Had a bad decision at the table? Try and get the tournament staff arrested for fraud.

The Concord club in Bratislava

The stereotype that poker players live inside a bubble is not likely to change anytime soon, after a disgruntled poker player felt a hand ruling that went against him was worthy of calling in police assistance.

It is by no means uncommon for illegal poker games to get raided by the police, but Slovakian police officers were left completely confused when they had to pay a visit to the Concord Deepstack event in Bratislava last week to resolve a hand ruling.

According to witnesses, a player shoved on the river with the nuts and his opponent announced 'call'. However, the dealer misheard and thought he said 'fold' and mucked his cards. A tournament director decided that, as the player who initially called was covered by his opponent, he should lose his entire stack and be eliminated from the event. This player had other ideas and felt as his hand was accidentally folded, he should be allowed to play on with the stack he started with on the river.

The police left confused

The police had no idea what was happening

It's not an uncommon scenario and most experienced players have been on both sides of this sort of decision before.

However, clearly this player was keen to get his €70 buy-in back. After first asking to see the hand replayed on CCTV he decided the best way to vindicate himself was to call the police and suggest he was a victim of 'fraud'.

The police arrived and even after the player in question had described what had happened, they were still completely clueless as to what actual crime had been committed, so they left.

Do you agree with the ruling? What is the most extreme reaction you have ever seen to a bad ruling at the tables? Let us know in the comments.

Barry Carter Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2. Twitter

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