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Originally Posted by football0020
Second live session back since COVID started but all-time first for me...playing 2/5 NL and I feel something hit my foot underneath the table, I look down and it’s a black chip. I wait ~30 seconds and no one budges or acts out of the ordinary, WWYD?
Lets pretend you didn't wait 30 seconds. The first thing you should do is either alert the dealer or the floor that $100 hit your foot and is on the floor. After that it's pretty much out of your hands. Likely someone at the table will claim it, and the floor will try to confirm whose it is.
Don't even think about taking it. It's not worth it, and can be considered theft by the casino. Yes, taking money that you found is still theft even if the owner is not clear. That is very well-established in many different states, not really worth checking your local law over.
Risk-reward here is super unbalanced in favor of risk, even if you can't see the immorality in taking $100 off the floor.