The introduction of time clocks a few months ago was supposed to speed the game of poker up. It was designed to save time, putting players to decisions quicker and stopping the act of ‘tanking’, which had pervaded poker to such a degree in recent years. Poker was supposed to be improved by the inclusion of regulated time extensions.

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Sure, and VAR was supposed to be the correctional future of soccer.

Just like in soccer, poker find itself looking at the lines and wonder if it was worth them being drawn in the first place.