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Old 10-12-2005, 05:20 PM
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Default Counterfeit money being passed in cardrooms

Does anyone else think that cardrooms are a perfect place to pass some phoney money? I can't think of a place (even casinos) where it's common for hundreds of dollars are carried and passed around so callously.

Admittedly, I often accept $1000 cash from an otherwise stranger for a rack of chips as I'm leaving the table, or while at the window. I'm sure you've all done it.

Also, chips and cash floats back and forth between the floorperson and the players. I'm sure that would be an easy opportunity for a crook as well.

Obviously, you can avoid most concerns by doing mone transactions only with the cashier.

Has the thought of counterfeit money in a cardroom ever crossed your mind? Comments?
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Old 10-12-2005, 05:25 PM
Randy_Refeld Randy_Refeld is offline
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I know when I worked in LA the dealers all carried those markers to check money. I have no idea how well those work.
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Old 10-12-2005, 05:45 PM
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I know when I worked in LA the dealers all carried those markers to check money. I have no idea how well those work.

[/ QUOTE ]1. Contrary to LA, no cash plays on the table in all of NorCal (to my knowledge).
2. When I've played in LA during the past year, I've never er seen a dealer check any money for authenticity.
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Old 10-12-2005, 07:27 PM
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Default Re: Counterfeit money being passed in cardrooms

It would be easy to clean fake bills by selling them to other players. Cashiers, on the other hand, can probably spot fake bills pretty easily. Afterall, they handle money all day every day.
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Old 10-12-2005, 07:47 PM
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Default Re: Counterfeit money being passed in cardrooms

so Rick Masters is back in business eh?

Great movie BTW.
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Old 10-12-2005, 08:20 PM
Randy_Refeld Randy_Refeld is offline
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Default Re: Counterfeit money being passed in cardrooms

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I know when I worked in LA the dealers all carried those markers to check money. I have no idea how well those work.

[/ QUOTE ]1. Contrary to LA, no cash plays on the table in all of NorCal (to my knowledge).
2. When I've played in LA during the past year, I've never er seen a dealer check any money for authenticity.

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I left LA in 2002, so I can't say what they are doing now.
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Old 10-13-2005, 12:13 AM
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Default Re: Counterfeit money being passed in cardrooms

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It would be easy to clean fake bills by selling them to other players. Cashiers, on the other hand, can probably spot fake bills pretty easily. Afterall, they handle money all day every day.

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I stopped selling chips for bills at the table because I was passed a fake bill at the Bellagio by another player. I'm 90% sure I know who it is, but I don't know for sure if they knew it was a fake and I'm not absolutely sure it was that player. Anyway, he's a pro who plays between 30-60 and 80-160 limit and in all the major tourneys, so I suspect he knew he was passing along bad money.

The weird thing is when I was buying chips from the cage, the cashier let me keep the bill even though he was supposed to confiscate it. I still turned it into a bank though, instead of passing it off to someone else.

-Jed
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Old 10-13-2005, 12:25 AM
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I know when I worked in LA the dealers all carried those markers to check money. I have no idea how well those work.

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Not very well.
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Old 10-13-2005, 12:27 AM
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I'm sure the cashiers all can tell fakes. At my old job, I handled money all day long, and after a while I could tell mostly by feel if a bill was real. I'm sure cage employees are even better at it.
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Old 10-13-2005, 12:46 AM
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why does him being a pro make him more likely to realize he was passing bad money?
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