Couldn't the other players miss their turns as well? The first guy has to break, or he's thrown out of the game after 3 turns. So there is a counter-strategy of sorts.
That said ... if you went with this approach, you'd have to indicate that to all players (next risk = 30 except for truant Red who ...

I'll admit it only irritates me in speed games.

How would this be handled if we were playing on a board on a table in person?

Concise description:

There can be a benefit to missing a turn while holding 5 spoils in an escalating game.

Specifics/Details:

If a player holding 5 spoils misses their turn and another player cashes spoils before the player returns, the player that missed gets a larger reward. This ...