When is a Clock Not a Clock?

Yingui Li had opened the betting and Mohamed Almani had three bet to 1,350. Iosif Beskrovnyy then made it 2,725 to go. Yingui Li now bet 4,200 and back on Almani he shoved all in for 28,000. Beskrovnyy made the fold pretty quickly but it looked like Li had a tough decision to make and he was mulling it over.

Almani, the all-in player, soon called the clock and when the floor arrived the dealer said that he had had sufficient time.

“No, it’s only a minute and a half.” Max Greenwood spoke up. He said that as players at the table had been taking a while to make decisions he’d been keeping an eye on the clock, and this wasn’t a long time to make a decision.

Nevertheless the floor told Li that while he wasn’t on the clock he would need to make a decision soon, which Li accepted with good grace. Another 45 seconds passed and Li folded.

Almani said the dealer could turn over one card at random which was the . “Jacks?” asked Almani? Li grinned and nodded.