Daniel Negreanu was not in the least bit happy with Martin Hruby’s style of game play at the European Poker Tour main event table. He called Hruby out on his slowroll soon after he was eliminated from the EPT, losing his shot at the Triple Poker Crown.
“Why did you slowroll that hand? You knew that you had the nuts,” Negreanu asked Hruby. As he was leaving the table, Negreanu commented, “I shouldn’t shake your hand, it’s filthy. That’s the filthiest thing I’ve ever seen, but I’ll do it anyway.” Although said with a smile, it was obvious that Daniel Negreanu considered Martin Hruby’s behavior at the European Poker Tour main event table to be a breach of etiquette.
When asked about his slowroll, Martin Hruby appeared a bit baffled by the question and answered in a mutter that he did not. “I don’t slow-roll,” he said.
Daniel Negreanu finished the European Poker Tour in fourth place but was sportive enough to remark that he would not have won the European Poker Tour main event no matter how Hruby played his hand. Negreanu was later interviewed by the popular German poker website Hochgepokert.de in which he comments on Martin Hruby’s behavior at the EPT main event table. Here, Negreanu stated that he did not think that the Hungarian poker professional Martin Hruby had made the slowroll on purpose but believed that it had stemmed from the player’s lack of experience at being on such a large stage.
Although there is nothing in the poker regulations that disqualify Martin Hruby’s slowroll, as slow rolling is well within a player’s rights; it is not considered to be the norm when playing professional poker. Many poker players consider it to be a breach of etiquette. However, in Martin Hruby’s defense, it is extremely understandable that the player should have been a bit hesitant about putting such a big bet on the table, especially considering what was at stake.
