Controversial subject - just right for my return!!
Firstly, the missing levels DID make a huge difference at the business end of the tourney, but as it was advertised well in advance, it didnt cause me any problems.
I played the 300 with the mindset to gather chips and to try and stay ahead of 30xBB - which I managed to do for most part, but when down to 13, the av stack was approx 10xBB and I moved in (for the 3rd consecutive time) on the button with QJ suited and the BB called with KJ.
As for the abusive player, he was not dealt with correctly in my opinion. The story of events went like this :
I got moved to a new table with a very healthy 37k (over 30xBB) and on this new table was a very drunk scouser (no offence to scousers meant).
Within 2 hands of seeing his drunken antics, I went and warned Danny that it was going to turn nasty, you could just see it.
He was killing the table (he had a massive 70k) and was making 4000 raises preflop and moving in on any raise. Making it VERY hard to play poker. I decided that I wasnt going to undo all of my good work on a 60 40 shot, so sat out of most hands. I did call once with AK but missed the flop and he moved all in. Twice after that I passed AK.
He continued to be VERY loud and got even more abusive calling every one a divvy c**t and telling everyone they were total s**t and he was a god of poker.
I must admit I was encouraging him slightly, by when he was making MASSIVE overbets and taking pots that it was a "good play" - this was obviously to trap him into giving me his chips.
He had 2 verbal warnings - in my mind he should of been ejected from the Casino at the first mention of the word c**t in an abusive manner to a player, but I counted at least 4 times this happened.
On one occasion, he did not notice someone had made a "normal" raise infront of him to 3500 and he proceeded to say "raise" 3500 . I politely pointed out to him that he now had to put 7000 into the pot as someone had raised infront of him. This he did not like and said he didnt want to play and it was unfair. I said he was more than welcome to ask for a ruling, but he reluctantly put in 7000 chips, calling me a c**t again as he did so.
Well when I looked down at my cards I found KK, and announced all in. The origional raiser also went all in and the scouser passed, again calling me a cheating c**t!
I won the pot and politely told him that those were the rules, and that I NEVER look at my cards until it is my turn to act. Again I let it go.
About 4 hands later he again makes it 3500 preflop and someone else moves all in (Greek Jack) . The scouser calls with KQ and Greek Jack had Q9 and spiked a 9. The scouser went mad calling him a divvy, and that he was now out to get that c**t. Greek Jack called Danny over and again he was given a warning (his final warning aparantly).
Well 4 hands later, someone else raised before him and he asked if the bloke had him covered. I replied politely "I think so" to which he replied "no he doesn't you divvy c**t"
After that hand was over, I was fuming and the whole card room heard me (so the cradroom managers must of heard it aswell) tell him (not very politely) that he was a total w***
and that was the VERY last time he would call me a c**t.
He proceded to donk of his remaining 40k pretty quickly and departed.
So there you have it.
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