Mortis
The Saurus
Loyaler
At the Bellagio in Vegas.
http://www.carbonpoker.com/blog/poker-tournament-gone-bad-player-strangles-opponent-2319-17/
It’s not too uncommon to see poker players lose their temper after getting rivered in a big hand. Some of these players even like to go on huge rants where they blame everyone from the dealer to opponents at the table. However, very few of these people ever resort to physical violence after losing a poker hand.
Unfortunately, this was the case at the Bellagio in Las Vegas after pro poker player and author Tony Korfman became enraged during a tournament. The tournament Korfman got angry in was a $1,000 re-buy event, and he busted out on the bubble. According to eye witnesses, Korfman grabbed another player by the neck and began strangling him while screaming obscenities.
The scene was so bad that security guards actually had to pull Tony Korfman off of the unidentified player. Once security got Korfman away from the victim, they escorted him out of the Bellagio. Luckily for Tony, the opponent he attacked decided against presses charges for fear that Korfman would attack him again.
Korfman’s assault earned him a ban from the Bellagio. Noted professional poker player Bryon Devonshire was an eye witness during the whole ordeal, and he shared his account of the experience on the TwoPlusTwo forums.
Devonshire wrote, “I did not bubble. said punk bubbled then slammed his stack toward the guy that won the hand. punk was pissed because guy rivered him with a gutterball. then he had the balls to question weather the guy had him covered with part of his chips in the pot, part on the floor and part in the guy’s stacks. I then mother ****ed him for being a ***** and chaos ensued. I always defend the dealers, floormen and players that don’t defend themselves. these types of punks should have been spanked when they were a kid. actually I’m sorry I didn’t pants him and take him over my knee. that would have been a great lesson for him. Tk”
http://www.carbonpoker.com/blog/poker-tournament-gone-bad-player-strangles-opponent-2319-17/
It’s not too uncommon to see poker players lose their temper after getting rivered in a big hand. Some of these players even like to go on huge rants where they blame everyone from the dealer to opponents at the table. However, very few of these people ever resort to physical violence after losing a poker hand.
Unfortunately, this was the case at the Bellagio in Las Vegas after pro poker player and author Tony Korfman became enraged during a tournament. The tournament Korfman got angry in was a $1,000 re-buy event, and he busted out on the bubble. According to eye witnesses, Korfman grabbed another player by the neck and began strangling him while screaming obscenities.
The scene was so bad that security guards actually had to pull Tony Korfman off of the unidentified player. Once security got Korfman away from the victim, they escorted him out of the Bellagio. Luckily for Tony, the opponent he attacked decided against presses charges for fear that Korfman would attack him again.
Korfman’s assault earned him a ban from the Bellagio. Noted professional poker player Bryon Devonshire was an eye witness during the whole ordeal, and he shared his account of the experience on the TwoPlusTwo forums.
Devonshire wrote, “I did not bubble. said punk bubbled then slammed his stack toward the guy that won the hand. punk was pissed because guy rivered him with a gutterball. then he had the balls to question weather the guy had him covered with part of his chips in the pot, part on the floor and part in the guy’s stacks. I then mother ****ed him for being a ***** and chaos ensued. I always defend the dealers, floormen and players that don’t defend themselves. these types of punks should have been spanked when they were a kid. actually I’m sorry I didn’t pants him and take him over my knee. that would have been a great lesson for him. Tk”
