A man who hosted a poker game at his home is suing a player for failing to pay for the $29,000 worth of poker chips that he lost during the game.
Sean S. Ahn was one of 10 people who were invited to the game, held in the Denver home of Francois Safieddine on 25th March. The players were all friends or acquaintances, which made the game legal under Colorado’s social gambling laws.
According to the lawsuit “all players, including Ahn and Safieddine, accepted the risk of monetary loss and participated in the game. At the start of the game, everyone bought poker chips that were to be redeemed at the end of the game. When the night was over, Ahn lost $29,000 worth of purchased poker chips.”
Ahn didn’t have enough money to pay for the chips he lost to other players. He wrote a check to Safieddine for the $29,000. The following day, he asked for the check back, and asked to pay the debt to Safieddine in three payments. Safieddine agreed, and Ahn wrote three new checks which totalled $29,000.
When Safieddine cashed the first check in April, it was returned with the message, “insufficient funds”. Safieddine confronted Ahn about the debt, and Ahn transferred $1,000 to Safieddine, but made no further payments.
Safieddine sent Ahn a written notice demanding he pay the remaining $28,000, but received no answer, so he has now filed a suit against him.
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