As I was quietly admiring Jeff Kimber's impressive column, he alerted me to somewhat of an uproar on a neighbouring table. As my Beagle ears perked up, I saw, and predominantly heard, a right kafuffle involving John Duthie. "Who do you think you are?" exclaims an enraged Mateyboy, wagging his finger furiously at the EPT founder.
Jeff Kimber raises his eyebrows in that, "Golly, what's his beef?" kinda way. Meanwhile, I trotted off, camera in hand to do some quiet observing.
On arrival, I noticed that a pot had built and a
board was lying patiently on the felt.
"I was just kidding," claims Duthie.
At this point, the Tournament Director trundles over and goes round the table, including Joe Beevers who has 29,400 in chips, asking what exactly happened.
Whilst people like Joe tried to explain, the accusing player kept interrupting and after being constantly told to be quiet, was threatened with a penalty if he spoke just one more word.
According to the table, the accusation was that whilst the player was deciding what to do on the River, John Duthie was mimicking his opponent before saying, "What the fuck are you doing?" as Mateyboy pondered a bet.
"He was trying to intimidate me," claimed Mateyboy. "He doesn't want me to bet".
"It was said in a joking way," pleaded Duthie. "Everyone knows me, I wasn't trying to intimidate him."
In the end, the TD demanded that play continue and issued John Duthie with a warning - "Watch the language, John."
Back to the hand, Mateyboy checked and John took the pot with
to create a 43,200 stack.
A very bizarre moment, although the two players did shake hands in the end... perhaps reluctantly.
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