Phillips Questions a Possible Slowroll
"It's not a slowroll, it's a nitroll. He's not really slowrolling him, he's just a tight player." said Mercier.
Mercier is friends with Carter Phillips, and well, Phillips may have just been nitrolled.
Maurice Schulmann raised to 12,400 after beginning the hand with 73,500. Carter Phillips was next in position and reraised to 34,000 after verifying how much Schulmann began the hand with. It folded back around to Schulman and he tanked... and tanked... and tanked. About three or four minutes went by on the clock before he finally moved all in. Phillips made the call.
Phillips showed pocket sevens and then Schulmann tabled pocket queens. Phillips immediately looked at him and asked, "Was that a slowroll?"
Schulmann doesn't understand English very well and didn't respond. Phillips asked again, which prompted Antony Lellouche to translate to Schulmann.
The board ran out
and Phillips shipped over the chips. Lellouche explained to Phillips that this is Schulmann's first tournament and that he understand how Phillips feels.Phillips dropped to 115,000 on the hand.
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, and Lellouche put out a continuation bet of 23,500. After some debate, Prydryk raised to 65,000, committing well over half his stack to the pot. Without missing a beat, Lellouche announced, "All in," and Prydryk froze in his tracks.
. Prydryk had 33,500 left and sat in the tank. He was in the tank for about a minute before Phillips said, "If I get slowrolled again I'm going to be pissed." He smiled and Antony Lellouche laughed.
up against Niemi's 
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, putting Vargas at 130,000.
to 
. The board ran out 
and Phillips couldn't find any help, not even to chop the pot. He was quickly out of his seat and out the door.
, giving the at-risk player a flush draw to work with. That draw would come through when the turn brought the 
, but it was far from over. Abecassis would still need to fade all the aces, threes, and clubs left in the deck to remain alive.
. Moreira passed again, and Debus took it as his signal to bet 65,000. It would be several minutes before his opponent acted, and Moreira passed his two black nines in between his hands for a long while before releasing them into the muck.