Boatman Exit Interview
PokerNews grabbed a quick interview with Barney Boatman after his exit at the hands of Ayaz Manji as detailed below. Boatman had been card dead all day, he explained, and in this hand he held 
. When Manji opened he said he would normally raise but here he thought Manji would bet whatever came on the flop. The flop came 
and Boatman duly check-raised him and got a call. A rag on the turn and Boatman bet and was again called. Another rag on the river where Boatman shoved the rest of his stack feeling he might get called by a lower pair if he had anything. Manji went in the tank for a long time and started chatting away, saying what a difficult decision he had. Boatman believes this is a simple call but Manji took so long to make the call because he wanted the attention on him. It was, simply put, a slow roll in his eyes.
Manji had earlier sucked out with 
against the 
of Ihar Soika and Boatman said he feared that when he got those chips that he too might fall victim to those ill-gotten gains. That’s just the way it works sometimes. Boatman is too experienced to feel bitter about the exit and there was certainly no animosity in his telling of the hand. That’s just the way it happened. No more poker in Deauville for the WSOP bracelet winner however, he’s flying back soon as he has a “Hot date.”