Heated World Series of Poker Main Event Confrontation: Clock Called on Nicholas Rigby!

[@akakak12-w1b]

To see rigby go from chip leader and so cocky and arrogant, to crying about the clock getting called while tanking with ace high was the highlight of the main event

[@santaclause3487]

He’s at least entertaining. Poker is miserable to watch when it’s the usual 9 nits

[@dougguerin6050]

Exactly. There were seven cards out there which only one of them paired beat his two hole cards and hes tanking for 11 min. Fold the hand and move on.

[@jeremyc9593]

He said the guy needed the river, so he obviously put him on a weak ace. Besides, if you're not in the hand, stfu.

[@timwakefield]

​@@dougguerin6050 The entire video isn't even 11 minutes long. Rigby tanked for over 5 minutes before the clock was called though, which is a long time but not egregious. The guy saying they were disrespecting the table by taking so long was wrong, 5 minutes for almost your whole stack deep in the main event isn't disrespecting anyone. It's fine to call the clock though. Honestly not sure what Rigby was thinking about, and maybe he was just stalling til the dinner break? Dude who called the clock didn't know that though. IMO nobody was out of line, but they still got mad about it. Everything was fine during the hand, but during the argument after the hand all 3 players were out of line.

[@RobRochon]

@@jeremyc9593 He put him on a weak ace and that's why he's tanking huh? The only weak ace he beats is A-6 dipshit. He loses to any other Ax. Only a moron would tank that long if he "puts him on a weak ace" when every other possible hand he might have...even bluffs, still beats him.

[@drogontargaryen3428]

It should've been a instafold after buddy went all in.... To sit there for 5-10 minutes is an absolute joke and yes the clock call was warranted

[@uup116]

The clock caller had the best read.

[@1985nyg]

Seriously. Take 30 seconds to fold so it’s not obvious, but there is no way the guy was actually thinking that long with ace high.

[@jeffk1722]

I feel like the dealer should have a clock call requirement, so other players don't have to do it. Maybe 3 minute minimum for a player to call clock if they want, and at 5 minutes the dealer just calls it.

[@billytringuyen1]

ya with A high just fold lol

[@howard5992]

@@jeffk1722 automatic clock after 4 minutes - if it gets called on you twice in a session then reduce the time to 3 minutes for that player

[@23THoff]

Wish we could've seen the reactions of everyone at the table when they found out he had A high and was never calling. Just wasting everyone's time.

[@stoodz]

I actually think he truly was debating snapping him off with A high

[@santaclause3487]

@@stoodzif anybody would left in the tourney it would be him. People complaining about rigby, but it’s entertaining at least. The one dude who won being mad seems like a huge 💩.

[@uup116]

@@stoodz *snapping himself off

[@chrismoltasanti]

Exactly, Rigby's the biggest 🤡 in this situation for tanking that long. A2 is the 2nd 🤡 for having a problem with someone calling the clock after 6+ minutes. I'd love to see his reaction after seeing Rigby tanked with A7 hi, and thinking he had a reasonable decision with something like TT . The guy who called the clock was justified, and the rest of the table was happy he did. Sometimes people think it's just "All about them" and have no consideration for others.

[@emphatically]

@@stoodzYou can’t debate snapping someone off… Once you’ve started debating and being in the tank it’s no longer a snap 😂

[@beluga_1776]

extremely reasonable clock call

[@GusMac6129]

Clocked was justified. Rigby was never calling, he was just sitting their steaming, he donked off all his chips in previous hands. Personally, i would have called the clock sooner.

[@blake_lively_matters6553]

Personally, you need to learn the difference between there, their, and they're, Mongo.

[@sinatra222]

It's justified regardless of whether or not he was ever calling. He was taking an absurd amount of time.

[@ScottGSP]

Well isn't that "convenient" for you....and the clock.

[@101perspective]

I think the point is that IF he had a decent hand then 5 minutes or so isn't too unreasonable. WE knew he didn't but Sachs didn't know that. And he had a pretty strong hand for that board. He wanted a call... so from his view AT THE TIME it sucked that the clock got called.

