button in SafariClocking Martin Kabrhel
Zhijian Zhang called the clock on Martin Kabrhel twice in consecutive hands, as Kabrhel took an inordinate amount of time to make a decision on whether to make a call.
In the first hand, Kabrhel bet 200,000 on a full board of 3♦7♦3♣5♦Q♥. Aaron Kupin check-raised him to 460,000 chips.
After much haggling with the dealer over the exact count of Kupin's stack – the dealer tabulated the total in stacks of six instead of five – Kabrhel took a while pondering the call.
When Kabrhel heard someone call for the clock, he asked who did it.
After Zhang acknowledged it was him, Kabrhel said, "Congratulations. I will bust you for that."
After the floor started the countdown, Kabrhel let the hand go.
In the ensuing hand, Kabrhed was heads up with Chung Cheung in a small pot that had seen just a preflop raise to 35,000 by Kabrhel on the button, and a call from Cheung.
After a check-through on the turn, the board read J♣Q♠K♥8♣ and Cheung, who was in the big blind, bet 50,000.
Kabrhel stalled again, tanking long enough for Zhang to call the floor a second time.
Kabrhel folded again, turning over a jack, and then did his best to get Cheung to show his hand.
Cheung refused.