[bmk67]

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I was at a cash game recently where we had to 'post' our leaving time at least 30 minutes prior to actually leaving. I was told that this was to stop someone from winning a big pot and then walking out with the money (if I was going to do that I'd just post blinds and antes for 30 mins).

I'm just wondering how everyone else deals with people leaving?

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Generally, this isn't a problem at our game. The fish stay until they go broke, and the sharks stay at least until the last fish goes busto.

One time, we did have a fish do a hit-and-run after drawing out (set vs. the nut straights with one card to go), but it's OK, we know he'll be back. It's been my experience that most guys that hit-and-run are playing scared and know that they can't compete, so this is their way to go home a winner.

Although we haven't had a problem with this, I would probably not invite someone back who made a habit of it - too hard to keep a game going if people keep leaving early and taking cash off the table all the time.