I was at a table with some friends the other night.

I was at SL1. My friend at SL2 was rolling the dice. She was having a pretty good roll. A woman squeezes in next to her at the table. The guys at the end of the table yell at her to not disturb the shooter. This woman says she needs that spot because it is where she shoots best from. As per the whim of the dice gods my friend sevens out.

The woman gets the dice and says she needs some room to shoot. So my friend backs up a step from the table to be polite. The woman is very particular about how she sets the dice and how she throws the dice. Her toss results in her arm being stretched out toward the stickman. Now this is not a woman looking to control the dice as the force of the throw was too great. She does bring her hand back in a very controlled manner. She slides it back along the rail right over my friends chips.

I say to the table, "I think we have someone here who knows how to handle the dice. Let’s give her some room." So I put up a bet. I ask my friend to step back a little further. I then move my friends chips two racks closer to me. This woman moves closer to me. Again in her very specific way she throws the dice. Again her hand slides across my friends chips. At this point for the rest of her turn with the dice I keep my hand on top of my friend’s chips.

My friend keeps track of her chips and said nothing was missing, so the woman did not palm anything (successfully.) That was just the first time someone tried something like that right in front of my eyes. Oh, and they were just red and white chips. It wasn’t like it was green or black or other colors.

Moral of the story, Always keep an eye on your chips.

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