This angry poker player took being on tilt to a literal level.
One World Series of Poker participant flipped three tables and was tackled to the ground in a stunning scene at Harrah’s Cherokee in North Carolina on Sunday, according to pokernews.com.
The individual has not been revealed but he shouted that God has told him to do it, one player told the outlet.
Matt Savage, the executive tour director of the World Poker Tour, quote-tweeted the minute-plus video of the table flipping with the caption: “Tournament directors biggest nightmare!”
Tournament directors biggest nightmare! pic.twitter.com/CEMG8scQVv
— Matt Savage (@SavagePoker) February 23, 2025
This wild development happened during the second day of the $1,700 World Series of Poker Circuit Main Event with 65 players remaining in the tournament, according to pokernews.com.
A viral social media clip showed the individual running with one table while pushing it before it fell to its side and chips and cards fell the ground to create a mess.
Another angle showed the trail of damage, with a second table in the background completely on its side and a third tilted with its outer rim dislodged with cards and chips join on the floor.
While the man threw the one table, another individual came up from behind him and tackled him to the ground before two others helped hold him down.
The tackler also elbowed the man while he sat atop him.
Amid the chaos, someone yelled out, “Guys, everybody step back that’s not helping.”
The table-flipper eventually could be heard saying, “Get off of me.”
Wild times at @HarrahsCherokee @WSOPC $1700 main day2
— @rEaLrUeTaMa (@realruetama) February 23, 2025
At the end of 10/25k a guy takes a running start and crab ???? scuttles under tables flipping them and all chips
He gets 3 tables flipped before stopped (65 left ) pic.twitter.com/V2f8NvA4IM
One video showed a person attempting to touch chips before being sternly told, “Don’t touch anything” and “they’re going to disqualify you.”
A loud voice then bellowed: “Go back to your seats, we will take care of these chips.”
Flipping over the tables provided a logistics nightmare for the tournament since it provided a major issue in terms of resuming the tournament with all players having correct amount.
One X user tweeted to Savage that it took about 2 hours to resolve the issue and for players to agree they would continue the tournament.