Spot the Difference

The fact that one picture used flash and autofocus and one didn't doesn't count.

This is pretty much the fossilised position held by Richard Gryko during the match(es). It appears Tom Bentham is going to be the slowest so far to lose a modicum of temper at the pace with which every decision is taken by his opponent, but in the first break even he had to admit that it was "taking too long." The levels are half an hour long, but with the most basic hand taking just under a minute (and that if it goes raise-fold preflop) they probably aren't playing as many as they could be, or anywhere near as many as both of them are used to online. Perhaps internet-trained players' patience breaks before that of seasoned live players' and subduing pace-tilt is just another aspect of mastering the game. This game in particular.

Tom Bentham finally asks, "Do you just want to make the blinds really big? It seems to miss the point of a good structure." "Maybe I'm just a slow thinker," posits Gryko. "Is that why you wait before you even look at your cards?" "I'm deciding what order to look at them in."

They revert to silence, like cats having a standoff who mainly just swish their tails and stare, but sometimes have a quick little burst of batting at each other.