HiveKueen
High Hand
HI All,
I run a tournament league and have a player problem I'm looking for suggestions how to handle.
A relatively new league player peaks at this cards by bending them up along the long edge. He is actually damaging the cards with a depression on the top side and dent on the face side. We have made him aware and have asked him to alter how he looks at his cards (although we didn't do this as gracefully as possible and had to apologize to him for calling him out while he was in a hand!).
Last night I put two brand new sill sealed cards and games decks in play. This morning I'm checking the cards and finding the same damage.
My specific question is, what would you do in this scenario.
A bit of additional info...this player is a retired soldier who is being treated for PTSD. I don't want to ban him and I don't want to piss him off. He really likes playing and, in my opinion, is not trying to cheat (the damaged cards are quite random in value).
Also, the damage is not noticeable at the table because it takes perfect lighting to see it. that said, in perfect light it is so noticeable that I can take a picture of it (see attached example from last night). And, often you can actually feel the damage (the attached example is a case of this).
Here's one approach I'm considering to take the public-ness out of it. Ask him to come over so we can show him the damage, show him what he is doing that is the problem and show him alternate ways to look at his cards.
Any other suggestions, that aren't simply "ya banned"?
Thanks so much with helping me keep this veteran and regular in the game!
![IMG_E0530[1].JPG IMG_E0530[1].JPG](https://www.pokerchipforum.com/data/attachments/1411/1411923-494eff60952096e480e50785866f7161.jpg?hash=Aa5lbL3dSA)
I run a tournament league and have a player problem I'm looking for suggestions how to handle.
A relatively new league player peaks at this cards by bending them up along the long edge. He is actually damaging the cards with a depression on the top side and dent on the face side. We have made him aware and have asked him to alter how he looks at his cards (although we didn't do this as gracefully as possible and had to apologize to him for calling him out while he was in a hand!).
Last night I put two brand new sill sealed cards and games decks in play. This morning I'm checking the cards and finding the same damage.
My specific question is, what would you do in this scenario.
A bit of additional info...this player is a retired soldier who is being treated for PTSD. I don't want to ban him and I don't want to piss him off. He really likes playing and, in my opinion, is not trying to cheat (the damaged cards are quite random in value).
Also, the damage is not noticeable at the table because it takes perfect lighting to see it. that said, in perfect light it is so noticeable that I can take a picture of it (see attached example from last night). And, often you can actually feel the damage (the attached example is a case of this).
Here's one approach I'm considering to take the public-ness out of it. Ask him to come over so we can show him the damage, show him what he is doing that is the problem and show him alternate ways to look at his cards.
Any other suggestions, that aren't simply "ya banned"?
Thanks so much with helping me keep this veteran and regular in the game!
![IMG_E0530[1].JPG IMG_E0530[1].JPG](https://www.pokerchipforum.com/data/attachments/1411/1411923-494eff60952096e480e50785866f7161.jpg?hash=Aa5lbL3dSA)