Your input please...

[SteveSmith89]

Make one person hold the money and be responsible, he makes sure everyone pays at the beginning, he makes sure everyone gets paid at the end. If it's short, he covers.

When we play, we usually put the money in the empty box that housed the playing cards we were using then put that box in the chip case and kept it at the feet of whoever is responsible.

They are responsible for the chips on the table and the cash in the case.

Pretty simple.

[Happy Panther]

Bad poker form leaving the $$ out. certainly not the hosts fault.

[lightsout]

Make one person hold the money and be responsible, he makes sure everyone pays at the beginning, he makes sure everyone gets paid at the end. If it's short, he covers.

When we play, we usually put the money in the empty box that housed the playing cards we were using then put that box in the chip case and kept it at the feet of whoever is responsible.

They are responsible for the chips on the table and the cash in the case.

Pretty simple.

What I've always done. Best way to do it, honestly.

[dimbee]

I wouldn't hold the host responsible for reimbursing the lost money if the money was out in the open for all. Different if he had been given the money to hold.

[Darth Biscuit]

I know a little more about the situation than J posted because he and I discussed it... and I think the point here is that some people value money more than friendship. If I was friends with the host and this happened, as long as I knew for sure he wasn't the one that took the money, I would let it go... why lose a friend over $100?

The guy that won and expected the payout is obviously not the friend he was thought to be...

fwiw, I don't think the host is responsible, as long as there was no agreement made at the time the money was found missing that the host would be responsible. This is no different than some dude coming in a robbing everyone... the host wouldn't be responsible in that case either.

[mush]

Host def. not responsible. Learn from it and move on.

[PanthaSan]

J2 did it........

[j2sgam]

The argument is that the players gave teh host their money, its at his house, he is responsible for paying out. He is the one that left it out. It is an understanding that he takes the buyins and he is the one who handles the payouts, nothing has ever been discussed. Its his house..

Normally the money is kept wiht the unused chips, out of sight. This was a last minute game, only 8 people...

[Lushy]

Was it Amature Hour?......only 8 people? HTF did someone make out with part of the kitty and not all of it $270 in 10's and 20's is like a 1/2-1" tall. Why take part if nobody is looking? That could just sit on the table until the game is over. Was it hidden on the bathroom counter or in the fridge on the beer shelf for whoever passed through or got knocked first? Just sayin'.

[Lushy]

Don't know what your part is, but seems like the house is fishy.

[HoFBound90]

House normally wouldn't be responsible but it is certainly questionable if he left the money out like a fish. Me and my friends always put the money in the chip box and put the chipbox on the dge of the table or in plain site somewhere in the room.

[j2sgam]

Not amateur hour, a home game. We usually have 2 tables, but again, this was last minute...

The $100 that was left was a single bill that was on the outside. Whoever took it removed the bills inside & under the Benjamin. I assume they left the $100 because if someone just glanced over to check on the money, they would see the $100 still there and no think twice about the rest of it...

The money was left out because, except for the 2 guys, we all have known each other and played together for years. Normally it is kept out of sight, but I was a little lax being it was a last minute thing...

I hosted the game, I left the loot out. I have never before had to worry about that kind of thing in my house. This absolutely changes how things are done now, sucks that I trusted people and got burned. It is what it is.. (can say that now that Fox's gone) I have already got a little lockbox and the money will go in there from here on...

I really appreciate everybody's input, I didnt want to say my part because I was wanted to get unbiased answers (see PanthaSan :dita:).

[Mvp2014]

how did the 2 new guys make it out after the money was stolen? You should of flexed those fools.

[hepcat]

If it was at my house, and some new guy came in and we were short money at the end of the night, I couldn't in my right mind let him leave until I was sure he didn't take the money. You had to have discovered this when everyone was there. Like you said, you play with these dudes all the time and some new fellas come in and mysteriously you're missing some money. Sounds like someones a petty thief and someones a pussy.