Are the Clocks Broken in the Brasilia Room?
and 175,000 chips in the pot, Bilzarian was facing a river bet of 115,000 from big stack Jamie Brown. When we came to the table, it was clear that Bilzarian had already been in the tank for several minutes. He stayed in there for twelve solid minutes. A sampling of Bilzarian's antics during his time in the tank:
"I'm trying to think of a hand I can beat. I'm not coming up with many."
"Anybody got a quarter I can flip?"
"I think it's a bad fold and a bad call."
To the dealer: "What would you do?"
"A fold would be so anti-climactic, wouldn't it?"
To Brown, who was in a fetal position with his arms in front of his face and hand on his head: "You're gonna rip that tiny hair out of your head buddy."
Bilzarian finally procured a half-dollar piece from a player at the table and flipped it.
"F***!" he exclaimed. He flipped it four more times, getting what he said were three calls and two folds.
Ten minutes into the tank session and still Bilzarian seemed no closer to a decision. Surprisingly, nobody at the table called a clock. It was finally twelve minutes after we first came to the table that Bilzarian folded.
Brown offered to show one card. The card Bilzarian chose was the
.After the hand, the counts were
Bilzarian - 360,000
Brown - 430,000