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Originally Posted by chillrob
I don't think it would make them stop playing, just make them stop walking less.
I think you guys (predominantly winning, serious regs) are projecting what you would feel - "oh **** i am about to not be able to play" - onto a losing, flippant recreational player.
Pai gow has a seat open. Bar has a seat open. The threat of losing their poker seat may not even be a threat. Whenever I've seen people picked up, they never apologize or get mad. It's just, oh, I got picked up, where my chips at.
If there are players waiting to play, pick anybody up and let the new player join. The method by which that person is selected is kind of irrelevant. First walker, most consistent walker, person with the least chips, last person to answer a page, I don't think it matters. The people whose behaviors you want to change the most are the least likely to change*, and the people whose behaviors aren't that bad are the most likely to overadjust.
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* We used to locate a habitual walker (HW) in the building and pass his location to the floor. "Lobbiers back to Table 15. HW, return to your seat on Table 15. HW, return your seat on Table 15, we're picking you up. HW, seat 3 on pai gow table number 2, return to your seat on Table 15, we're picking you up." At which point he'd just not even face the floor and motion with his hand to the floor to pick him up.