My friend was playing recently, he plays unrated and has a huge chip inventory (20k+) he has played this store a few times now, always unrated, and has ran very well, being up over 10k total in a few nights. He goes up to 2x500.

His last play night, he starts losing. After hes only down 2k or so, the pb informs him that once he reaches -5k, he cannot play anymore unless he uses a players card due to their procedure. My friend gets down 5k, pb tells him no more play until you get a players card, my friend refuses and has to walk away from a RC of +22.

This particular store is VERY tolerant. I know people that have been playing rated there for years, playing black chips.

I'm very confused as to this procedure. I've never heard of it, and it makes no sense. Unrated players can only lose 5k? He used only chips to buy in, no cash. I am very perplexed. Thoughts?