[Easy E]

As the banker, your responsibility includes making up shortages. Nice players will help out if there's a big shortage such as yours. Greedy cheapskates like your higher stakes player, doesn't help.

I would count out stacks of chips beforehand ($50 blocks) and arrange them in your case so that you can easily pull a block out and add a few chips.

Unfortunately, but I'm sure you'll be extra careful from here on in...