Chip Runner Lays Odds

[RacersEdge]

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You can argue my morals to death, but my beliefs are mine. I just find it hypocritical when anyone who plays poker for a living pretends to be some sort of noble, upstanding citizen who would never engage in any shading dealings. Clearly, you'd have to be lying to yourself to say this.


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Kind of silly really. If you gamble, then you are probably going to steal??

Gambling = willing participants

Stealing - 1 thief and 1 unwilling particiapant


They're not even close.

[itsmarty]

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I considered the following, all in the span of about 20 seconds:

Wow, a hundred bucks. I think I'll steal it.

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Fixed your post.

Martin

[PokerBob]

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II greased the floorman $100, as I had a big night. He’s a totally cool guy, and it’s been a while since I toked him. That, felt great.


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Nothing like giving away money that isn't yours.

[shant]

Congratulations on fitting in with the rest of the low life degenerates that frequent the Commerce.

[Klepton]

sparks, i hope you learned your lesson

steal bikes instead

[Sparks]

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sparks, i hope you learned your lesson

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This has all worked out fine for me, just as I expected. I see no lesson to be learned. What do you mean? Oh let me guess...stealing is bad. Thanks, heard it already, not biting. Several children have already made that argument.

Sparks

[AKQJ10]

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Several children have already made that argument.


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Insulting those who choose comment on a topic you invited them to comment on ("And of course feel free to comment on my principles." followed by [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]) is really unbecoming.

[SNOWBALL138]

Chip runners should be tipped, not fleeced. I know it wasn't intentional, but its pretty likely that this guy got in trouble for being short. His job is hard and mistakes are inevitable. I'm not saying that you are a bad person, but I really think that you are underestimating the repercussions this might have for this guy's life.
And no, I don't pity the commerce. They do very well for themselves, and there are other people in society who deserve our sympathy more than casino owners.

[m1illion]

Could I have a description of the transaction? From begining to end, I think there's another answer here.

[Benoit]

I can describe to you how it works for a cocktail server, which my gf explained to me once. It's similar to the chip runner because they probably both have a "bank".

The cocktail server makes sales throughout the night and at the end of the night the computer will total up how much in cash sales she made (tips don't count towards it, and that's why you get to keep them at the end of the night) . This is the amount that she must have when she cashes out; otherwise she gets a write up. Two write ups and you are fired. So obviously if her bank is short by 5 bucks, she will take 5 bucks out of her tips to make it right, or risk being fired and losing her means of income.

So in the chip runners case, they probably get a bank of lets say $5000. If they give $500 in chips, they get $500 in cash plus a tip, and then they can exchange the $500 in cash back into $500 in chips to continue for the night. At the end of the night, their chips and cash must total up to $5000. If this guy was short by $100, he will have to take it out of his tips/pocket to make it right or risk being fired... So he probably ended up losing ALL of his tips for that night, and then some.