Oh Danny Boy, The Clock, The Clock We're Calling

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Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

A short stack as they played down close to the money bubble in last night's €10,200 Single-Day High Roller, Dan Smith was the player to suggest they begin a conversation about when to go hand-for-hand.

Smith said he felt like he would be otherwise forced to stall to increase his chances of making the money if they didn't.

It's a tactic that just makes sense for a player with a short stack, and although there is really no rule against it, it feels like a breach of poker etiquette somehow.

It would also seem no player wants to be accused of it.

It's a much debated issue in the game these days and PokerStars Blog writer Howard Swains wrote an article on it, highlighting Smith's dilemma last night.

Unfortunately, when Smith read it, he thought it came off accusing him of stalling. Swains, who says he wrote what he saw, spoke to him and eventually added his comments to the article.

Smith is still a bit chuffed though, and really just wants the world to know he wasn't stalling.

There is a silver lining here, however, as Smith also told PokerNews the anger has fueled his fire on the felt and he's run it up to a stack of 150,000 to claim a spot among the day's early leaders.