Nailed it.

Ahahahaha. What the hell is wrong with people???

Out of curiosity, what happened after that? Did the dealer scold him for swearing?

I know everyone here thinks "what could be so rude/wrong about asking the dealer to square the table?", and I REALLY don't mean this as victim blaming, but walking up to a table and issuing a command (yes, it's still a command even if you follow it with a please) "Square the table please" can come off anywhere on the rude/confrontational/selfish spectrum and there will be a small minority that get rubbed the wrong way, even if it's THEIR problem.

You're 100% NOT WRONG to ask to have the table squared up and this dude was 100% at fault. I'm just saying that next time, if you chose to remove the possibility of a psycho-meathead-tilted-tough-guy getting mad, you can do what callypigian said.

Also, answer20 had a good piece about just making a knowing look at the dealer. I'm sorry there are some dealers that don't think past their own nose and can't understand why being square is important, and I hope they all get fired someday. We're not all like that. I know that when someone arrives at a table and there will need to be squaring, I'll address the new player immediately and offer something along the lines of "I'll get us squared up in a second" if a big hand is in progress or if it's going to take a moment for a few people side by side to move their large chip stacks even just a few inches down. I don't stand for people just oscillating and not actually moving, and I know how to deal with 'that look' from the guy that thinks he's centered in his spot. "I know it's literally one inch, but could you move one inch to your left? Thanks man!"

If everyone thought like this, we wouldn't have records of criminals' escalating behavior or a chance to stop the behavior before it becomes serious. My guess is this wasn't the first time this person got physical with another person outside the realm of self-defense.

EDIT to add: Not pursuing criminal charges would be akin to seeing someone else in distress or noticing a power outage or other things that affect other people and choosing to do nothing because you assume that someone else will handle it. That's certainly your prerogative, but it's not what's best for society/your fellow man.

So everyone will hate the victim and not the person who is responsible for this mess? If true then that’s too bad. I have little sympathy for them if their attitude is “Yes someone attacked you but please don’t make us do our job.”

I doubt this guy is going to care that much about being banned from the room and it may not even stop him from playing there. Did they get his ID? The OP didn’t tell us. It’s not like this guy is going to fear the consequences if he gets caught trying to come back in. They would probably just tell him to leave.

I don’t think a ban is as severe of a punishment as people on here think. Someone that normally avoids trouble will think it’s severe, but for this guy it could be a slap on the wrist. And he sounds like the type that’s used to getting in more trouble than this.

Edit: A well known reg would have a much tougher time trying to sneak back in, but if it’s a random face then it’s much easier to sneak back in, and he will care a lot less about the ban because it’s a place he doesn’t often go to.

I told him he needed to learn some manners (he was about 21). We had a few words. The floor got called. The dealer told the floor that the other guy was completely out of line. He was warned and the floor walked away.

The guy eventually folded to the raise (and it was one of the worst folds Ive seen in a long time). I laughed out loud very obnoxiously. The guy got pissed and tllted off his stack a few hands later. I told him to have a nice day as he left.

Not a large room according to the OP. 8 tables. Likely not too hard to remember a trouble maker who got physical and was ejected from the room. Now whether the room follows up well on the ban , or whatever , is totally dependent on how well it is run, relationships and yadda, yadda, yadda certainly. If I was the OP and I spotted the guy later on at a table there I would likely want to mention it to the floor and see what happens if anything.

I don't think psychos obey restraining orders, and a judge is going to want evidence OP was threatened or stalked before signing off on one.

I do believe that choking him qualifies as being "threatened", lol.

Next time i get pushed on the basketball court, flipped off driving my car or see someone irate because their fries are cold, i will call 911 for the betterment of our utopian society. Don't want these provocateurs escalating behaviors to go unreported.

A restraining order is pretty much a waste of paper in most cases.

Example: Dude chokes you so you get a restraining order. (which is a pain in the ass to get by the way. Youre going to have to spend a few hours of your time. Its going to take a few days at a minimum for the restraining order to be issued and served to the bad guy (unless its some sort of emergency which this is not).

During that few days, there is no order against the bad guy because he hasnt been officially served the paperwork. Those few days are the most likely time frame that he would do something stupid because hes stilled pissed.

