09-23-2009 14:52 UTC+1

dB for MC T.D. J.E.

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The pristinely-coiffed Jack Effel has finally received a working microphone and is announcing the final table to a growing crowd of people who are mostly standing with their arms crossed looking like they're judging the finalists.

Just now Richard Gryko took down a Hold'em pot preflop with a reraise over Mats Gavatin (button) from the big blind. As he scooped in the pot, Men Nguyen piped up with a complaint about the announcing: "You don't need to give extra information, 'He raised on the button,' just say, 'He raised.'"

The impression this gave was that Gryko had been positively aided by being reminded of his relative position and added, "Why don't you just announce 'Action.' for every hand?" It looked like Mr. Effel was agreeable to limiting the free information, however, so we're just getting the bet amounts and flop cards from now on.

Tags: Men Nguyen Richard Gryko