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Klodnicki eases into some gentle criticism of Cristos, but it begins to turn more confrontational by the end. "You gotta do us a favor," Klodnicki begins, asking Cristos to speed up his preflop decisions. "You take 15 seconds every single time," he says.
"I get 15 seconds in a $50 online tournament," Cristos says. "This is the Main Event."
"I'm just saying," Klodnicki says. "You have to speed up your preflop actions. Otherwise, when you're in a big hand and you actually do need to think, I'm going to clock you after 15 seconds."
The two continue to pass the conversation back and forth as the next hand is dealt out. It comes to Cristos, and he pauses briefly after checking his cards. Klodnicki is clearly uncomfortable as he watches Cristos operate, and he bites his tongue for just a few seconds before he can't help it anymore. "Clock," he says after maybe 15 seconds.
The floor is called over, and things begin to escalate a bit. The floorman tells Cristos that it's the second time he's been called for the same issue today. "If I have to keep coming over here, you're going to keep having your clock reduced, all the way down to zero. And then when I have to come over again, your hand is just dead."
