Anyone know the reason for this rule?
Went to the casino last night as they were running a $1000 high hand promotion every 30 minutes. I hit the high hand, got paid and took $900 off the table to walk to the cage and cash while adding $100 to my $300 stack I was playing with.
Floor gets called because someone wants to ask if my chips are in play. I tell them I’m literally walking to the cage next hand to cash the $900 and there’s not even an active hand going on(extra chips are in a rack on a side table). Floor states rule is that those chips are in play. I tell him “ok I fold, I’ll go cash these”. Upon returning, floor is yelling at me that I shouldn’t have cashed those and they’re in play. Why would this dunce cap not have told me that when I told him I was going to cash them after saying I fold?
Either way, I said that’s fine I’ll just leave. Took my chips off the table and bounced after tipping the dealer. I can’t think of a dumber rule in my life. I was going to have dinner at their nice restaurant and stay and play for an hour or two but they lost my business instead. Anyone know the reasoning behind the rule? I just thought that was ridiculous.
TLDR: won high hand promotion and floor stated I couldn’t cash those chips until I leave and that they had to stay in play. Curious if anyone knows the purpose of such a rule.