[@beerme8949]

Lol nice ​@@ScottGSP

[@WelcomeHome528]

It’s ridiculous that it took Rigby that long. It’s not a hard fold or call, just taking forever for no reason

[@armadillo9961]

This mentality is the reason he didnt make it to the final table. Too full of himself.

[@bomblade15]

Exactly. He didn't act quicker than anyone, either. He knows he was never calling. He was trying to get to break. Who is going to cripple themselves with an A rag hero call?

[@loganehewett9807]

Does he ever cash it again

[@BaoLaoOakHuk]

Agree

[@DarthTator22]

He felt like he was ahead on the turn and was right about that. It's hard to have that feeling and then a snap jam with a few busted draws that didn't get there. I can see how he might be genuinely thinking here but that was waaaay too long

[@ItsTrinton]

The only thing wrong was not calling the clock *much* sooner. The stalling effects every other player (numbers of hands played at the blinds) and one in the hand rarely if ever will call for clock.

[@JMTavares7]

They didn't know how bad Rigby's hand was, I think it was ok to call it exactly when they did.

[@ItsTrinton]

@@JMTavares7 It doesn't matter what his hand is there, it matters that he's eating up the number of hands you get to play at those blinds. Say you have 11-12 rounds of poker left if you don't bet a single chip at these blinds, the next round might put you down to 6-8. That's a huge impact on you and you are effected regardless of not being a player in this hand. So it is entirely correct to call clock far earlier.

[@ericfazekas1057]

Agreed

[@ericfazekas1057]

@Olivermosen09 Could you explain your post because I don't understand what you're saying. What is the world record comment. I'm confused unless there's a language barrier or something

[@jamesmorris9384]

@Olivermosen09 WTF are you talking talking about!?

[@ryanjordan1083]

A) I can't imagine taking 5+ minutes with Ace high and no kicker and then being mad the clock was called. B) I genuinely don't understand the Rigby airtime at all. He was just a super boring dude who was going to try to show us how "edgy" he was by saying bro a bunch and forgetting he's no longer in college at his frat.

[@robbetts]

BINGO

[@liamo4287]

BANG!

[@Johnny2Feathers]

BOOM!

[@RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers]

Rigby is a trailer park Jamie Gold.

[@vader6203]

Too much hate - his exit interview was super chill and respectful.

[@DrifterSpirit9]

Wearing that Stoic merch is so ironic when you get to see his behaviour.

[@ericfazekas1057]

I thought the same thing when I saw that. Nothing still about a whiny baby

[@santaclause3487]

Rigby wasn’t that mad. It was the other dude who wanted a call.

[@lcd3123]

Hard to be stoic and 400 pounds at the same time.

[@dc7468]

I think Rigby might be storing acorns for the winter.

[@aheroictaxidriver3180]

He ate Shaun Deeb.

[@FBooker]

@@aheroictaxidriver3180 The only person that could handle eating Shaun Deeb is Shaun Deeb

[@goose8012]

I think it’s the players not in the hand responsibility to call clock after a respectful amount of time. Players in the hand could give tells or reads by doing so. Calling clock is about the whole table not just the hand.

[@chrismoltasanti]

Exactly 💯 Some players have no consideration for others and think it's "All about them"

[@alanrice7410]

That was actually one of my questions. Can a player not in the hand call the clock on another player or does the player have to still be in the hand?

[@devinconnell304]

@@alanrice7410 Anyone at the table can call the clock, though a player not in the hand should only be doing it in a tournament where blinds are increasing based on time. Guy who called clock wanted to play a few more hands before blinds went up

[@vaughnclark9053]

These guys got home, watched the tape and all screamed "Ace high! WTF!?!"

[@keithlovell4229]

Since it is streamed on a 30 minute delay, they probably found out over the break

[@lukenelson1931]

“What did you have, tens?” 😅😅

[@TheJuseman]

As a former child, I totally get where everyone's coming from

[@slentbob3208]

No maturity at the table. Not shocked Rigby is still in elementary school emotionally... Justified clock call, imo.

[@loudorchen9897]

Guy who called clock was WAY IN THE RIGHT, online you get 30 seconds a hand and everyone does fine, to sit there for 11 minutes is insane in a pot where you have ace high.

