Home game disagreement...thoughts on the correct ruling..

I was playing a home .25/50 NL, $10.00 buy in this weekend. Generally just a friendly game amongst friends. The following dispute came up, I think I know the answer, but wanted to get some impartial input.

Background: At 1:45 a.m. player A and his ride announce that they are leaving at 2:00 a.m.

2:00 a.m. rolls around and player A and his ride cash out, each having .75 left which we couldn't make change for out of the pot as it was only 1.00 bills and up. As this amount was more than the big blind, and player A and his ride were next up to be big blind and first to act, each say that they will go all in, pre flop...no grumbling from the table so hand is delt out...player A wins after floping top pair...going 4X up as there were two callers....he cashes out again...leaving .50. Then came the disagreement.

Player X then says, "that's BS, you can't do that at a casino"

Player A says, "yeah you could...its your money, you can cash out anytime you want."

Player X says..."no, in NL any chips you have are to remain in play at all times until you leave. You cannot take any chips out of play and still continue to play."

There was further disagreement and wackiness ensured.

Who was right? I'd agree with player X if player A tried to take chips off the table in the middle of the hand, but I've always thought that if you wern't in a hand you can add/or subtract any amount you want to you $$ in play.

Thoughts?

[varoadstter]

You can't rathole chips (take some off the table) and remain in the game, period. Either cash out completely or keep it all in play. No exceptions.

I don't believe you're allowed to remove money off of the table. You can't cash out only a portion of your stack, and if you leave a game and return within an hour, you must cash-in with the same amount that you cashed out of.

That last part about cashing in for the same amount is taken off of Robert's Rules.

How do you handle a home game in which you can't make change then?

[2+2 wannabe]

LOL the guy's griping about 50 cents!

if no one complained BEFORE the hand then tough [censored]

but yeah, you can't take money off the table and play with the scraps

tell your friends to grow a set

[Khabbi]

1) Buy a roll of quarters in advance of the game.
2) Not worry about 75 cents.

[smoore]

No ratholing. If he wants to let it ride and just go allin dark again, that'd be fine. If he wants to cash out his $3 and leave the 0.50 for a pot sweetener for the next hand (he's not in it), that's fine too.

Of course the best solution is to go get the quarters out of the hosts' change jar.

The cashing out the $3 and leaving the .50 as a pot sweetener was the ultimate result...but only after much consternation and display of testosterone.

[smoore]

Hahah... did it look like monkeys fighting at the zoo?

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[Lottery Larry]

He's correct, but why wasn't he complaining about it BEFORE the guy won the small pot?

Tell X to stop whining.