Moral Dilemma

[Royal Flush]

Id be crying to if i had to spend a night in the G-casino luton.

LOLz

+1

[boldie]

Poker by its nature is a predator game though - you make money by picking on the weaker players no?  You don't want to have to wade through a table of Doyle Brunsons every evening.  As long as he wasn't so p*ssed that he didn't even know he was in a casino, he's really the kind of person you want at your table isn't he?  He may have been absolutely loaded anyway and just been buying in for small amounts cause he had no idea what he should be buying in for. 

Its also possible his girlfriend was crying cause, well, she's a woman.  They cry for all sorts of reasons, I read it in Cosmo.  She might have had sore feet from new boots, been watching Bambi earlier in the night and had a delayed reaction, had some awful cheap contacts in....many many reasons - but anyways, you did more than most by asking someone to have a word with him - once said word has been had and he chooses to continue playing, he needs relieving of his money.  Who was it who said never give a sucker an even break?  That wasn't in Cosmo, it was on Rounders though.

Morals and poker never the twain shall meet.  Or something.

[Jon MW]

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For all you that would take his money without a second thought  remember .........you can shear a sheep many times. You can only kill it once

But I like a nice bit of mutton, not too keen on cardigans 

[action man]

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For all you that would take his money without a second thought  remember .........you can shear a sheep many times. You can only skin it once

But I like a nice bit of mutton, not too keen on cardigans 

fyp

[maldini32]

Hit on the gf if she's fit.

[AndrewT]

Read a poem last night that Red had posted about looking in the mirror.  I wouldn't be impressed with what I saw if I took the lad for his last penny.  And that's why I'll never be rich.    

At least you'd be looking at yourself in a slightly more expensive mirror.

[Royal Flush]

Do him for his last penny, donate the money you lift from the mug to oxfam

[MANTIS01]

I don't get all this have a quiet word stuff. It's a free country and the kid can do whatever he wants. Who are we to morally judge what constitutes too much money to lose for him or anyone else. If I was going to say anything to him I would ask him why he's treating his missus like a 2nd class citizen. The nanny state is infecting us all. God help us.

I play poker to relax not to police my oppos spending habits. If it was a good friend I would have this quiet word like some suggest. But not some complete random. I will tell you now, if you spoke to this chap about his gambling habits he would tell you to fuck off. He would not only have a point but he would carry on regardless.

There are some major problems in this world, but man spending tenner in casino just isn't one of them.

[action man]

he's a bad ass, women like bad asses yo. i see loads of young birds in situations like this every weekend. Young birds are just bad decision makers, and like our hero must pay to learn. Be it money or emotions.

[Acidmouse]

No one knows the real story, there might have been some history with this chap and his gf.

Most of the time its not worth the hassles to get involved. He was going to lose his money if you or someone else took it off him or not. Maybe its the poker players mentality to prey on people like this to make a quick profit, sounds a bit seedy tbh. I would have kept my head down and just played.

[phatomch]

I would give up myseat to the bloke, then take his gf to the bar and offer her a lift home.

[RichEO]

Dave, it doesn't matter who he is, he is still a favourite over your  

Would it be different if he was there alone and didn't have his GF crying at the table?

[LLevan]

Personally I believe its a simple question of whether you are playing poker as a recreation or as a pro, in Compo's case I'm sure he earns a decent salary and plays poker not as seriously as a Pro who needs to win every month to pay his mortgage etc. Thats not to say Compo doesn't play to win but like most recreational players, which probably numbers about 95% of the poker playing public, he plays for various reasons including entertainment and can afford to lose what he sits at the table with. Obviously even fish like Compo do have the occassional wins that help balance the books. I personally don't play poker to win at all costs, although I obviously prefer winning to losing, and would either have got up from the table or like Compo did would have had a quiet word with a member of the staff there.

[bolt pp]

I expressed the opinion to one of the supersivors that he shouldn't be allowed to play as he was obviously incapable.

As a grown man i'm crying reading this!

you of course meant: "I expressed the opinion to one of the supervisors that the opening hours of the casino should be extended to whatever time the young lad wanted and that he should be given a bar tab as quickly as possible"

I dont even know where to start with everyone else that had said, yeah quiet word, etc, LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.

how many times have you played against the biggest donkey you ever thought you'd played against online, making $100 bluffs into $16 pots etc, and sat out? e-mailed the site to question the guys competency? refused to take his money? seriously leave it out!!!

as for the business with his bird whats that got to do with anyone else? just because theyre having a ruck in public doesn't mean you have to look, its nothing to do with you.

[EvilPie]

I had a similar situation as Kinfishi at DTD once. 1/2 NL cash and there was an old guy who was clearly unsure of what he was doing and looked like he could use some help.

He'd sat down with 100 quid and looked out of his depth tbh.

Anyway I now have his £100 and will enjoy spending it on my holiday