[masonbuchanan]

So i was playing poker at school today with 7 people $5 buy in and it was down to 3 players me, my friend, and another guy. One guy said all in with about 40-50 chips i had about 130-150 so i thought i was getting good odds so i called, and the cheap Pri*k pulls about 70-100 more chips from on his lap and puts them on to the table. It was possibly the cheapest thing i have ever encountered playing poker. So we ended up kicking him out for hiding chips. What would you guys have done in this situation?

[punk1o1]

I wouldve done the same thing... Did you end up winning the hand?

[masonbuchanan]

ya, i had pocket kings and he had queen jack. But still...its the cheapest move i have ever seen. I won the game anyways.

[_GUN_]

Asking him to exit is the correct thing to do. Hiding your chips in order to induce someone to call you is cheating and terrible etiquette.

If you remove chips from the table in a cash game, it's not cheating, but it's disrespectful and poor etiquette. You won't get invited back, if players can't have a chance to win their money back, because you're stashing away your winnings. If you don't want to bet those chips, keep them on the table, but don't put them in the pot. Pros call that 'going south'.

In a tournament setting, removing chips from the table is absolutely forbidden. Players could exchange chips during a break and give another player a big advantage. When you remove chips from the table and deliberately conceal them, that's cheating and you deserve to be removed from the event with no prize money.

[noelsarchs]

Originally Posted by masonbuchanan

So i was playing poker at school today with 7 people $5 buy in and it was down to 3 players me, my friend, and another guy. One guy said all in with about 40-50 chips i had about 130-150 so i thought i was getting good odds so i called, and the cheap Pri*k pulls about 70-100 more chips from on his lap and puts them on to the table. It was possibly the cheapest thing i have ever encountered playing poker. So we ended up kicking him out for hiding chips. What would you guys have done in this situation?

As far as I know, the only money in play is what's on the table. He cheated plain and simple.

Kick that kid in the nuts next time he tries that.

[Matthew]

We have some cases where the big value chips will be hidden behind the bigger stack of smaller value chips- it's always ok to ask for count of someone's chips. If they conceal at that point they're cheating. Your specific case of a tournament with chips in his lap - never play with that prick again.

In our home cash game - we allow people to remove money from the table. This most often happens when someone wants to buy back in and someone will sell them chips and then pocket the cash. If it's left on the table it's in play.

In summary chips never leave the table - but in a cash game it may be considered poor ettiqutte by some - but it's a cash game and players can cash out and remove some of their stack at any time - but the chips go back to the "banker" or are sold to another player. Cash can play on the table - but chips don't go into the pocket.

Matthew

[Wylecoyo]

Ban him for your games for LIFE! I will lay a wager he will complain vehemently to anyone who will listen which will accomplish two things: first, everyone will know he is a tool and, second, it should help discourage anyone else from trying anything as lame as this in future games.

What a jerk.

[Harlequin011]

I've played in some games where he would be lucky to only get kicked out. Thankfully, I don't need those games since WPT blew up, and there are games everywhere.

Dump this guy. People like this is always skirting the limits of the rules.

In a cash game, going south is never allowed at any of the casinos I've been in. In a friendly game, house rules apply. Short of taking chips and paying for drinks, food, or tokes, is disallowed. Now I have asked permission to take a single check off the table for collector purposes, but no one objected.

At the Tropicana, if you cashed you had to wait 2 hours to come back in. BDub and I just had this happen at the Argosy. She took a terrible beat. I cashed and went to dinner and split my winnings with her and bought back in.

This dude is a snake...

[coyote]

I think the best part is that the guy was holding QJ!

What an F'n moron, are you sure you don't want to keep the guy around??

I mean come on!

Douche bag: "I'm all-in" *shoves 50 chips into the pot*

Hero: "I call" *beats DB into the pot*

DB: "Oooops, I forgot about these other 100 chips that I was sitting on, guess these play too" *flips QJo*

Hero: "I hope they do!" *flips KK*

DB: Sh*t


who the hell hides OVER 1/2 their stack in order to sneak it in with what has to be the worst hand??? lol

p.s. after you stacked him you should have kicked him square in the nuts.

[Spaceman Spiff]

A nice solid punch in the throat is the cure for this clown. My guess is, you won't miss him at your game.