A terrible experience at local cardroom

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A whole table rooting for you to be knocked out is also ususual. I've read several stories about people refusing chops here and I've never heard of that.

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Having a whole tourney rooting for the one person refusing to make a deal to get knocked out isn't unusual at all. That's really pretty standard--but you root silently and are polite. Folks propose a deal, 49 out of 50 people agree, one person says "no" (actual example--Monte Carlo freeroll before the start of day 2). Yep, 49 people were rooting against that guy. What's unusual is that the players were openly allowed to behave this way, and the staff took part in it instead of quashing it.

In OP's case, it's pretty clear he's playing in a place run like a saloon backroom. He can try complaining up the chain of command, but it won't fix what happened, and I'd guess the chain of command won't believe the tale.

But let's tally the problems:

- Floor took a side in a deal.
- Floor allowed verbal bullying by players.
- Floor allowed the dealers to participate in bullying.
- Floor allowed threats to be made.
- Floor allowed a drunk to push another player.
- Floor allowed collusion.

I think I shan't be playing here.