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Player swaps position

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Dave Miller:
I’m curious to know how this could have happened in the first place. I mean, don’t you check IDs when a player sits? And if they are late, requiring the dealer/floor to open the chip bags so the stack could be blinded off, doesn’t the bag stay on the seat so you’d still be able to tie it back to the player?

What’s to stop some random person, who isn’t even in the event, from sitting at an unclaimed stack, and playing?

The fault lies with the dealer and/or floor person responsible for checking player IDs.

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That said, to rectify the situation, you should take chips that Albert lost from Bernard’s stack out of Albert’s stack to make Bernard whole. If Albert actually accumulated chips, he should be entitled to the winnings.

In either case, Bernie should start with what was bagged, less the blinds and antes.

If he lost chips, Albert may object, saying that he was playing less conservatively because Bernie had more chips he was playing looser, etc. Too bad.

Note, only if Albert lost more of Bernie’s chips than Albert had should you take chips out of the cage. And, yeah, that would mean that Albert has been knocked out.

Also, even though it’s the fault of the dealer / floor person, I think some fault lies with Albert, and some penalty is in order.

Motobaka72:
This did not happen.
I know it happened at another tournament some years ago. So this is something that has been in my mind for some time. Was just wondering what would others do.

Never thought to take ships out from Albert's stack.  It could be a fair way to resolve the situation.

Anyone else consider this to be a fair solution?

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