VP Players: ever offered to "buy" a neighbor's hand?

We've all sat next to a player who was about to make the "wrong play." Have you ever done anything about that? Did you intervene and say "hold it!" or did you ever offer to "buy the hand" from them and play it your way?

For example...

About two years ago the player next to me is dealt a flush with four to the royal. I had plenty of time to "intervene" but I didnt. Just kept my mouth shut as the young player looked at her dealt five hearts and studied the hand. Then, she signaled a floor person and asked the floor person "do I hold this flush?" And the floor person (either unaware of the 4 to the royal, or not wanting to give advice) said "you have to push the hold buttons to hold the cards" and then quickly walked off.

She held the dealt flush.

Then last week playing DDB the player to the right of me is dealt ATATA or a full house-- aces full of tens. I wanted to tell her to hold only the aces, but before I could get the words out she held the boat.

Now I wonder if I should have offered to "buy" their hands, saying something like...

"Hey, youre dealt a flush. If you are going to hold the flush, let me pay you for it and then play the hand the way I want to. And if I hit the royal, I'll give you a percentage of the win."

or...

"Hey, youve got three aces in that full house. If youre going to hold the full house, let me pay you for it and take the gamble of going for the fourth ace. And if I hit a bigger payoff, I'll give you a percentage of the win."

Have you ever done this? Would you?

My neighbors are assholes.
So the answer is No and No.

I prefer to pay attention to my own machine and keep my nose out of other people's business.

Strange.

I have never had any idea what my neighbor's hand is, or might be.

Exactly!!!! And if anyone every suggests how I should play a hand, I have a standard response: "I don't remember you helping me make this money, I sure as hell don't need your advice in how I spend it."

I'd never be that presumptious.

No and No.

Additional question: Ever have a conversation with the VP player next to you? (Whether you or the other initiated it.)

It's NO NO for me too. I would not want anyone to interfere in how I am playing. As for having a discussion, I would and again, no advice please.

My answer is no and maybe. I have had people ask me what they should do and like many people I usually respond with "this is what I would do ...". The most unusual situation was two little old ladies playing next to me ask while playing OEJs. They were dealt the two wild cards and 3 unrelated cards. When I told them I would hold the two jacks and the 6D they were very surprised. They were even more surprised when they drew two more 6s for a 5oak. I was pretty surprised as well.

I think Dancer has written an article where he did buy out a neighbor.

One problem is you really don't know if the neighbor would honor the buyout if they hit a big winner. They might just hand you back your money and say "never mind". What could you do?

Also interesting is no one has ever tried to give me advice. However, many have tried to give my wife advice. Of course, the advice was bad each and every time.