[SpleenLSD]

This cardroom is 5 minutes from my house. This scenario is not unusual. No player wants to spend another hour deciding a winner when they could just chop and get back to the tables. The dealers especially, since they want the tourney to end so they can get tipped and get back to work. That's why the floor wants a speedy chop too. No one will pull out a calculator and start running chop formulas to guarantee equity. It's the dog track!

If you refuse the chop every player at the table will try to bust you and your pot equity will will suffer. You are likely to get less than the chop price, which is exactly what happened to you. I'm not defending these practices, but you are playing a $45 tournament with a 29% rake at a Florida dogtrack. You need to be aware of the environment and conditions. This is not a serious cardroom.

The physical threats etc. is unacceptable. There is a county sherriff in that room almost always. If you ever feel seriously threatened get a green shirth and let them straighten everyone's a$$ out.