Absurdity
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Taylor Paur opened to 1,200 from middle position. That's pretty normal, and Vicky Coren making the call wasn't out of the ordinary, either. But then the action came around to Fabrizio Riccio in the small blind, and he only had 200 chips out in front of him. That's 50 short, and the dealer asked him to put in the full small blind. And that's where the absurdity began. Riccio refused, claiming he'd put 250 chips out and not understanding what the problem was. The problem was that the first 50 chips were for his ante, and when the dealer collected it, Riccio never made up the difference. After maybe three or four minutes of pleading with Riccio, Coren began to get a little peeved, and she asked for the floor.
The first floorperson came over, and she tried to explain to Riccio what the problem was. He still didn't understand, and now he only had a single T100 chip out as the small blind, refusing to add any more chips. After another two or three minutes, a second floorperson arrived, and he too tried to coax Riccio into conceding. Coren was not at all happy with the time it was taking, and it did seem that the floor was more or less standing there waiting for Riccio to comply. He still would not. "I mean, can we do something?!" Coren started to grow loud. "The clock is running."
It was pretty clear that Riccio was mistaken. The table was ten-handed, and there was a single T500 chip in the center to account for the antes. Riccio still only had 100 chips as the small blind, and he still didn't seem to understand why he needed to put more chips into the pot.
Finally, after what must have been seven or eight minutes, he complied, peeked at his cards, and quickly folded.
The rest of the hand only took about 45 seconds. Paur check-called 2,000 on the 
flop and another 4,200 on the 
turn. They checked through the 
river, and Coren's 
was good enough to give her that frustrating pot.
Even from our vantage point, it was even frustrating to watch.