There really is nothing worse than your run of the mill poker douche. We all encounter a chode every now and then, but being stuck five feet away from them and just being forced to listen to them and watch them live life is excruciating. Poker seems to have the most socially incoherent people too for some reason, I’ve…

He should have split, for sure.

I don’t want to be that guy who’s a big stickler for the unspoken rules and all that, but when you take this sort of crap too far it feels more like this guys is shooting angles than just engaging in gamesmanship. IMO I think there’s a clear difference between manipulating other players through your own actions and…

Benger starts yelling about how Kassouf is verbally abusing him, and then shouts, “Check your privilege!”

He isn’t looking for information. He knows he’s going all in. He’s trying to be a raging dick to get Benger on tilt. He wants Benger to call.

My only disappointment is that it wasn’t an Ace on the river to hammer home his elimination. It may feel like Benger overreacted, but that’s only because we haven’t had to spend as much time around Kassouf as he has.

The look on his face when he realizes he’s facing pocket A’s is great. I’ve watched a bit of the WSOP this year and can attest this is this guy’s schtick - and it’s annyoing as fuck.

Same. I’m a casual player, and enjoy watching the strategy. Even at 1-2 tables there is always some schmuck that thinks he’s Hellmuth. I miss online poker.

Yeah, don’t ask me why but I find it fascinating.

I had an ex who was into speech-play. She could only get off reenacting Lincoln-Douglas.

The guy with 12 beat the guy with 20? That’s not how you play poker.

Benger starts yelling about how Kassouf is verbally abusing him, and then shouts, “Check your privilege!” multiple times

Check your privilege and stop being abusive!

I really wanted both players to lose the hand, be eliminated from the tournament, and be banned from the USA for eternity.

I was on Blue Jays guy’s side until he opened his mouth. Verbal abuse indeed. Nothing like a white guy yelling “Check your privilege!”

Thing is, in Kassouf’s eyes, Benger could have had queens, or maybe A-K. The pause and the chatter was to goad him into calling his shove with the worst. We’ll never know if Benger would have done so obviously, but like Norm said on commentary - Kassouf’s whole act was for precisely this moment, had Benger had…

Thinking of a clever response....

I was ready to be on the Blue Jays fan’s side until he started bringing out the tumblr rhetoric. Just fucking play, guys.

I saw this hand last night. Kassouf is a giant raging a-hole, at least he was throughout the tournament. The simple issue is he had K-K, which is an all in hand in that situation, being re-raised prior. You don’t need information with K-K, you just hope to hell your opponent doesn’t have A-A. Which Benger had, and…

I’m fairly certain this is why old dudes wax poetic about the good old days where you’d just beat the shit of this dude in the parking lot.