Tom handled the situation like an old school seasoned cash pro. Diffuse the situation and keep the players you have an edge on in the game. Empathize, explain, crack a joke at someone else's expense that can take it. Those kind of soft skills are sometimes just as important if not more so.

lol, did Pepe really say "he speak China" 🤣

1. Saying "that's me" after seeing the flop 2. Putting his chips back into the rack which he was planning to reload after shoving preflop 3. Celebrating by clapping and fistpumping while Peter and Pepe are still playing for side pot Can't blame Pepe for being upset with Charles there

If commentating puts Vertucci in an uncomfortable position then he shouldn't be in the box at all.

There's a difference between "taking a side" and explaining objectively what is going on. That is your job as a commentator.

I can see Pepe’s point. When you’re a player who’s all-in seems to celebrate when the flop comes it narrows down the hands they can have, and therefore the side pot is affected because the other villain in the hand can narrow down your range.

Respect to Dwan for trying to keep the fish at the table for everyone to eat off of.

Tom is the model of old school poker mentality. Everything you do at the poker table is +EV somehow.

Tom doing the right thing to calm things down. You know he’s seen lots of things go down at the table…

Pepe is right, you don’t comment on the board when you’re all in and players are still in the hand. Basic etiquette and probably breaks most poker room’s rules. As Tom says, he does bs so most of the table probably got that but still, Pepe is in the right to be upset.

When Charles sees the Jack on the flop, he gets excited and says I have a hand. Shows the guy to the left of him. Pepe gets annoyed about that. He isn’t in the wrong to be fair.

Andy always at the table with dramas lol

Vertucci commentating shows that poker is not the only thing he's bad at. All he's good for are backhanded compliments, befuddled silence, and largely being little more than a walking Wal-Mart T-shirt.

I like how Tom calmed things down. That's really all that needed to happen instead of all the extra stuff that went down

Cant be shouting "Thats me" when the flop comes and 2 people are still in the hand.

Tom trying to calm Pepe down while staring at his chips in the rack. :)

Charles and Professor shouldn’t celebrate for hitting the flop and leak the information that the other two players most likely missed the flop, but Pepe is actually the one who took advantage of this information, took the shoot and forced Peter with better hand to fold. If there was someone who should complain, that’s Peter instead of Pepe, not mentioning those guys can celebrate for any hand that they could hold and probably has been having fun in that way for a long time before this hand.

Pepe is a good heel for hcl. Tight, tilts, hits and runs. Everything chat pros root against.

Charles affected the action by saying that's me. He can't do that in a multi way pot with action still going on. I'd be pissed too, Charles killed the action between Peter and Pepe.

It’s very simple, when there are players behind with action pending, Charles can’t say “That’s me.” He should’ve just apologized and moved on

Dont get the comments saying Pepe is wrong. You cant talk saying "Its me!" To your chinese friend mafia during a hand is still active with so much money on the line! He should have left! The reason they all were quiet during Pepe wanting to leave is because they know he is right

Pepe Hollywood’s to long before acting.

I love how Dwan is deescalating the situation reverting it back on Airball😂

Love how Dwan is trying to keep the fish in the game.

Love how Dwan always instamaths the side pot

[In this private game] Charles can show the Professor his hand after the flop as long as the Professor keeps his mouth shut and shows no emotion. But when he says “This is us” then that’s a No No because the side bet is still going on.

She was for show.Edit: Dwan trying to reel that fish back to the table.....LOL

Kinda glad Pepe did this... I have had similar issues at tables and have been noticing alot of non english talk lately during hands between certain players. If you are in a hand the general rule of thumb is English only. Also, Charles is terrible about saying shit during hands with action to come. Sidenote good on Tom for trying to smooth it over

The Mexican dude upset that the Chinese dude isnt speaking english to a non english speaker

I can't believe Charles doesn't understand where he is in the wrong. You can't say that's me when there are people behind still playing.

Good job Tom! Def helped diffuse.

Pepe talking about when Charles said “that’s me” Pepe is totally correct you already all in stop talking

I think Pepe's playing a little too big of stakes for himself.

Pepe has to be cartel affiliated right?

Tom calling out airball at the end 😂

Pepe's 100 percent right. I'm generally not a stickler for rules but people need to stfu about their hands during hands and not speak other languages.

