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3:06 am
August 13, 2008


Greyzy

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This question might seem silly, but I can't get it out of my head, so I'll ask it here: To whom does the pot belong until the hand is finished?


Does it belong to the casino?


If I walk into a card room, pick up some chips out of a pot from a poker table and leave, whose money have I just stolen? Can the player who finally wins that pot demand from the casino to have the stolen chips replaced?

What if there's a fire, everybody needs to get out of the room and when the players come back to finish the hand there are chips from the pot missing. Is the casino obliged to protect the money?


I'm not a lawyer, just curious! Wink

Greyzy

6:36 am
August 13, 2008


mbuss

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posts 103

Way to break my brain.

Regardless of what the books say regarding how money you put into the pot is no longer yours, I believe the money in the pot does belong to the respective players until the hand concludes. In a way, the pot is just the money being held in escrow by the casino until it can be released.

Now if someone were to steal money out of the pot in mid-hand and vanish, I should think it would be up to the casino to make the pot right. The rake you're paying is, in part, to ensure a fair game, and I should think paying that premium entitles you to some protection from the people collecting the rake.

This feels right to me, but it could be completely wrong.

5:32 pm
August 13, 2008


JustRobbedGranma

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posts 3

well that would be the winner of course!

5:37 pm
August 13, 2008


JustRobbedGranma

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but if he hasnt been decided yet and some catastrophe was to happen like the dealer passed out on 4th street and none was available then i guess the pot would be chopped to all players involved?…but a fire…o well thats different…well as the saying goes…”if theres a fire you run run run”…if your on fire ..you roll roll roll !

3:09 am
August 22, 2008


Greyzy

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posts 69

Nobody here knows the answer? Or is my question THAT stupid??? Wink

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