“A tournament director’s worst nightmare,” Matt Savage known as it.
A weird incident performed out on Sunday within the $1,700 major occasion on the World Series of Poker Circuit cease at Cherokee Casino in North Carolina. One participant determined to flip over three tables – sending chips spilling out over the ground, delaying the event, and leaving the remainder of the sphere questioning why somebody would take such measures.
According to WSOP Circuit common David Moses, the disgruntled participant “took a running start and crab scuttled under tables.”
The delay happened with 65 gamers left because the event was headed for a break, and video of the incident rapidly unfold on social media. Security guards took the suspect from the event space as occasion workers tried to collect chips and recreate stacks that have been scattered on the ground.
The desk flipper’s title and motivation for the incident are usually not but identified. The man reportedly mentioned that god advised him to do it, in line with different gamers on the scene. In one of many movies, the suspect might be heard yelling at safety personnel. “Get off me. I’m not hurting anybody.”
Although there was discuss of chopping up the prize pool and canceling the event, these in attendance reported that workers instantly cleared the room and commenced working to confirm chip stacks. Play resumed about two hours after the incident.
Poker has seen some weird conduct all through the years. In 2019, a participant within the WSOP major occasion in Las Vegas was disqualified after pulling his pants down and throwing certainly one of his footwear on the vendor. He was later arrested after climbing on prime of a craps desk on the Luxor.
Tournament administrators largest nightmare! pic.twitter.com/CEMG8scQVv
— Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) February 23, 2025
Wild instances at
HarrahsCherokee</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/WSOPC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">WSOPC $1700 major day2At the tip of 10/25k a man takes a working begin and crab scuttles beneath tables flipping them and all chips
He will get 3 tables flipped earlier than stopped (65 left ) pic.twitter.com/V2f8NvA4IM
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rEaLrUeTaMa (realruetama) February 23, 2025
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