I just had to rewatch. Never caught seat 2 just chillin through it all til you all pointed it out. That's funny.

He didn't wanna risk breaking the 3rd man walking rule.

Putting your hooks in for back control is ******ed on that situation. Especially against a big guy. Red beard played it right.

Thread delivers!

A+

Red was fortunate that he luckily pulled the shirt over the guys head as he was getting thrown to the ground. Otherwise probably ends differently. I have no idea why he pulled him in close and tried to grapple with a guy who had 50 pounds on him minimum. Should have kept his distance and boxed. Regardless well done.

I dunno, that goon punched like a bxtch. Look at the second punch he threw. Total noodle arm

If you know how to wrestle at all that is EXACTLY the thing to do.

It's threads like this that make me happy I got into boxing when I got my kid in mma/wrestling classes. I'd be able to throw a punch and not be some big pussy on video.

How so? I do agree that going for an armbar or triangle would have been taking an unnecessary risk but putting his hooks in and going for the RNC would have been super standard. He could then either put him to sleep or transition to full mount to really put a beating on steroid dude.

There was no room for that. His chair, other players and the poker tables were in the way. Regardless, generally in a fight instincts just kick in and they ended up in a spot where steroid boy gave up his back and had absolutely no clue how to grapple or defend from the ground. Hello, he let himself get full-nelsoned. Why wouldn't you want to wrestle with this dude? I'm sure his cardio would last all of 20 seconds in a wrestling match.

Just because you are jacked does not mean you are athletic or tough and this is proof. Those were two of the worst punches I've ever seen thrown by the goon.

Props to red shirt for smashing that idiot.

He looked scary because of his size.....til he threw that first punch (Can we even call it that?)

The "goon" may have escaped his self-induced imbroglio pretty lucky. When red shirt ran the guy's head straight in to the wall, he was probably lucky he didn't wind up with a cracked skull - or something worse. As it is, he probably had a very bad headache. (Maybe it's just me, but the guy appeared dazed and confused as he stumbled away. He might very well have sustained a concussion or brain injury.)

Nowadays the occupation of "professional goon" can be a very dangerous way to try and make a living ... (I wonder what the odds are that this guy's boss was/is a drug dealer?)

when a fight break out at your table, you know its a good table

From this day forward I'll be on the lookout for goons.

Have a look at the form of the "thug", guy looks like he has never thrown a punch in his life. I hope the red shirt guy gets a heap of comps because of this, spare going through something like that whilst playing cards at a casino.

Love it when the good guy wins.
P.S where the hell is security? Whoever they are they should all be fired.

everybody knows gingers have no soul.

can't beat a guy with no soul dunno why he even tried

Ginger fought with heart. And soul.

The $40k pot happened on a previous night. The loser of the pot was whining about it and got this guy to come talk noise to the winner of the pot. Then that eventually happened.

Red shirt guy was allowed back in. As far as I know, he didn't receive any discipline. The loser of the pot and his muscle are both banned, from what I've heard.

This was in the back of the poker room, and security isn't just constantly walking around the poker room. As far as I know, the floor person had just gotten back there and was trying to calm things down (as you can see the person in the suit in the video), so the fact that security took a little while isn't surprising.

For as drunk as people get here, it's no surprise fights don't happen more often. But it's usually pretty chill, or people sort it out themselves and just realize they're being dumb.

Overall, fight was awesome, and it caused some excitement in the room for a while.

THis fight was weak compared to that fight in miami that someone here posted a video of. NOw that dude got poundedi n the face 10x and was knocked out. Anyone remeber that one and what the outcome of that fight was http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dfe_1421398243

If you were going to dispatch goons over lost pots why would you not do some investigative work and wait til ginger is in the parking lot or away from an area where starting a fight will always lead to your arrest?

Goons gonna goon I guess.

+1 to all this, i love playing cash games in new orleans. drunkest and deepest games in any casino in the entire country, by far. and almost always a very jovial and fun atmosphere.

If it's gotten to the point where someone has pulled out their phone and started filming, security should already be there.

red beard went super saiyan and assumed his ultimate form!