So a few days go by and the bad guy has been served. The order tells him to stay at least 100 yards away from you. The bad guy violates the order and confronts you. You know what you have to do? The police cant do anything because a restraining order is a civil order. You can call the police by they cant do anything (unless the dude assaulted you again this time). You have to spend a few more hours of your time and go back to court and testify to the judge that the guy violated the restraining order. The judge then has to issue a bench warrant for the guys arrest. The cops are not going to go looking for him to arrest him for this minor offense because they are busy. If the bad guy happens to come into contact with the police for any reason, only then will he be arrested.

Do you really want to go thru all of that BS because some wacko that you will most likely never see again grabbed you by the throat after you told him to F off?

Save the restraining order for a situation where you are likely to see a guy over and over again...like your next door neighbor who keeps dumping trash on your lawn, opening your gate and letting your dog out...ect.

FYP

You are forgetting Commonwealths

True Character gonna true character brah.

Just cause they gotz the high post count dont mean they aint no pedo/psycho/rapist/drunkard/wife beater/child abuser/stalker/money launderer/car thief or just plain douchebag etc etc

it's criminal, he can be arrested if he violates it.

Violating the restraining order in and of itself is not criminal. At least not in Texas. It might be in some states, but not most of them. The judge issued an order and if the guy disobeys it the judge can order him arrested. Just like contempt of court if the judge tells someone to stop talking and he keeps talking.

Violating a Protective order is criminal everywhere but youre not going to get a Protective order for this nonsense.

Glad you pressed charges. I'm aware that our society has changed, as mentioned multiple times before. I'm over the 45 yr old line for anyone keeping score.

I'm not into blaming victims either. OP did nothing to warrant being physically attacked.

But actually he didnt. He said hes not pursuing it any further. The cops got called and a report was made but that's far from the end of "pressing charges".

Nothing is going to happen to the guy at all other than the ban.

Sure Mike. I guess you got me there.


I'll rephrase. I'm glad you followed up at the time of the incident. I'm glad there is a record of the incident.

Dude just stop, this is embarrassing.

If they had the guy on video attacking another casino patron, why does the victim need to press charges? So if I get shot and I'm laying there dying, are cops going to ask me if I wanna press charges?

Agreed. Thank you for making the world a better place.

Oscillating, yes - that's what most do. The fake move.
Can you come deal my room please?

That seems like a good solution.

(Not sarcastic. It sounds like an appropriately proportional amount of retaliation.)

Your (Rapini's) world must be pretty small and filled with police reports and lawsuits, especially whenever you watch a basketball game on TV and call the police to report an assault every time a fight breaks out.

To be clear - since you seem to have a real hard time understanding this - me thinking you shouldn't clog up the legal system with minor complaints doesn't excuse the behavior you're complaining against.

Of course it's bad that people fight on national TV. And they should be punished more severely than they are. Like they should take the laughable two game suspensions for beating one's girlfriend and make that the standard punishment for fighting in public, and then make the punishment for domestic abuse closer to permaban. But bystanders don't need to get involved on a day to day basis - there are rules, written for pro games and unwritten for pickup games - to cover the minor ****.

Of course it's bad that people flip each other off. But sometimes people are in a new city and don't realize their lane is exit only and try to merge in and they look like the *******s that intentionally cruise down the exit only lane and cut in, and if the police got involved every single time someone cut someone off, we'd need 10x the number of policemen.

I don't know how to do the youtube link thing but a video of Michael Scott saying "let's hug it out, *****" to Dwight would be appropriate here.

The actual affront was putting his hand(s) on the OP’s neck and choking him (however ineffectually) and then threatening severe harm. That is not flipping the bird, or shoving under the hoop. This is exactly why you need laws/police/courts.

If a stranger choked and threatened me, “hugging it out” wouldn’t be in the top 100 possible responses. The OP is to be commended for his ability to remain civil and have the authorities take care of it.

Winning is better than losing and winning without getting punched in the face is better than winning while getting punched in the face. I don't fight to satisfy my ego. I fight to defend myself or I fight because I enjoy inflicting pain. You must be like this one guy who bitched at me because I check/called down with TPTK instead of betting my hand like a "real man".