[@Josh-tm8qj]

Vampan is the only one who looks reasonable in this clip. None of what Rigby or Sachs said was rational. All of what Vampan said was. LOL @ Sachs saying "it's like the most absurd thing I've ever seen". What a child.

[@SingsongsAndwakeUup]

DingDingDing

[@redleg.0]

Sachs was probably thinking Rigby would talk himself into a call, and there's no way he's putting Rigby on 76 given how the hand played.

[@MOONRAK3R23]

Saved his tournament life lol. What a joke!! Thats why Rigby donked off all his chips.

[@EGarrett01]

I don't understand how someone can do this. Don't they have self-awareness? I would be so uncomfortable knowing I was wasting people's time.

[@nickacs100]

Yup, Rigdick is def a fing donk! HAHAHAHAHAHA... didn't even make it far LOLOL

[@Treviso100]

@@EGarrett01he's a classic narcissist.

[@data5461]

Imagine people using a rule within the game and Sachs and Rigby getting mad. The whole table should be mad at them, they are the real clowns

[@lucasharris1655]

Would love to see their reactions when they see what he tanked with

[@zachf748]

No chance he’s ever calling there. He was just steaming that he punted off 500k on the river. Lol

[@Maximark67]

I’m so sick of them covering this guy. He got noticed for bluffing with 32 last year yeah great player

[@championchanph423]

Why are you not there and he is?

[@Maximark67]

@@championchanph423 I’ve already made millions playing poker I just didn’t play with players like him not worth my time

[@c.s.mcleod7383]

My line of thinking also. This guy is a joke.

[@gonnaw1n]

The easiest thing to do in poker to eliminate the abuse the guy got who called the clock is make a mandatory clock called at 5minutes....That is way more time than every poker player gets online to think about a decision....more than enough time! And no one gets abused for doing the right thing.

[@jamesking9807]

I'd go three minutes for the mandatory call.

[@daveraymond1089]

Its ridiculous how long these guys take to make a decision!!

[@jerfy2001]

Not really, each hand they're playing for multiple times my yearly salary, lol. I'd want to think it through too

[@sarao8074]

@@jerfy2001think long, think wrong.

[@brucewallner6753]

Not having an automatic shot clock in any poker game is the problem

[@acedealien8136]

Like online poker

[@darylmixan8170]

After 1 minute you put the pieces together and then it's a bluff or big hand... even if you ponder for 40 more minutes, it doesn't give you anymore info.

[@adityag485]

@@darylmixan8170 Eh it depends on when in the tournament it is, if its in the Day 1-2 session I understand but 5,6, and especially 7 and further I understand the 5-10 minute thinking process

[@darylmixan8170]

​@@adityag485I can get behind 5 minutes in the later stages... Because then you factor in this money compared to ladder up money etc... And who else is in the tournament... But at 5 minutes you don't have much more info than you did at 4 minutes... The big deep tanks always come down to "Is he bluffing in this spot or not? Can this player be bluffing in this spot or not?"

[@rockvocalist7007]

@@adityag485 Why? It takes no more than 30 seconds to make any decision.Hold em its the low IQ form of poker

[@dman3905]

This is why I hate poker so much now...A bunch of tankers slowing down the game so much for nothing...

[@johnoneill1386]

How did it take him 7 minutes to fold Ace high!?

[@chrismoltasanti]

Ego + fuming internally

[@Cincy1]

Someone needed to hand Rigby a Snickers.

[@gablen23]

He took that much time for no reason, come on, he was NEVER calling, never.

[@greggburke3770]

There was zero chance he was calling there.

[@daniel-raoulrobert9397]

It's bad to take that much time because the moment when you actually need time to take a hard decision, everyone at the table won't respect you or will call the clock earlier.

[@ebayer4life980]

Rigby’s walk from the table to the rail was his longest ever

[@Joesworldttv]

His walk to the rail was longer than Undertakers walk to the ring.

[@ebayer4life980]

@@Joesworldttv 😂😂😂

[@istockimage]

I like how the commentators got all quiet after originally saying it was a nice play to kill the clock before the dinner break 😂

[@goose9141]

People see how long he took for that and realize how out of line rugby was.

