Originally Posted by littlesteven
CPR attempt:
Playing 8-16 on a Saturday night. At maybe 3am, another table breaks up, and this ANGRY DUDE from that game sits down at our table in seat 7. He is drunk, aggressive, and irritable. For unknown reasons, he decides that the ASIAN GUY in seat 4 is his sworn enemy. Every time Angry takes a pot that AG is invoved in, he just starts taunting him.
As if happens, I've been playing with AG for a few hours, and he's never said more than 4 or 5 words at a time. He has a pretty heavy accent, and I'm not entirely sure if he understands English. He is sober, polite, etc.
For other reasons that I can't determine, the Angry Dude has decided I am a "good guy" -- shows me his uncalled hands, tells me I'm a good player, etc.
So after a few too many taunts, I say to Angry, very casually, that he looks "like he's spoiling for a fight." I'm just trying to calm him down. Angry laughs and says no, he just likes to talk trash, and he's only been in one fight at a casino before. Ugh.
Then it happens. Seat 8 opens up, the seat right behind Angry. Asian Guy very casually tosses a chip toward the empty seat. Angry decides that the chip toss has landed too close to him. He grabs the chip and shouts at Asian Guy, "You throw a $@#%ing chip at me?!!!" He HURLS the chip back at Asian Guy. It hits him in the chest/throat area.
Suddenly, they both burst out of their seats. They get right in each other's faces, less than a few inches from each other, and Angry Dude is shouting, "Huh?! You wanna kiss me? Huh!?"
Order of events is unclear, but Asian Guy gets his hands around Angry's throat, and Angry has Asian guy (literally) by the balls. (I couldn't see this, but it was recounted later by the other players.)
They both go banging onto the felt, the security guards come running, and they are pulled apart.
Angry is screaming at Asian, "You are going DOWN!" I think, in his view, the Asian Guy is at fault. Then, in an act of brilliance, Asian Guy just sits back down at the table, as if he's going to be dealt back into the game.
Security Guards eventually drag both of them off.