At a card table when you have to take a pee break, do you leave your chips on the table? Or do you take them with you? I have only played in casino’s a few times (Trop and Taj). Sometimes players take them, sometimes they leave them. Is it safe? Has anyone ever been light a few chips after a quick bite to eat? Do card rooms have an official policy?
Answer 1:
Where I’ve played, you must keep your chips on the table. I have not heard or seen a case where some are missing. But I wouldn’t doubt that it has happened somewhere. What I think is interesting, in the pot limit games like in Tunica and Kinder, they not only have chips on the table but thousands in paper money…..and they leave it all on the table when they take a break.
Answer 2:
I come from the school of thought that says your money is never safer then when it is in chip form. No tax, and lots of security cameras. But… i also remember the old saying of a great. Trust everyone but cut the cards. Seriously though, you can do whatever you want, but the standing rule in most casinos is that you must put back on the table whatever you took off it, if you are to return to play.
Answer 3:
In Atlantic City if you take all of your chips off the table, you will lose your seat. The chips are what hold your seat. The same is true if you go to eat. If you have $500, you can take off part of the money; say 450, but when you return you have to put the $450 back on the table. It is relatively safe to leave money on the table and leave for an hour.
