How much have you been burned for?

[phish]

Me, I've always been very cautious and have probably not lost much more than 2k or so total to scumbags.

But even scumbags sometimes get burnt by bigger scumbags. A couple of years ago, I was in a 75 game with one fairly well-known scumbag pro and an unfamiliar face + plus others.
All thru the game, the new guy kept needling the pro until they started challenging each other to play HU 300/600. They both left the table to set up their own game, and this is what I heard happened later:

The newbie say he didn't have enough money to play that high, but he did have a cashier's check for something close to 25K. He eventually was able to convince the pro to cash it for him. They then played for a little while and he then talked the pro into going to another casino to play, claiming that the present casino was too crowded and noisy with too many railbirds watching their game.

Well, needless to say, he never showed at the other casino, and the cashier's check was not honored by the bank. (Many people think that a cashier's check is good as cash, but it is not. You can claim you lost it and the bank will put a stop payment on it.)

And for those of you who think that legal action is warranted here, the reality of the matter is that trying to chase someone halfway across the country for $25K is not really a feasible option. Usually when you get screwed in a casino, you just have to write it off.

Moral of the story: trust no one you don't know extremely well when it comes to money in a casino.

[blackjack777]

A guy bet me 50 on the USC vs. Texas game, then skipped town.

Also on Paradise Poker I had a guy talking crap to me during a big tourney. I said, "I'll bet you 20 bucks that I finish higher than you."

He took the action, then tanked out.

I bothered him relentlessly for about three months and he finally did pay up. It wasn't the money, just the principle of it.

Finally, I loaned to a dealer at a casino who I had known for 10 years. He got fired like a week later for falling asleep while dealer. (gambling problem when he wasn't working)

I have seen him several times when I go to another casino out of town that he now works at, and he always says, "I know I owe you 50, I'll catch up with you next time."

It's been about six years.

[NL Newbie]

$10.

The noob said he'd play super micro games, he lied and sat at NL$10.

DAM HOE!!!!

[NNNNOOOOONAN]

only for my principles

[nath]

$100 on a couple of occasions, once when i mistakenly thought the guy was someone i knew through 2+2 who just turned out to be a railtard junkie, and once by rebuyboy

i also loaned a non-poker friend $500 that i don't expect to ever see again

[ghostface]

hmm i forgot this one. loaned my gf $500, then broke up with her before she paid it back. obv gone.

[Actual God]

I wired a total of about 7K to Jim Feist for his shitttty sports picks when I was in 9th grade.

[RikaKazak]

a shaddy construstion worker eneded up costing me $7,400 in stolen materials and work he did that was so poorly done that i had to have someone else come back and fix it [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Jeff_B]

well my nigerian friend hasn't talked to me in like a week after I wired him the money for the taxes on the 89 million I am recieving but I am sure he is just busy...

[fslexcduck]

i've been burned, i.e. never to be claimed ever for about $300 so far. i had a few different loans that were questionable of a few thousand here, couple hundred there, but have recovered. but i'm currently owed about 5g's for the past half year or so, so we'll see what happens.