Language Barriers
Level 20
: 6,000/12,000, 20,000 ante
Poker's an international game, but sometimes it's not an international language.
Olaoluwa Okelola shoved all in against an opponent on a flop of . Someone called the clock while the player was tanking, and the tournament director was having quite a time trying to let the player know he his time had run out.
"Can anyone interpret in Italian?" the supervisor asked with exasperation.
Swedish player Fredrik Halling and Spanish player Raul Paez did their best to get the point across to the man that he had 20 seconds to act on his hand. Finally, Halling began counting down on his fingers. The player evidently got the point, as he stood up and folded his hand.