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During a Hustler Casino Live stream, Ethan “Rampage” Yau publicly criticized player Harut for his slow and tight play. Despite Harut's mere 9-second deliberation, Rampage insisted on timing. Ultimately, Harut won $72,600, while Rampage lost $103,250. Rampage lashed out at an opponent who played too slowly and too tightly during the Hustler Casino Live stream. Ethan Yau was quite critical of a player named Harut's play, finding him slow and inactive, and unsatisfactory. Therefore, the popular poker video blogger launched a fierce attack on Harut after he folded a tight hand. Was Rampage going too far? The argument began with a hand where Francisco Fragoso flat-called $100 with pocket fives. Harut then limped in the hijack position with A♥K♥, followed by Rampage raising to $2,000 from the small blind with Q♠Q♣. Nik Airball in the big blind called with Q♥J♣, and Francisco also called. It was Harut's turn to act. He seemed to be setting a trap with a strong hand, but instead of raising, he called to see the flop come 3♥2♣J♥, giving him a nut flush draw and two high cards. Rampage checked his overpair out of position. Airball, hitting top pair on the flop, bet $4,000. Francisco folded, and Harut, behind him with $92,000, called. Rampage, holding over $200,000, checked-raised to $18,000, forcing Airball to fold. Harut appeared to be in a favorable position to call or raise, possessing substantial equity. He couldn't possibly be drawing to any of Rampage's hands, and he had odds of over 2:1. "Is he going to call, or shove all in?" David Tuchman, who was providing commentary at the time, pondered. "Time it out, he's dragging it out too long. We only have 30 minutes left. This is just the flop," Rampage said impatiently after Harut had been thinking for only about a minute. "Are you kidding or serious?" Harut asked, confused as to why Rampage was attacking him. "No, I'm really going to time it out. You're dragging it out too long," Rampage retorted. Surprisingly, Harut eventually folded, a move that shocked Tuchman and the audience. Rampage then continued to berate his new opponent, telling him, "I want you to hurry up." But Hustler's charts showed that Harut's average thinking time was only 9 seconds, which was average at the table. It's unclear why Rampage singled out Harut after that hand. He didn't think too long when facing a check-raise, and the data also showed that he didn't drag it out.