Silver Calls the Clock
Max Silver has been giving the table the benefit of his wisdom on the merits of min-raising versus limping. As with much in poker the answer seemed to be “It depends.” He was clear on one thing though, he called antes the “Lowest emotion chip.” for players. Something for us all to ponder on there.
Meanwhile a hand broke out. Spanish player Rauel Perez raised to 4,900 from the button. The small blind folded but the big blind, PokerStars player Edo Naftlay from Israel, called.
They saw a flop of 
. Both players checked. The turn was the 
and Naftlay led out for 5,300. Perez, after some thought, called. The river brought the 
. Naftlay bet again, this time a hefty 9,000.
Perez began to think. The table fell silent allowing him to work through the problem for a significant number of chips. The minutes ticked by however and eventually Silver called “Time.” The floor was called and Perez was given the speech: “You have one minute starting from now, at the end of which you will have ten seconds to make a decision or your hand will be declared dead.”
Within 30 seconds though Perez made up his mind and called. Naftlay tabled the 
. Perez re-checked his cards but couldn’t beat that and mucked his cards.