Bad Beat Jackpot--- Player out for smoke
I just wanted to know your opinions on this situation. On boxing day I was at Cascades Casino in Langley BC. The BBJ was at 92k. Of course it went off. 2 tables going and I have to be at the wrong one! LOL
Anyway, just before the cards were in the air, 1 player decided he needed a smoke break. Well of course that was the BB hand. Half of the remaining players decided to give him some cash anyway, while a few refused.
I personally would have given him some because if he was in the hand the cards would have been different and it wouldn't have happened.
What would you do?
Anyway, just before the cards were in the air, 1 player decided he needed a smoke break. Well of course that was the BB hand. Half of the remaining players decided to give him some cash anyway, while a few refused.
I personally would have given him some because if he was in the hand the cards would have been different and it wouldn't have happened.
What would you do?
Comments
There should be some posted house rules.
When you win a pot do you give money to people who are on smoke breaks because if they were in the hand the cards would be different?
When you don't win the bad beat jackpot do you expect people on smoke breaks to give you money because if they were in the hand the cards would be different?
I despise bad beat jackpots.
If you play regularly bad beat jackpots cost you $5000 a year.
The last thing good players need is more variance that takes hundreds of thousands of dollars out of the poker economy.
To answer a couple other questions, the guy had been playing at this table for hours and you cannot have your blinds posted and dealt in while you are away. In fact, if that were the case, he would've gotten a table share for being in the hand and cards would not change at all. The only house rule there is if you're not in the hand, you don't get a share.
Agree also that BB jackpots cost money and create extra variance but unfortunately all tables here are bad beat tables
One word, Karma.
He caused the bad beat to hit, though if he was there the bad beat wouldn't have hit. Where;s Freud?
My take is that he deserves nothing. His leaving the table on his own will for a smoke (which I do regularly), is his own goddamn doing. Sorry bro.
He has no claim to anything as the hand would have been 100% different if the smoker was still playing. As the Winner of the bad beat I might throw him a few hundred bones to keep him at the table, lol.
If it were me, I would not expect anyone to give me anything, so why would I give to someone else. If I need to go for a smoke, then I will live with the consequences of my actions. This must have crossed his mind before he left.
Me too, us damn smokers. I realize and agree that he has no claim and technically deserves nothing but I just wanted opinions on what fellow forumers would do. Personally i throw him some cash.
I'm totally in agreement with the Karma comment too
100% agree. I would personally feel absolutely terrible if I went to take a piss and came back only to find I had just missed out on the BBJ, which is obvious a VERY rare occurrence. I would definitely give him a cut of the prize.
And I also can't help but factor in the truth that if he was at the table, different hands would have been dealt and the BBJ would most likely have never occurred.
The best part is when one of the winners says "huh? I don't understand what you mean."
And this discussion reminds me of caribbean poker. Dude hits 100K and the other 6 players wait an hour and half just to get a cut. Would YOU hand them cash?
Once I was on the waiting list for a table there (the old poker room, before the reno) and the table I was waiting for hit a bad beat. I was playing blackjack at the time, and the raucous roar was heard throughout the place. It was pretty cool though.
Eww... I checked their website to find out what Chicken Ranch was... there have to be better brothels than that. The girls were pretty brutal IMO. Wouldn't Bunny Ranch be better?
Actually yes, I've won a Carribean Stud Royal Flush progressive and gave the other players money for the wait
i tip the dealer moar with the bigger cut i get since hes away.
Damn! what did that pay?