Altercations at the table
Feel free to share any and all encounters with A holes at the table and how you shut them up or otherwise handled it.
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5thStreet
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11mo agoIf you've ever seen those "power slap" contests, saw basically the poker table equivalent of that at 2-5.
College kid was yapping, called another guy a ****** and a fish, dude stood up, walked over and knocked bro clean out with an open-hander to the jaw. Ambulance and fire came.
Permaban for slapper, day ban for slapee but he never came back.
Saw a guy pull out one of those expandable batons and chase another dude around the table until the redcoats got there. Neither party was truly motivated to get at it, but there was a 2 or 3 second instant of anger where the baton guy probably would've yoked the other guy if he had caught him.
Saw a gangster in the big blind flash a gun in his waistband after being shown a bluff by an early raiser (in a pot of blinds). Everyone played it cool but obviously extremely nervous, floor saw it and called security. The coats showed up in a trot, one with a taser, the other Glock drawn and at low ready. Table scattered, dude got put out.
I will die on this hill- there is literally no place on this earth where you will have a broader cross-section of society than a poker room... and thats a huge part of its appeal.
You will have CEOs sitting at tables with actual murderers, having casual conversations about football. Its a big part of its draw, but something to always beware of when you're playing. You're sitting at a table with someone whose values on violence may be quite different than yours and if you don't understand that world and its parameters, beware, because its different than the cul-de-sac you grew up in.
tier2capital
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11mo agoNot exactly an incident but hopefully worth sharing.
About ten years ago I was playing in a private game. I’d only played there once before and didn’t really know anybody in the player pool. There were ten players, two dealers, two house men, and three or four guys waiting.
The cops kicked the door in with guns pointed like they were raiding Tony Montana. After telling everyone to place their hands on the table one of them said “If you’re carrying a weapon, slowly raise one hand.”
Every hand in the room went up except mine.
JimL
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11mo agoI believe I have posted these elsewhere, but since they fit...
Back in the late 1990s or early 2000s when the Hard Rock in Vegas (now Virgin) had a decent poker room. Not just the few tables they later had down the midway, but a legitimate 20+ something tables back in a wing accross from the Pink Taco. The room was long and sort of spiraled around from the front so the back of the room couldn't been seen from the front desk. Thus was back when they used to have Trash Talk Tuesday's.
Anyway, they had a tournament going on in the back of the room. These two older guys (youngest was mid 60s, other was slightly older), start **** talking each other. It is obvious they know each other and do not like each other. The dealer lets it go, they start to escalate and are now yelling at each other about the crappy play of the other. The floor comes over and tries to calm them down and fails. They get in each other's faces and start pushing each other. Floor immediately runs around the corner to go up to the front desk and call security.
The pushing turns into wrestling and the two old men are soon rolling around on the floor. No punches are thrown. This goes on for over a minute. They just keep rolling around, no one really gets an upper hand and since they are not punching each other, whoever is on top cannot take advantage of their position.
After a minute or two the both just suddenly stop. They both get to their feet and put their hands on their knees trying to catch their breath.
Security still has not come.
Finally they both catch their breath and go back to their seats and sit down. The games all resume. The floorperson doesn't really know what to do so he goes over and gives each of them a warning. Everything continues and security never showed up.
Exhaustion ended the fight, not security.
