[Mike1623]

I was playing $1/$2 NL at the Taj on Monday night and the following occurred at about 2:00 AM.

There were two players at the table (seats 8 and 9) who have stacks that appeared to be around $1000. Seat 9 is outside smoking a cigarette. Seat 8 gets up and goes to talk to a friend a couple of tables over. A guy who had been playing at our table a couple of hours earlier (but had busted out) comes walking back to our table, walks over to directly behind the 8 seat, reaches down and picks up a stack of seat 8's chips (it appeared to be a hundred dollar stack). This occurs while the dealer is cleaning the muck and pushing a pot to a player.

Exactly when the guy puts the chips into his pocket, seat 8 returns from talking to his friend and sees the criminal putting his chips in his pocket. Seat 8 tells the criminal that he saw what he did and that he wants the chips back. Criminal says, I didn't do nothing. Seat 8 says, I just saw you, and calls for the floor and security. The criminal proceeds to hand Seat 8 about 3 chips (15.00) and walk away. Seat 8 is yelling for the floor and security as is a couple of other people. The criminal starts walking away and throwing 5 dollar chips at Seat 8. Finally near the sign in desk, the criminal is stopped by a floor person. The criminal throws his hands up in the air and says, you got nothing on me, search me, search me, go ahead. Everyone around us tells the floor what happened and the floor says well if he gave the chips back there is nothing we can do. People start yelling at the floor and he says, look, what do you want, he gave the chips back and he will be escorted out.

About an hour later, someone comes to our table and tells us that the criminal is still standing directly outside the poker room, still inside the casino, and trying to talk to people as they are walking out of the poker room.

Moral of the story: Commit a crime at the Taj, say you are sorry and all will be forgiven.

Very nice security at the Taj.