Quote Originally Posted by strawman
Assume the table you are playing at is dead and you see a better table to play at. Would you need to sign up for the table and bring your whole stack or cash out and max buy in for the new table? Or is this Casino dependent?
People with more brick and mortar experience than I can chime in with their experience. But from what I have seen, if you leave a table, you cannot buy in at another table for more than the max buy-in. So, pocketing your winnings in such a case would not only NOT be ratholing, it would be required.