"All in.........., no I fold."

[slickss]

You get really, really upset. Which I hope you did, because it won't help much to go back there now. It should be obvious, if your story is correct, that saying "all in" or moving all of your chips forward is a binding bet - without any undo-option. The fact that the FM openly accepts a bribe is just plain illegal.

[Steem_Machine]

Ask the floorman if you can borrow 5 bucks, then bribe him into changing the ruling with 5 bucks.

[ScottieK]

I hope this isn't real. In the event it is, I'd throw a huge fit. Why have a betting line if it's "arbitrary"? You can bribe the floor manager (for a crappy five-spot no less)? If this is real, please tell all of 2+2 so we can boycott the place. I'd rack up and leave instantly, telling everyone in the card room why I'm leaving.

ScottieK

[LasVegasMichael]

This would not happen in Vegas (or any reputable card room) if it did happen as you described. Stop playing in that (or those types of) rooms, and chalk it up to a lesson learned the hard way.

[Teetster]

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You don't play there again - you were straight ahead robbed. Where was this?

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Or you can do like that other guy did, scoop villan's chips into your back pack and hope you're a track star.

[BetweenTheBars]

Next time just do the exact same thing to another opponent.


Not really.

[atomicsoda]

If legal establishment. get angry. Call over room manager. Get players names. file complaint with gambling commission and copy casino and poker room management and local media with detailed account, names of floor persons, dealer and witnesses. Do this quick before the tape is erased. Spread word in poker community and in media that this poker room is crooked. If illegal, spread word with name and location of establishment in poker community. forward info to law enforcement anonymously if you wish and see what they do, copy media( local TV and newspapers). This place needs to be shut down and the floor should be arrested.

[AlaskaGal]

How to get blacklisted from every underground game within a 200 mile radius:

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If illegal, spread word with name and location of establishment in poker community. forward info to law enforcement anonymously if you wish and see what they do, copy media( local TV and newspapers).

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[atomicsoda]

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How to get blacklisted from every underground game within a 200 mile radius:

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If illegal, spread word with name and location of establishment in poker community. forward info to law enforcement anonymously if you wish and see what they do, copy media( local TV and newspapers).

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so what, it is a crooked room. sometimes you need to do things like this to punish thieves and criminals.

[AlaskaGal]

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How to get blacklisted from every underground game within a 200 mile radius:

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If illegal, spread word with name and location of establishment in poker community. forward info to law enforcement anonymously if you wish and see what they do, copy media( local TV and newspapers).

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so what, it is a crooked room. sometimes you need to do things like this to punish thieves and criminals.

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I agree, thieves and criminals DO need to be punished. However, turning an underground game into the police is not the way to do it. Afterall, according to the police - the players at these games are also criminals.

You can tell other players what went on so they know not to go there but alerting the police and the media only gives poker a bigger black eye. Why increase the stigma already attached to poker? This only gives the authorities fuel to shut down ALL of the games.

I live in an area where underground games are all we have within 1000 miles. If you call the police on one of the games, you will NOT be invited back to any of them.