Re: Protecting Your Chips
This story may or may not be BS, but this DOES happen from time to time. I also heard of a very similar tale happening at the WSOP in the past maybe 4 years? Basically you wait for someone to go to dinner so you know they'll be gone a while, wait for the dealer to change, and then come in and do whatever bit of social engineering double talk to abscond with the chips.
In one story, the thief simply came over and said "Bill asked me to come pick him up--he's not coming back from dinner". In another the person quietly sat down in someone's seat, posted the missed blind, played a couple hands, and then picked up and left. Apparently nobody at the table remembered who had been sitting there.
If you're worried about such things, color-up, and announce how much you're taking off the table as you go (but leave behind some chips to save your seat).
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