Atlantic City questions

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most people asking this question don't play time games, i imagine. also, in most time games i've been in, anyone who looks remotely fishy will be allowed to buy from the excess in people's stacks, not slowing the game at all.

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Two things:

(1) Realizing that the guy was a novice, I was pointing out that there were etiquette issues involved even if he was able to get away with buying at the table.

(2) You haven't played in that many time games--a lot of times the guys with the chips are superstitious and won't sell them, which is a huge pain in the ass for everyone else.

scrub

[poker327]

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You haven't played in that many time games--a lot of times the guys with the chips are superstitious and won't sell them, which is a huge pain in the ass for everyone else.

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That or they don't want to risk accepting counterfeit $100 bills.

[Evan]

haha, ask scrub about that. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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You haven't played in that many time games--a lot of times the guys with the chips are superstitious and won't sell them, which is a huge pain in the ass for everyone else.

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That or they don't want to risk accepting counterfeit $100 bills.

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Have we played together before or was that a coincidence?

scrub

[poker327]

I think it is a coincidence. I don't know the story but I think I may have read something about it here or somewhere else.

[afish]

You have this slightly wrong.

Until a recent rule change, CCC rules prohibited purchases of chips at the window. Because there is no coloring up at poker tables, there were an inordinate amount of fills. Finally, the CCC allowed window purchases. Now the casinos require purchases at the window to cut down on the number of fills.

[Jeffage]

You can just as easily get a counterfeit hundred dollar bill at the cage as you can from another player. Casinos generally accept hundreds without giving them a second glance. Ways to protect yourself: don't accept old (small face) hundreds. They are much easier to counterfeit. Inspect new hundreds (from window or others) as follows: hold them up to the light, you should see a reflection of the president's face within the bill. On the left of the bill, you will see a small strip that says "USA 100 USA 100". Old bills also have this, but I don't accept them.

Jeff

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You can just as easily get a counterfeit hundred dollar bill at the cage as you can from another player. Casinos generally accept hundreds without giving them a second glance. Ways to protect yourself: don't accept old (small face) hundreds. They are much easier to counterfeit. Inspect new hundreds (from window or others) as follows: hold them up to the light, you should see a reflection of the president's face within the bill. On the left of the bill, you will see a small strip that says "USA 100 USA 100". Old bills also have this, but I don't accept them.

Jeff

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I thought I was the only guy who did that--gets funny looks at the table.

I've gotten a fake from an AC window before.

scrub

[peachy]

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I am not a prosyletizer, a puritan or a Republican. But if you are 17, 18, 19 years old, you don't have the emotional maturity to gamble, even if its poker. You are not held to the same standards of accountability that an adult is.
At 19, you do not have the earning capablity to absorb the losses that you will, at some point, incur. (And please don't tell me that you do because you're "killing" the Party x/xx game.)

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OK #1 where in the HECK does being a Rebulican come into ANY picture here?!?!?!! I took no OFFENSE until that remark...which pretty much lowered ur IQ by 934092394239042909234029 to me
#2 who r u to say IF someone is mature enough to play or NOT...ive seen alot of 50 yr old men who r less mature than 20 yr olds
#3 where do u get off tellin people what they can and cannot do with THEIR money...wait let me say it again...T H E I R! Who cares how they got it or what they do with it...what u think the online gambling is the only way they could get it? Are people not allowed to gamble thier trust fund or inheritance in any way i see fit? Maybe we do it for our own entertainment...maybe we do it to win...bottom line these r the people "according" to u...in a round about sense...are not "worthy" or therefore not SMART enough to play...so WHY o WHY r u complaining about them?!?! Shouldnt u be out there making money off of them?!!?

And for the record im 24... a republican...a girl...spoiled rotten...and can play poker mature enough

[Evan]

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And for the record im 24...and can play poker

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...at his table.