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Alec Torelli and Melissa Hayden were engaged in a more intellectual conversation about competing value systems about whether a player with a sponsorship contract should be forced to play on a religious holiday.
The crux of the conversation seemed to deal with the fact that Day 1b of the WSOP Europe Main Event falls during the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, the day of Jewish atonement.
"If the players don't complain enough then the casinos do whatever they want," said Torelli. "Mike should make a one-year investment and not play in protest."
"Team Full Tilt can't make you play on your religious holiday," Torelli continued. "It's like when you were in school."
"I understand that," Hayden replied, "but he also wants to promote his own personal site."
. While Daniel Alaei considered his action, a big pot developed one table away between Alec Torelli and Sassine Ghazaleh. On a flop of 
, Ghazaleh check-raised Torelli from 1,250 to 5,250.
turn. He then snap-folded to a bet of 15,000 from Ghazaleh.
flop, for he held the queen of clubs; Osterland was clubless. 
) and river (
, Torelli's lone opponent, Eli Elezra, checked. Torelli checked it right back. When the river fell 
, Elezra announced a bet of 2,200.
for tens and fours. Torelli angrily flipped his cards into the muck.
, Levi bet 1,100. One opponent raised that bet to 3,400 and Levi called. The turn was a Broadway card, the 
. Levi checked to his opponent, who moved all in for 13,675. Levi thought long and hard about his options, then reluctantly flicked his cards in to the dealer.
, and Karagulleyan fired 600 chips at the pot. That was enough to fold the big blind, but the other two opponents came right along with quick calls.
, and the action checked around. The river was the 
on the turn and the dealer peeled off the 
on the river.
and a check from both players. The 
for the straight, and Torelli's 
was worth half the pot as well. The dealer pushed the full pot to Torelli and began to shuffle before realizing that she had made a mistake. No matter; Torelli quickly attended to the matter of chopping up the pot, sliding half of his earnings over to the lady. No chips change hands, and it's on to the next deal.
