The show just wouldn't be the same without the Mouth of the So... er... West, Welsh Wonder Roberto Romanello putting Canadian Matt Novak under the spotlight. The reason for the grilling was that Matt had pushed all-in over the top of Roberto's 10.1k Flop bet on a
board for an extra 29,400 more.
"Will you show me if I pass?" asks Roberto.
Matt doesn't respond at first, perhaps thinking of an answer and pretending that he has his ipod on.
"Will you show me if I pass I said?" ask Roberto adamantly.
At this point, Matt, who I'm sure was flabbergasted at the highly amusing speech play, felt obliged to acknowledge the existence of Romanello by removing one ear-piece and raising one eyebrow as if to say, "Huh?"
Roberto repeats the question, "Will you show me if I pass?"
Matt, cool as a cucumber in a fridge freezer doesn't answer, just a slight shrug of the shoulders.
A slight pause, and then again, out pops the same question, but this time with a tiny but more authority, "I'll ask once more, will you show me if I pass?"
At this point, even I nearly said, "Oh, for crying out loud, answer him so I can go back to the press room!!!", but Mark simply ignored him once again.
On that note, Roberto reluctantly passed, but was shown a Queen from Novak who I assume was comfortably ahead.
"Christ," I say to Foxy, "I would have conceded after a few seconds and broken down with 'Okay, okay, I have a Queen.' Roberto was scaring me and I wasn't even at the table!"
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