[@iamhorcruxer]

Rugby lol

[@santaclause3487]

Pigby*

[@derekluna7700]

@@santaclause3487 ive been saying that every time to myself when they say rigby lol

[@ChrisLee-wf6ku]

It would be interesting to hear from the players after they find out he only had A-7.

[@stevenfagaly3810]

I'm Guessing Sachs thought Rigby folded AK. And when he later saw it was A7 he knew he was wrong to blame Vampan.

[@michaelblankenau6598]

He wasn't wrong in the moment so its a moot point .

[@limecreekoutdoors3238]

Rigby was nothing more than a lucky calling station who played super aggressive. Those types rarely win.

[@glovozagreb6594]

JAMIE GOLD comes to mind first..

[@iamhorcruxer]

Yea he gets crushed most of the time

[@championchanph423]

That's why he's there and you're not?

[@limecreekoutdoors3238]

@@championchanph423 I wasn't there because I didn't enter the tournament. Any of us could of been there if we paid the buy in.

[@championchanph423]

@@limecreekoutdoors3238 even if you pay the buy-in, I doubt you will even last longer than him. Don't be cocky. My point is you're unknown and he's not.

[@gc6185]

Was the clock call warranted? Yes. Was the frustration *about* it being called on Sachs' part warranted? Also yes. From where he was sitting, it looked like Rigby had a real decision and ended up folding due to the increased pressure. He had no way to know that he was just stalling for the break with air - literally the only person who did not have justification to be unhappy about this was Rigby himself, who was never calling. I do think that Sachs' frustration at continuing to be chirped at by Vampan afterwards was also understandable, however; again, from where he was sitting, it looked like the clock call just cost him the double up. Acting like he is in the wrong for wanting to let Rigby potentially donk off his chips is just misplaced ire.

[@Chiberia]

He's upset they called clock for the exact reason the clock rule is implemented... to prevent strategic stalling that doesn't have anything to so with the hand

[@BruceLlE]

😂 at Maria Ho. “Everybody needs to meditate on break”

[@joshuapatrick682]

5 minutes for your tournament life is plenty of time to think about the hand, anything else is stalling I don’t care if you’re heads-up

[@jett2293]

Every significant tournament needs a clock on every hand. They do it in chess, they can do it in poker.

[@thewweEDGEHAD]

6:27 is what you locking for 😁

[@TEAMGETHELP]

Thank you for the time saved

[@Nick-xu7ns]

Holy crap didn’t realize it was a 10 minute video ty for the time save

[@6thwilbury2331]

​@@Nick-xu7ns hahah seriously! I guess they really wanted to get past the all-important 10-minute mark for monetization purposes.

[@blake_lively_matters6553]

I'm not locking for anything.

[@kainoasdad9799]

Marcus Aurelius would be proud 😂

[@HalConick]

It’s like that classic entry from Meditations says: “If anything goes wrong, be sure to act passive aggressively to assert your true Stoicism.”

[@chrismoltasanti]

😂😂😂

[@chrismoltasanti]

Underrated comment

[@kirkwooder]

Personally I think 5 minutes is PLENTY to call the clock, especially if you’re not covered, don’t have a hand, etc. As a player and a viewer, I’d like more than 5 hands an hour. I like the poker shows that have a clock every hand, every action. These nitwits stall for “tv time” but they make you wanna change the channel.

[@Danno1850]

At 10:28 Sacks found out it was Ace high after getting upset thinking he had A10 or TT. He then walks back to the table with his head down knowing the clock call was correct. What a dingus.

[@kwynnrichards5743]

Im so sick of clowns tanking. "Make poker fast again"

[@ajitkirpekar4251]

Somehow, the longer this went, the more I started imagining he had at least a pair of 7s at least. And then...you keep coming back to his actual hand and it just makes no sense what he's doing

[@mrtomyp92]

why doesn't the WSOP implement 30 seconds shot clock with time bank cards like the EPT and other major tournaments?

[@Nick-xu7ns]

Some of the WSOP events do have a shot clock. But the main is an amateur friendly event. It’s goal is to attract as many amateurs as possible, which is why it’s the softest $10,000 you’ll ever play. Because of this, they are hesitant to implement rules that may make the experience less enjoyable for amateurs. Of course, nobody wants to sit there while someone tanks for ten minutes (that’s why calling clock is an option). But I think they’re more afraid of alienating recreational players by forcing them to act within a pre specified amount of time.

