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07-08-2007, 09:09 PM
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Observed a player steal from another while coloring down. My action?
5/10 NL last night at Resorts EC. Seat 6 is a total novice with no clue whats going on. He's playing almost entirely in green. Seat 5 is a regular in this game and stuck a few racks. All the dealers and floor people know him by name, nickname(s), and by all the big hands he's won/lost.
Situation: Seat 6 is in a hand. Seat 5 asks if he wants some color to play with and pulls out a stack of red. Seat 6 accepts the stack and tosses over 5 green, still thinking about the hand he's in. Seat 5 looks at the green, then decides to pick it up like nothing happened. Seat 8, friend of seat 5, sees this and starts saying something about "bad karma, bad bad karma." A few hands later he's still talking about karma, looks at the dealer, and says something like "Tell him the type of bad karma he's getting into." I'm in the 10 seat so I can't see the expression on the dealer's face but I presume the dealer saw it as well, as it was a seat 5/seat 6 transaction directly in front of him. I'm in the 10 seat, not involved in the hand and not wanting to make enemies at the table. Should I have said something? The Doc 
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07-08-2007, 11:16 PM
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Re: Observed a player steal from another while coloring down. My actio
Agree with Dynasty. I am not surprised at all that a "buddy-buddy" dealer wouldn't say anything. Seems like alot of dealers become TOO good of friends with the regulars.
Also, if this jerk will steal $25 in a situation like this....you better watch your wallet. A thief is a thief in my book.
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#5
07-08-2007, 11:27 PM
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Re: Observed a player steal from another while coloring down. My actio
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Agree with Dynasty. I am not surprised at all that a "buddy-buddy" dealer wouldn't say anything. Seems like alot of dealers become TOO good of friends with the regulars. [/ QUOTE ] I get that impression at lot at the Resorts room because its a small setting and it seems to be a pretty consistent group of regulars that keeps the 5/10 game going. I've been playing there a lot more lately and don't want to be in the position of making enemies, but also dont want the regular in seat 5 to go on acting like he owns the place. Didn't know if it was a caveat emptor situation or not. The Doc
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#6
07-09-2007, 02:37 AM
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Re: Observed a player steal from another while coloring down. My actio
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I've been playing there a lot more lately and don't want to be in the position of making enemies, [/ QUOTE ] What's with this 'enemy' crap? Do you really care if this type of person becomes an enemy? I can say with all the time I've spent in a cardroom, I never gave 2 sh*ts less if I made an enemy or not. Especially over something like this. Even more-so with an A-Hole that knowingly shorts another player who's distracted. Get some friggin' balls. b
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#7
07-09-2007, 01:24 AM
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Re: Observed a player steal from another while coloring down. My actio
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I am not surprised at all that a "buddy-buddy" dealer wouldn't say anything if he didn't see it because he was busy with his job at hand, that of running a poker game. [/ QUOTE ]
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#8
07-09-2007, 01:31 AM
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Re: Observed a player steal from another while coloring down. My actio
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[ QUOTE ] I am not surprised at all that a "buddy-buddy" dealer wouldn't say anything if he didn't see it because he was busy with his job at hand, that of running a poker game. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] BS, part of running a game is ensuring the integrity of that game.
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#9
07-09-2007, 12:54 PM
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Re: Observed a player steal from another while coloring down. My actio
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[ QUOTE ] I am not surprised at all that a "buddy-buddy" dealer wouldn't say anything if he didn't see it because he was busy with his job at hand, that of running a poker game. [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] The OP said: [ QUOTE ] A few hands later he's still talking about karma, looks at the dealer, and says something like "Tell him the type of bad karma he's getting into." I'm in the 10 seat so I can't see the expression on the dealer's face but I presume the dealer saw it as well, as it was a seat 5/seat 6 transaction directly in front of him. [/ QUOTE ] He was under the assumption the dealer saw it and he was there at the table I wasn't. I'm going off the OP's story. As for a "buddy-buddy" dealer letting this slip....it wouldn't surprise me at all by select few dealers. I do not think this is the norm but we've all see the regulars, whom the dealers know by name, get by with things that would get a tourist reprimanded. Sometimes I think the reason nothing is said is not because the dealer doesn't care, but because they are "friends" with the regular and it's alot harder to reprimand a friend than a total stranger. This case is a prime example, it's much more uncomfortable to basically call a friend a thief and tell him to give the chip back, than it is a tourist who'll you'll never see again. Again, I think this is the exception, not rule. But anyone who has played in enough poker rooms has run across this before.
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#10
07-08-2007, 11:13 PM
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Re: Observed a player steal from another while coloring down. My actio
Was this at Table 12? This definitley seems like something seat 5 would do. Earlier in the night one of my green chips rolled away from me and seat 5 took it and put it in his stack. I had to ask him 5 times before he gave it back.
BTW, I was in seat 1, than took seat 2 when Kyle left. If you remember me.
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