He jumped the shark one too many poker games ago.

A passenger aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship tossed himself overboard into the open sea during an alleged attempt to avoid paying a staggering $16,000 gambling debt racked up over the vacation.

Jey Gonzalez-Diaz set sail on the Rhapsody of the Seas for a week-long holiday in which he threw caution to the wind and gambled his heart out, according to authorities.

The ship completed its voyage Sunday when it pulled into the Port of San Juan.

While the ship was returning to port, Gonzalez-Diaz realized his supposed error and pitched himself into the water as the cruise was disembarking shortly after 9 a.m. local time, according to a criminal complaint obtained by CBS News . 3

Someone passing by on a jet ski then helped him to sh

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