During the Bellagio Championship (congrats David Chiu) a story came to light that a friend shared with me and I in turn will publish on the world wide web.
The story starts with a girl. She’s frantic. She’s yelling. She’s at the main cage trying to cash out but they will not honor the $500 value of the chip. Why won’t they honor it? Well, the chip clearly states that it has “no cash value.”
This girl is a working girl and she has been paid by, and all signs point to, a poker player. A player who wished to procure her services for the price of 1 $500 tournament chip.
Now what is the bigger sin? Ripping off a hooker or stealing tournament chips?
Word from the floor is that it happens all the time and that there’s more. No!
Yes. Another facet to the scam is that a poker player will hire a prostitute for a set amount of money. Say $600. Once the deed is done, 5 minutes later, and its time to pay up, the poker player will tell the pro that they only have a $1000 chip. A $1000 tournament chip. Of course they need change.
So not only are they stealing tournament chips and ripping off dumb hookers, they’re also turning a profit. That’s positive EV.
JDN
1 comment:
Why didn't I think of this?
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