Chen in the Tank Again?!

[user75032]

We've noticed a disturbing trend here as the day has gotten later. Every hand that Daoxing Chen is in, he tanks for an inordinate amount of time. He was at it again in a hand against Darkhan Botabayev. Botabayev bet 20,000 on a {q-Diamonds}

flop and was called by Chen. When the turn fell {8-Hearts}

, Botabayev checked.

Chen took the opportunity to bet 30,000. It was a bet that Botabayev check-raised to 105,000. Like clockwork, Chen started tanking. He has had at least one street of being in the tank for almost every hand he has played in the last two hours. Brandon Demes, clearly frustrated by Chen's antics, asked TD Danny McDonagh if time could be put back on the clock.

McDonagh seems to have recognized the problem. After a reasonable amount of time he put a clock on Chen himself. Chen used up the full seventy seconds and allowed his hand to be declared dead. He flashed a {K-Clubs}

before surrendering his cards to the dealer. Botabayev responded by flashing the {Q-Spades}