Rast Has a Few Words for Barshak

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 14 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Picking up the action on the flop, Brian Rast in early position was involved in a hand with Stanislav Barshak in late position.

With the board reading 10?Q?6? both Rast and Barshak checked through to the 8? turn. Rast then bet 45,000, sending Brashak deep into the tank. Barshak had around 140,000 behind and did not seem all that comfortable with the situation at hand. After several minutes, during which Brashak counted and recounted his stack, shuffled his cards around and eyed up his opponent, Rast called the clock. As the floorman began the five second countdown, Barshak pushed his cards into the muck to concede the pot.

After the hand was over, Rast had a few words for his opponent, saying that he felt Barshak had taken an excessive amount of time and that he had already decided to fold a couple of minutes prior to actually following through on that decision. Barshak did not respond and the table moved on with the next hand.