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Originally Posted by Jay Why
It is funny how lots still don't see how clever that "check your privileges" comment and acting was by Benger.
He had AA, but pretended to be on tilt, and so gave that angry "check your privileges" comment to induce action for his AA hand.
Kassouf fell for the fake anger, and called the player he mistakenly thought was tilted and overplaying a hand.
Not really so "clever" given he was getting a call anyway and the huge amount of heat he got (and still gets 2 years later). i imagine he regrets the situation every single day.
also the action happened slightly differently than that (I had misremembered as well), Kassouf never called, he ended up shoving over a Benger 3 (or 4?) bet. After Benger bet, Kassouf was then hollywooding for ages but IMO always going to shove. Benger sat quietly letting him tank/talk/hollywood for some minutes before the outburst during which Kassouf could have folded, called or raised. so hard to see how Benger planned the outburst to induce
IMO he had an emotional outburst after sustained aggravation, i think maybe you and gzesh put a bit too much faith in his acting skills. not easy to act that upset and emotional. One other thing, Benger and the rest of the table had more reason to see Kassouf as a villain than just the talking/tanking they saw. Vayo had also (wrongly) told them all that Kassouf made some lady cry so they were also worked up about that
Last edited by Stupor; 07-11-2018 at 01:56 AM.
Reason: misremembered hand action