Tom is a pro not only skills

Half the table played highstakes plo just a week or two ago. Profesor started the ‘thats me’ yelling it out during the hand. Dwan, airball, charles all played that day n it was a going ‘saying’ since then. He was down to his last few thousands. For these stakes n this lineup of players its like a joke for em playing that. If this was a bigger pot there would be a lot less talking

Can Someone tell me a song that Pepe had any hand in Producing?? Google can't find one.

Tom was great here, calmed everything down :)

What a baby. He probably faking it so he can leave cuz he knows he’s the worst player there

Tom is such a class act

Pepe is absolutely right. Charles can’t be like “I got this” on the flop… basically telling the other two in the hand that he’s got a K or a J. If the other Chinese dude in the hand was perceptive enough he could have raised knowing that he’s likely bluffing cuz Charles smacked the hand.

With poker being so big and the stakes so high, I do worry about the lack of regulation. Pretty easy here. Speak the local tongue, especially in a hand! If in China, don't speak English to another player when there's someone still in the pot that doesn't speak it. Same vice versa. How is this even in question

Charles should keep his mouth shut as he is still involved in an active hand. Saying that is me meant he caught a piece of that plot making it more likely Pepe was bluffing.

Airball could be the most annoying person on the planet

does nick have to be on the comms?

What is the stand up fee what Nick Airball referred to ?

Any one who plays poker, except the commentator,knows pepe is100, ,% right.

Tom knows what’s up. Pepe just whines cuz he lost.

Tilted and frustrated fish venting for no reason

I’m with PePe on this one. It’s a lot of money .

He’s totally right. You don’t say you hit the flop when there’s still side action. His bluff for the side is less likely to work if the guy knows the all in guy hit the flop.

Like sand through the hour glass, so are the Days of HCL Poker.

When has this table be this serious lol. He was lucky the guy folded haha 😮

Don't bring pepe back please

Pepe is good for the stream, there is not a limitless pool of fish that have deep oockets. Charles seems like a good guy, he just overstepped.

They say thats me all the time when they have nothing lol

“THAT’S ME!” And then moments later his buddy says “He doesn’t speak English.”

I don't think the commentator actually understood what was happening.

Didnt expect Pepe to whine in this game this game is know for fun banter

Nick trys to needle saying if you leave you still owe. Id throw a chip at his face 😂

“He speak china” 😭😭

pepe just need an excuse to exit

You can't say that's me... that's us... 100%... when you're all-in and there are still 2 players battling. I would be pissed too.

"He espeak china" -Pedro

its a friendly high stake game. why would they invite players like him who are not friendly? he is the only one who has issue.

Charles needs to understand that everything you do at the poker table conveys information. He can't be all lucy goosey and just say anything he wants.

Nah, saying he speaks “China” is wild to me 😂

You can go to magic city in Florida. Charles will understand how Pepe feel lol

Looks like Pepe was just making an excuse to hit and run to be honest

Casinos used to have a rule 'English only when hand is in play' Someone else could have translated besides Charles, just saying

the 1st hand tom folded k8 pre, that happens to me just way to often, there,s alot of good feelings in poker , for me a big one is to fold in peace,

I agree! It don’t matter there’s still on a hand..

I kind of understand where Pepe is coming from. Almost Everyone at the table speaks Chinese, Charles could’ve been relaying info to the other guy that only speaks Chinese, while Pepe doesn’t understand. A Misunderstanding but it’s worth reminding the Chinese speakers at the table to be careful what they’re saying to each other. Also, this commentator is awful pls don’t have him back

"English only at the table" solves this problem

Hey says “that’s me” in every spot.

I love how three guys who don’t really speak English are all commenting on how they talk in broken English haha

My issue with this is Pepe was up 50k and if he wasn’t up I doubt he would be so quick to leave. Hit and run

Durr is so smart man trying to calm the fish down and also bring down the bad juju

charles was not even speaking chinese here ,pepe is a sore loser ,he is lucky charles save him money .

