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Originally Posted by Suit
Yes I would. At that point in the hand I would. Taking money off is wrong but so is starting with more than the max. Any player that has your mental aptitude for making decisions based on stack size would also have noticed that this player just sat down and this is their first hand, so you would also notice that he was over the max and say something. If you didn't say anything I would assume you were trying to take advantage of it.
I agree with this. Where I play most often, the rule is that a player coming from a must-move game must bring his entire stack, but a completely new player or a voluntary transfer is bound by the table min-max.
This often creates some confusion, as it is not always clear if a player joining with a big stack came from a must-move or not. Alert dealers and players will usually catch this, but sometimes not, and I see this type of situation fairly often.
In general, I often see floors try to use best judgement here: this whole thing is rife with angling opportunities (in both directions.) Sometimes the mistake was accidental, but we also have some players who try to overbuy frequently, and I think at least some floors try to consider this.
If the overstack is caught before showdown, the most common way I have seen this handled (but not always), is that the player must remove the excess and the hand is played out. This sometimes benefits him, but it's still usually the least bad solution, IMO.
More interesting is when the overstack is discovered at showdown, usually when a losing player suddenly realizes that he's being asked to donate more than the max buyin on the new guy's first hand played. In that case, I have often (but not always) seen the floor rule against the rulebreaker, limiting him to winning the amount he could have won with a correct buyin. I agree with this, but I have also seen the opposite ruling (chips play and stay in play).