Lin Chips Up; Gonzalez Tired of the Tanking
Ran Ilani raised to 1,200,000 and Ren Lin responded with a raise to 10,500,000, leaving himself a few million behind.
Fabrizio Gonzalez grew agitated at Seunghyun Nam who was in the small blind, taking his time on his decision. Gonzalez called clock saying, "I know what you're doing, you're constantly looking at the clock.", indicating that Nam was slowing down the hand so that blinds would increase when he was on the button, as the level was about to go up. Nam mucked before the floor came over to count down the clock.
Lin and another player at the table chirped in saying that the player in the small blind hadn't taken an egregious amount of time by any means, instead pointing the finger at Ilani, who they accused of the same thing. Gonzalez went on to say he knew that Ilani wasn't calling and that he had given him plenty of time when he had real decisions.
"That's not nice, man", said Gonzalez who went on to say he'd be more vigilant about calling the clock on these two players in particular, going as far as asking the floor how long he'd have to wait to call clock. Floor said two minutes unless it became a constant issue, in which case they'd lower the threshold.
Ilani eventually mucked his hand, showing the A♦ but Gonzalez made mention that it didn't prove he had an actual decision.
Lin collected the pot and the next pitch began with Gonzalez reiterating his sentiments.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
21,500,000
2,800,000
|
2,800,000 |
|
14,000,000
2,100,000
|
2,100,000 |
|
||
|
10,500,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
||
|
4,300,000
9,400,000
|
9,400,000 |