Table Talk
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The action folded around to the blinds, and Phil Ivey limped in. From the big blind, Bojan Gledovic was confused at the play and asked, "Did you raise??"
Ivey pointed to the three yellow chips in front of him. "That's three thousand here, and you have three thousand over there," Ivey smirked.
"Hey, you don't have to be mean to the guy," Barry Greenstein piped up from across the table. There has been plenty of good-natured table talk over there at Table 21, and everyone seems to be in a pretty chipper mood despite the high stakes.
Gledovic was just surprised to see a limp from Ivey, that's all. He knocked the table, and the two men checked the 
flop. Ivey bet the turn, holding a red chip in his hand and slowly announcing, "Five thousand," with another broad smirk. Gledovic quickly folded.
Barry spoke up again, poking at his pal Ivey. "Let me give you a little tip," he said. "You're supposed to be nice to the guy on your left who has more chips than you."
Ivey came right back: "Come on, Barry. Every time you have chips, you talk non-stop."
Greenstein: "Yeah, and you better believe you're going to hear me when I have more chips than you, too."
Ivey: "...Then it'll be the first time I've heard you in about six years."
There are smiles all around over there, and the table talk continues to be a source of entertainment for the lesser-known players there. And us, for that matter.