Ay bed big bro pepe 😂

As a former Poker league owner I have to say that the problem is the lack of ruling on the table, and that is coming from the organizer the poker house the person who set up the game whos solely responsible. Explaining: Obviously there are no rules whatsoever from the organizer despite the fact that is a HIGH STAKES Poker game, players are meant to follow the rules from the house(the poker game organizer or the dealer has to read the rules to players loud and clear) as far I can see that this is a joke, the dealer didn't say anything at the time as he obviously didn't know what to do despite the fact he is wearing an intercom (First question: what do you need the intercom if you are not using it the time needed, Second question: The dealer runs the game on the table so either you call your supervisor/organizer or person in charge above you or, Why the person observes the table didn't tell you (if you do not know what to do at the time) what to do to prevent that? So overall I can say that is a great disappointment when you see things like that even when you give them money to play. Be professional read and apply the POKER RULES whatever game you are playing on or off TV, respect the players and the house to have a high-quality game, then the audience and players will join and your game will be famous for that, OR you act like that and you will see in the long term how bad it is.

Pepe is right....BUT, if you get into this game by invite, you have to understand that there is a lot of talking that takes place all the time. The game has it's "We are doing this for entertainment" set of unwritten/spoken rules.

Pepe use the information to bluff peter off a better hand, normally he never bets there with 55, why is he complaining? He wants to eat his cake and have it too

The incessant clacking of the chips Never got the need to do that wtf lol

Here's the issue. 1 player all-in, obviously, but Charles should not be giving an indication that he hit the flop when the other 2 players are potentially playing a side pot. Why would Peter continue putting in money when the all-in player has indicated that he hit the flop? It kills any more potential side action between Peter & Pepe. Now Pepe knowing that Charles most likely hit part of that flop is down to 2 outs to win the main pot. In this case, Pepe got Peter to lay down the best hand and wins a $32K side pot. So it's more of the principle of the matter in case there was a much smaller side pot. But Pepe should have voiced his concern about that for any future scenarios that are similar and continued to play, but he decided to cash out and go home.

To those new, he says That’s Me all the time. Most of the people at the table are playing for fun and the money means nothing to them because they’re loaded. This type of banter and fun is normal for those type of tables.

Nick with side eye 😂

I dont understand the more money is involve the more the dealer should control situation. In any 1-2 2/5 or 5/10 the dealer will repremend player why not here?

Pepe not for the show, he's only here to hit and run.

Pepe is right to feel that way , I've been in situations like that .

pepe will be arrested soon

Announcers dont even know whats going on lol

I'm with pepe on this one. Pretty much everyone at the table speaking Chinese and being Hella friendly with each other, and tbh Dwan plays with Chinese billionaires all the time so maybe he speaks some. I would feel uncomfortable and outnumbered enough to leave as well.

People have to understand the reasons that this stream has been better to watch and more interesting is because of 1. Looser rules therefore people talk trash and break certain rules that normal casinos would strictly hold 2. When hustler invites “Chinese recreational players” they are expected to not speak English. Everyone on the table implicitly agree to this by playing this game. Without the whales and “easier” money on the table there wouldn’t be a game like this. Speaking Chinese on these games is perfectly normal and acceptable. 3. The things Charles said is what you would see in a normal home game. Which is what hustler trying to create for people to watch. People acting up, talking trash etc. Saying “I got it” “this is me” with a second pair is just him trying to pump himself up. Obviously he wasn’t 100% sure he would win when there’s a 4 bet preflop. Nothing wrong with Charles and Peter’s action. Pepe whines too much. This ain’t a wsop main event.

Good thing google makes you watch 4 different ads on this 10 min video

If you are in a multi way hand, the polite thing to do is just to remain quiet especially if there is a side pot.

Sounds like a excuse to leave..

I dont understand why people are saiyng that Pepe was right... He is betting 31k with 55 on 4JK for 7K sidepot as a bluff i would assume, there is no way he thinks that pair of 4s or Ahigh would pay him so why is mad that charles could influence the action when speaking chinese? he was behind and he bet to much if he had some kind of plan. for example: if he had extremly good read that his opponet has some kind of pair like 77 on hand then he could bet small and then blast the turn and river for the sidepot.. or was he looking for value from Q10 specificly? Anyway, anyone with alteast two braincells could tell that Pepe was just looking for excuse to leave when he was up.. it could really bother him that they are speaking chinese and he could felt some kind of way that they speaked during the hand but he did no had a good hand anyway so thats highly unlikely