More tales of rude/dangerous players (lc)

[Jimbo]

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2) Clearly, smashing a rack (and hitting someone with shards from it!) is grounds for expulsion from just about anywhere - whether it be your house, a casino, a poker room, a pub, whatever. I assume that if you did that at my local casino, you would be banned for a period of time.

3) Clearly, the management of the room in the OP is awful. You should let the senior management know about this.


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QFT

If this had happened at Cherokee casino in Tulsa he would have been out of his seat before the plastic shards had settled on the floor. Besides a few choice words in the angry guys ear should calm him down quickly long before he escalates to this level of behavior.

Jimbo

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It amuses me reading all the people who are shocked that someone would smash a rack and not be instantly shown the door.

People, this happened in California. I've adopted the Bay Area as my home and feel there's a lot going for it, but we deserve to be made fun of for many reasons. This is one of them. That this happened with this result is in no way surprising to me whatsoever.

[tipperdog]

Thanks for all comments. A few extra thoughts:

1. LOL at those suggeting suing/calling cops. First, no DA would ever prosecute such a case (even if there was an arguable violation of the law). There was no intent and I wasn't injured. I just wanted the guy out, since the next time he smashed a rack, I might have been hurt. Second, I'm here to play cards, not create a federal case. If I wanted to spend 3 hours filling out paperwork and talking to idiots, I would have stayed at work.

2. Regarding why the dealer failed to fully explain the situation to the floor originally. I didn't mention this in the OP, but it's a huge problem: dealers in CA often have very poor command of English and lack the ability to relay a basic explanation to English-speaking floor staff. This leads to all kinds of trouble. I'd guess that 75% of the time the floor is called at HP, a language barrier separates dealer and floor staff. Most of the time, I step in and explain the situation, just so we can move quickly.

3. Double LOL at all the posters who say "I'd kick his ass" or something similar. What a pile of [censored].

4. Triple LOL with xxx. Your post cracked me up.

[Arbitrage]

At Bellagio last night, a young guy was ejected from the poker room for blowing smoke towards his table. He would rail-jump, smoke a cig and blow the smoke directly at his table (which was on the rail). He was warned once, but perisisted.

The situation ended with a handful of players from two tables yelling at him and calling him names (POS comes to mind). The floor racked up his chips and handed them to him over the rail. I think he was playing 4-8.

[myst1]

Johnny Chan plays at Hollywood Park?

[bigshowmack]

I was playing at Casino Windsor once and some older italian guy who was 50-something and about 6'1 250 was playing 5-10 500 max with my buddy who is about 6'0 and 130 pounds and a quiet nerdy type. Apparently the italian guy was a regular there, and we only go about once every two months or so. Anyways, my buddy busts and rebuys with a couple of hundos he pulls out of his pocket. Old man tells my buddy he thinks he put out too many and wanted him to count them out. My buddy tells the old man to mind his own business and stop being such a nit (old man had over 2k in front of him). Old man gets out of his seat, walks over to my buddy and pulls him out of his chair by his shirt and is all up in his face. I'm on the other side of the room, and I hear my buddy twice say loudly and clearly 'let go of me right now'. I look over, and 3 different floormen are just standing there watching. So I get up, walk across the room, and tell the italian guy 'i'm only going to tell you this once, let go of his shirt or i'm going to break your jaw'. Next thing I know one of the douchey floormen is grabbing me from behind and telling me to calm down. The italian guy let go of my buddy, and sat back down in his seat, and the floormen didn't say a single word to him and allowed him to keep playing. Quite possibly the most poorly handled situation I've ever seen in a casino.

[Bulldog]

I've played live primarily in AC, twice in Indiana, twice in New York, and just had my first experience in California. The California rooms tolerate twice as much abuse as anywhere else. At the Bike, dealers actually wore little buttons that said "ABUSE" with the red circle and slash through the word, with no effect that I could see.

[Hair_of_the_Dog]

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you're all muppets.

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[Grasshopp3r]

I recently sat on a jury where the assault and battery was pathetic. The standard is really low for a DA to bring a charge, particularly if the perp is someone that they want to nail.

Call the cops. This is bs. It is also likely that the guy runs before the cops can get there, which is fine.

[AngusThermopyle]

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Call the cops.


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911?