“A match director’s worst nightmare,” Matt Savage known as it.
A weird incident performed out on Sunday within the $1,700 important occasion on the World Sequence of Poker Circuit cease at Cherokee On line casino in North Carolina. One participant determined to flip over three tables – sending chips spilling out over the ground, delaying the match, and leaving the remainder of the sector questioning why somebody would take such measures.
In response to WSOP Circuit common David Moses, the disgruntled participant “took a working begin and crab scuttled beneath tables.”
The delay happened with 65 gamers left because the match was headed for a break, and video of the incident shortly unfold on social media. Safety guards took the suspect from the match space as occasion workers tried to collect chips and recreate stacks that had been scattered on the ground.
The desk flipper’s identify and motivation for the incident aren’t but identified. The person reportedly mentioned that god instructed him to do it, in response to different gamers on the scene. In one of many movies, the suspect may be heard yelling at safety personnel. “Get off me. I’m not hurting anybody.”
Though there was speak of chopping up the prize pool and canceling the match, 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 habits all through the years. In 2019, a participant within the WSOP important occasion in Las Vegas was disqualified after pulling his pants down and throwing considered one of his sneakers on the seller. He was later arrested after climbing on prime of a craps desk on the Luxor.
Event administrators largest nightmare! pic.twitter.com/CEMG8scQVv
— Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) February 23, 2025
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On the finish 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
— rEaLrUeTaMa (realruetama) February 23, 2025
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