Ghazban
02-19-2005, 08:10 PM
I played a tournament this afternoon and, as people busted out, some side games started. I sat in a 1/2 limit dealer's choice game and quickly saw that I could easily profit here. One gentleman in particular was playing almost every hand all the way to the end and frequently showed down mediocre holdings.
As can be expected, he burned through money pretty quickly. Eventually, he was out of cash and was trying to get someone to take a company check (he runs a landscaping company and can write checks on that company's account). Nobody at the table knew him and his buddy was still in the tournament and didn't want to do it.
Now, is it worth it to take a possibly bad check from a poor player? My thinking was that, even if the check bounces, he'll leave the money on the table anyway. If, by some miracle, he makes money, I can get my cash back before he leaves. I was up about $120 so I took the check for $100 as well as his name and phone number and gave him $100 in chips.
Later, one of the other players talked to me away from the table and was stunned that I would take the risk. He felt that, as the guy was such a terrible player, he was probably broke and the check would be no good. My position was (and still is) that the risk of the check bouncing is acceptable as keeping him at the table increases my expectation significantly.
Would anyone else take a check (company, not personal if that matters) from an unknown player or am I sucker?
As can be expected, he burned through money pretty quickly. Eventually, he was out of cash and was trying to get someone to take a company check (he runs a landscaping company and can write checks on that company's account). Nobody at the table knew him and his buddy was still in the tournament and didn't want to do it.
Now, is it worth it to take a possibly bad check from a poor player? My thinking was that, even if the check bounces, he'll leave the money on the table anyway. If, by some miracle, he makes money, I can get my cash back before he leaves. I was up about $120 so I took the check for $100 as well as his name and phone number and gave him $100 in chips.
Later, one of the other players talked to me away from the table and was stunned that I would take the risk. He felt that, as the guy was such a terrible player, he was probably broke and the check would be no good. My position was (and still is) that the risk of the check bouncing is acceptable as keeping him at the table increases my expectation significantly.
Would anyone else take a check (company, not personal if that matters) from an unknown player or am I sucker?