Chip stealing

Is this a problem in the big rooms?


In the 80's I spent a few winters in LA and this went on enough to be a topic of conversation between players and some started asking others to watch their chips when they left the table.


I witnessed a theft once. I was sitting in seat 4 and a large multiway pot was being played. The guy in seat 3 had left the table about 10 min. ago and had 300-350 in yellow. I watched a guy come walking down the aisle and when he was even with the table he scooped up the chips without slowing down. He even made eye contact with me. I got the attention of the player in seat 2 and asked if this was the original who just picked up his chips but he didn't see anything. By the time I got to the floorman a min or 2 later the guy was gone. The floor seemed more interested in getting me back to the game. The player did get his money refunded 30 min later.