[@christopherlaieta1977]

​@@Nick-xu7nsThat, and it's 2 hr levels

[@DrakeBrunette]

Bro needs a different hat. He's probably the least "STOIC" person at that table... If you cant make a decision after 5 minutes then you have no business being a pro poker player. Don't throw a little temper tantrum and be petty towards other people just because you don't know when to fold or call. If the clock gets called on you then you need to accept it as part of the game and move on.

[@lionrock2023]

Rigby is annoying.

[@skylerjones8958]

Taking that long is just insane no matter what the stakes are .

[@DeluviumOfficial]

No it’s not dude… you’ve obviously never played high level poker. Sometimes you need time

[@Bryanpeacock33]

He was never going to call..think of all of the hands that beat A7

[@danielarthur3110]

2 seat calls clock and I guarantee you the rest of the table wanted to high five the guy

[@bobcatwelder00]

the very next hand he gets ace 7 again

[@Yakivegas]

9:45 😂😂😂😂 how does he feel after he finds out it was A7o and the dude calling the clock was the hero that table needed!

[@BradGroux]

I'm not sure he knows what STOIC means. Marcus Aurelius would never mourn losing an A-high hand.

[@jjcc2192]

Sachs probably felt like a doofus when he saw Rig was doing exactly what Vampan said, just wasting time. Didn't have tens and clock didn't cost him anything. Rig's comment of "I should be thanking you b/c you saved me" just shows how tilted he was that his strat in early tournament didn't work later on. He was never calling there.

[@Foxhound3857]

This is exactly why the WSOP needs to have a timer on everyones action during a hand and time banks for the player to use in moments like this. Add a 30-60 second timer for action on every player on a hand and give them each 3-5 60 second time banks per day (assuming they make it to the next day).

[@ChloeD-dt3yt]

2 minutes is very reasonable to call clock I thought it would be under a minute with the title lol

[@rosswilding1]

Save yourself 10 minutes and skip to 10:00.

[@evelynroadmedia9415]

Maybe this should put forward a case of say a auto clock when a tank time reaches the 5 minute mark, for tournaments that is, because some tournaments can have hundreds of players and it can get exhaustingly long sometimes.

[@aceking_offsuit]

There's actually an argument that a shot clock would make tournaments take longer. A shot clock would implicitly encourage people to use up the full time on big decisions. Someone who folded in 15 seconds without a shot clock might spend another 10 trying to talk themselves into a call since they've got the length of the clock anyways. Lots of those small additions could end up being greater than the extreme tanks that the clock would eliminate.

[@evelynroadmedia9415]

@@aceking_offsuit Yeah I can see that part too, this situation is a small part of a whole tournament, unless they can do a managements discretion situation, then that would bring it's own pros and cons too.

[@bcarrahe]

Seneca would be proud.

[@muzero2642]

I thought a clock call was warranted 3:30 into the video...

[@r.w.221]

It is so funny rigby is talking about a non cool clock call when he knows they will find out in 30‘ he was tanking with A7. Does not seem like the brightest mind

[@4LordaeronGLHF]

If you end up at a table with Rigby, please remember to tank ace high for 6 minutes on any big river bet

[@whoarewe7515]

Can you refuse to sit at his table?

[@jenkinsljenkinssquire9137]

There should be an automatic clock. It shouldn't be a situation where one person has to be the bad guy and call clock. Pick a reasonable max time to go into the tank and make it a rule.

[@jakepetruolo1847]

The dealer should be in charge of the clock and i think after 5 minutes, you should get one one minute with a last 10 second countdown

[@SlapChopVince1]

I think the funniest aspect is the guy who won the pot getting angry that the clock was called. As if his snap shove isn't always super strong and as if Rigby is ever calling there given his body language.

[@DashCat9]

I'm sure he was less annoyed when he saw what the guy was actually tanking with.

[@jimsty7550]

"What did you have - 10's?" More like ace high lol

[@PhilTravisano]

Personally, I'd be excited that all 3 are fighting. Letting them kill each other makes me one of the most level-headed players at the table.

[@CheeseChuckie]

His hat says "STOIC"... Ironic...

