I had a situation come up a few days ago that I don't think I have seen before (certainly not to this degree). I can't think of a rule that this players behavior falls under that would call for a penalty so I will be curious to see if you guys do. I can think of the ethical play rule might fit but wasn't sure how to explain/apply it.
Ok, so here is the situation. A player who is part of a league that is playing for points over a season of games (but who probably no longer has a chance of getting into the prize spot) starts a a league game and within the first round gets a phone call from the wife. He spends and orbit or two playing his usual game, which, for the record is a loose aggressive game. Then he seems to be calling most every hand and calling large preflop bets cold. Has the hands go to showdown he tables cards lik 95o and 72o and the like. Is catch phrase is "I'm trying to go home". Presumably, he was trying to "lose" so that he could go home to take care of whatever he had to take care of. Well, he kept getting stupid lucky and chipped up big but kept playing stupid knocking several of the league players out on terrible beats. Of course, he eventually busted but not before ticking off more than a few players.
I should have done something about it but, as I said wasn't sure how to fit it into a rule. I can't fault the guy for playing his cards how he wants to, and this guy plays weak hands as a matter of his regular play. I did tell him that if he really just wanted to go home that he should just get up and leave his chips on the table and not screw with the tournament.
What would you guys do?