Green, Black, What's the Difference?

"Everywhere you play in the entire world, the blacks are 100 and the greens are 25," said Mike Matusow. He was referring to the poker chips in use for today's tournament. As was noted yesterday, the green chips in this tournament are worth 100 and the black chips are 25, a reverse from the usual. This switch was commented on by many players yesterday and again by many players today. Despite the change, we haven't seen too many instances of mis-sized bets.

Apart from Matusow, that is. On one of his recent meanderings around the room, Matt Glantz was flagged down by The Mouth. From a few tables away, he half-yelled. "Hey Matt! How many times have you reached for black chips instead of green?!" Glantz mumbled something unintelligible and returned to the conversation he had been in the middle of.

A few seconds later, as Glantz turned away and paced back toward his own table, Matusow continued, "I can't tell you how many times I've min-raised because I threw out black chips."

It's still less than an hour into Mikey's tournament, and we suspect he'll sort the colors out before too long.

2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

2009 WPT Merit Cyprus Classic

Green, Black, What's the Difference?