[@aaronalvarado2481]

Ryan Fitzpatrick doesn’t have the same jovial persona as he does on TNF.

[@PizzaLord]

so 6 mins of watching someone not make a decision. erm.... great video

[@bobbypierce7722]

That's why there needs to be a shot clock in the main event. That's why I like watching the edited version or just highlights next day

[@philipstormer3165]

LOL, if it isnt the Main Event i call the clock after 2 minutes in a random Hand on any tournament.

[@davelipps4522]

I love how Rigby has Stoic written on his hat Haha

[@buiux]

he doesn’t know what stoic means. i guarantee

[@dan3628]

Jennifer Tilly is the Danica Patrick of racing - we all know why they're there.

[@mikeh7220]

Dude should’ve folded and kept it moving. There is reason whatsoever to take that long.

[@mikeh7220]

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[@nickr4837]

bro the cards are not a Big Mac, you can let them go

[@FunFails]

I don't think calling the clock was the bad part, it was how much he exaggerated lol. It was 5 minutes, not 11 or 13.

[@adamjackson82]

There's a reason that players are able to call the clock. This was one of them. For both players to have a crack at the player calling the clock after old mate tanked for OVER 5 MINUTES WITH AIR is lunacy. He was never calling off almost his whole stack with ace high. Never in a million years.

[@GQElvie]

I cant believe they have not put a time limit yet. why should another player have to be the bad buy? There are clocks in everything else!!!

[@fishingwithbigal2097]

Funny thing is I'm watching this on KZbin and it went to a commercial ad, 😆 🤣 😂

[@jenniturtleburger3708]

No way he’s calling with A high and no kicker. Just fold bro.

[@ralphstreet750]

Are shuffling the chips necessary if your not in the hand. Seems like a stress release and if your not in the hand.... Idk

[@TJDuffy-ip3ue]

He took way too long. He wasn't going to call with that hand and he knew it. I would have called the clock too.

[@hanstrolljegeren4317]

I wish Vampan would have doubled the time it took everytime. That would have been hilarious. Rigby would have lost it! "It was literally 22 minutes." "I waited 44 minutes before I called the clock." "We waited 88 minutes!"

[@Antyvas]

THAT LAST HAND BEFORE DINNER BREAK TOOK OVER 9000 MINUTES

[@tipsy09]

Honestly man 5 minutes is enough.

[@JT-gi8rx]

Fair of Sachs to think that he’d possibly get called considering how long of a tank it was. No way he’s putting his opponent on A high after that long of a tank.

[@goAway187]

imagine playing 5 hands an hour

[@getinvolvedliverpool]

With me, you get 4 minutes, then i tell you, 1 more minute, then i call the clock. If you someone beats me to it, so be it

[@iamhorcruxer]

Vampan is in the right here… Sachs is dumb for snap shoving river and really think he missed out on more chips… Rigby tanking with ace high for almost all his chips… ridiculous

[@mully107]

Rigby wasn't calling even a min click. He missed out on zero chips what are u talking about.

[@HundredDollaBill]

Pretty much no poker decision should take that long. It’s mostly luck, then math, then show. But you don’t gotta put on a broadway production for an A high on the river at a full table. Give me a break.

[@Toxodos]

nicholas rigby taking his time, tanking into an obvious fold river was four all the lonely people...

[@Simon-nv5zj]

8:05 ' it wasnt even 10 minutes' .........the state of poker in 2023 where someone can actually be serious and think its ok because it wasnt even 10 mins. fing wow.

[@jloiterer]

Nobody had an issue with Negreanu calling clock on a hand he wasn't in at the one drop final table when Reinkemeyer got bluffed out of aces by Scott Seiver, and that was a shorter tank.

[@ThePatriots010304]

If Rigby had a set or K,10 he most likely would have called and wouldn't have been in the tank for 6 minutes. If he had anything at all he would have bet the turn. The other players knew he was just steaming and wasting their time.

[@urbrt2653]

I really love Maria Ho's commentary

[@stephenlandrum]

How long do you need

[@redbeard36]

Guys like Rigby always turn into a big whiny baby when they finally get shoved.

[@forcedexile]

It's wild to me that both players were upset about the guy calling the clock, you don't see that often.