We had a situation in Oneida NY a long time ago. The room owner Justin fancied himself a pool player and much as he fancied himself a poker player. We had a 10 ball break and run pot that was up to 8k. We were selling a lot of tickets weekly, at least 600 to 800.
He had blown the money on pocker and didn't tell anyone.
He had one player "buying" a couple hundred in tickets each week. but turns out he wasn't buying them. Justin and he had a plan that if he got picked and won, he'd get a reduced payout and save Justin's a$$. Myself and another player, who was a beast of a guy easily 350#, bought a good $300 plus of the tickets each week.
So one night Justin tells me some nonsense about somebody breaking into the room and stealing checks. He even named a player who had a record as a suspect. He said he that because of the check theft, that he didn't have any of the 10 ball money. Then later that evening before the tournament he announced to the players at the tournament that he's closing in a few weeks because he's broke and the 10 ball money was stolen.
I came in from out of the area to play his room. I wasn't friends with him. Yet I was the first guy he told about this check they nonsense?? Bullshit. He knew I had spent a lot on tickets along with this other guy and was feeling me out a bit. I'd made plenty there on the 10 ball pot and tournaments.
The monster of a man who spent a lot of money on tickets was pissed, unless he was the best actor in the world. How he or any of us let Justin live remains a mystery. Over a period of 4 weeks til he closed nobody did a thing to this guy, even though we all knew he stole 8k of our money.
