Jackpot blackmail
 

I was talking to an older guy who is a floorman at Foxwoods last weekend about jackpots. He said that they used to have them there (I don't know when; I've only been playing there about a year and a half and they haven't had them in that time) but a problem came about from players threatening a potential jackpot winner with folding instead of checking or calling on the end unless that player would share the jackpot.

I don't know how the jackpot was set up (that is, if the bad beat-ed hand got the whole jackpot or if it was split as it seems to be in other jackpot threads I've read) but is this a real problem in general? I'd never thought much about jackpots before but can see a potential problem there.

Re: Jackpot blackmail
 

In most places I've played, discussion of the jackpot during a live hand voids the jackpot for that hand. This rule should prevent this type of behavior.

Frankly, if I was the guy getting strong armed and I knew I had the bad beat, I would agree and then re-neg with these douches. If I am playing slots next to someone who hits a progressive should I threaten them unless they agree to split with me?? After all, I am playing the progressive too and am feeding their jackpot.

What a bunch of nits [img]/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]

Call ACJr and have him give them each AKITN [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]