Re: A very interesting ethics situation and a Bellagio Floor ruling
Tx,
Great post.
Seems pretty clear that Player 2 was shooting another angle, and Player 1 returned the favor. I'm with everyone else in saying "good for him."
However, flip the story to this:
Player 2 is a super nice guy, relatively new player, always gives everyone the benefit of the doubt, just an A-plus guy all around.
Player 1 is a Bellagio regular and you've seen him shoot angles from time to time.
$500 or so in the middle. Player 1 grabs a stack of $400 and cuts out three stacks of $100. As he puts down the fourth stack, while his hand is still on the chips, Player 2 says "call." Immediately, without releasing his hand from the chips, Player 1 says "Two thousand" and goes back for more chips.
Based on the ruling in your hand, Player 2 would be forced to pay up $2000, but I bet everyone would want to string up Player 1.
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