have asked the floor if I could buy in for what I had left taken from the table, but I know that would have opened a new can of worms (the player claimed I had more than I really did).

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The floor should be able to clarify this sort of thing. In this case you were returning to a game shortly after leaving it, and in most cases you must return with the same amount of chips. Whether the waiting period is half an hour, 45 minutes, or more is generally a house rule/policy.

As an aside, when we broke games at the Bike (when I was hosting NL) I'd get a chip count for anyone who went back on the board. I'd write the count next to their initials, and allow them to take the full amount to the new table (on the fixed buy in games). This was a simple effective execution of an existing policy that prevented arguments.

~Rick

Re: Borgata N/L Rule question
 

i beleive the borg rule is 1 hour, and its not just for NL games.
this rule will also prevent you from getting up off a must move game to get yourself moved from the top of the move list to the bottom. and it prevents you from leaving game A to move to game B of the same stakes (example: youre in the main game, and you want to play in the must move game that feeds the game. you cant just get up and get into the must move, you would have to wait an hour).
im almost certain you could buy back into the good game for the amount you left with.

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The nit was right. You need to leave your chips on the table if you are going to leave the game and come back. All B&Ms are like this

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If you go back on the list and get moved to the same table, is this still true?

I'm talking about normal games, not must-move (as others have already listed)

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The nit was right. You need to leave your chips on the table if you are going to leave the game and come back. All B&Ms are like this

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Not if you consider the poker room at the world's largest casino in the set of "all B&Ms."

At Foxwoods, if you go on the reseat list (which is the only way to save the time charge) and come back, you are not even allowed, much less required, to buy in for what you had on the table.

Perhaps the reseat list is out of scope to the post I'm replying to, but the salient point is that you could end up right back at the same table, and you would be forced to rathole back to the table buyin (e.g. $40 to 100 for $1-2).