Keir Sullivan, who was seated in between the bickering poker players, told PokerNews that he 'just wanted them to be quiet so we could keep playing.' Both individuals have been banned from the show 'for the time being.'
In a hand against Yoo, the two competitors both had 10-high and lost a $400 pot to 'Pot Monster.' During the hand, they engaged in an uncivil conversation that apparently trickled over to off-stream. Liu, who claims he turned $500 into $50,000 playing in 'underground Italian mob games,' announced to the table that he uses heavy drugs daily and that he is bi-polar.
Due to the graphic nature of the conversation between the two players in question, we have refrained from adding the full context of it to this article beyond the video below. Note: The following video contains vulgar NSFW content. Following an incident that involved one player threatening violence against an opponent and his mother during Wednesday's live-stream, Big Bet Poker LIVE has issued an apologetic statement to PokerNews and said they do not condone such behavior.Īustin Yoo, a Los Angeles cash game player, and Jason Liu, a Stanford University graduate who has worked for Twitter and Facebook, engaged in a heated argument at the poker table that turned south real fast.
