I don't know much French, but I do know this: "Tapie!" is "All in!" and "Ooo la la!" is just about anything from: [EXPLETIVE REMOVED] to [EXPLETIVE REMOVED] to "Look at those fireworks, aren't they nice."
Moments ago, all of those words, and all of those definitions, fireworks excluded, came from the table featuring Lise Vigezzi. A player limped under the gun, another couple limped alongside him, Vigezzi made it 900 to play and the first limper announced: "Tapie!"
"Ooo la la!" said Vigezzi. Then: "Ooo la la!" again. Somewhere during all this ooo-ing, la-ing and la-ing, she also flipped her cards: A-9o. Then the tournament director Thomas Kremser was called into action to find out exactly what should happen now.
To recap, Vigezzi exposed her cards with a decision still to take as to whether to call another player's all in. It was about 4,000 in total and something like 30 percent of her remaining stack. Kremser listened to the facts as they were presented to him, decided that Vigezzi's hand was still live - she could call or fold if she wanted - but that she'd have to serve a one-round penalty once the hand was done.
A friend at the rail pleaded for clemency, but Kremser stood firm. "I'd like to do that for Lise, but I can't," he said.
Lise Vigezzi does her time on the rail
Vigezzi called and her opponent showed aces. Her A-9 couldn't catch up. She shipped the chips and stood up from her chair, watching and waiting to rejoin the fray.
