2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes

€8,500 Cannes Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
99
Prize
$1,426,645
Event Info
Buy-in
$12,300
Entries
480
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
15,000

Cannes, Meet Stalling

Stalling is typical of most multi-table tournaments, but what we're witnessing here in Cannes is stalling like we've never seen it before.

We're currently three players away from the money and players are using every last second to make their decisions -- even decisions as simple as checking the big blind.

One player, a short stack of course, sat for two full minutes in the big blind before knuckling the table, signaling to the dealer that he was ready to see the flop. Once the flop was spread, he waiting another minute before checking again. Action then checked around to a player on the button who led out with a bet and the decision returned to our feature staller who -- you guessed it -- sat for another two minutes before folding his hand. The best part was, he put on one helluva show, scratching his head... checking and re-checking his cards... stacking and re-stacking his chips... the works.

We haven't heard any complaints from the players yet, but if this continues, you can expect a few of the more experienced players to speak up.