Poker players can get pretty obnoxious - just watch any tournament on TV - so imagine what the behavior must have been of the player who was disqualified from a World Series of Poker Circuit final table in Atlantic City on Thursday.
The player, identified as a contractor from Richmond, Va., was actually the chip leader with five players remaining and at least had a shot at winning the first-place prize of $76,000. He had already been warned for rowdy behavior Wednesday, and by Thursday apparently he was driving everyone nuts, according to the official tournament report.
Even though extraordinary luck helped him win two key hands, the guy was still acting up, and when he finally pushed half his chips in the pot and declared "all-in," the resultant confusion and his own loud objections got the guy kicked out of the tournament and escorted from the playing area at Caesars Atlantic City.
He did pocket about $19,000 but might have cost himself an additional $50,000 or more. Of course, if this had been the Old West, this could have ended much differently.