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'Check your privilege': Heated exchange highlights WSOP main event

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English professional poker player Will Kassouf is a notorious trash talker, and while it can frustrate his opponents, it does make for entertaining television.

During the 2016 World Series of Poker main event, Kassouf was involved in a heated exchange with Canadian Griffin Benger, who - holding pocket aces - had raised him to $5.6 million. Kassouf began baiting Benger, causing him to go off.

"You're just an abusive person, man, it's not funny," Benger said. "It's not a game. You're being abusive. It's called verbal abuse. What you're doing to me is verbal abuse. You're a bully. It's rude. It's mean."

Kassouf responded by calling it "speech play."

"It's not called speech play, it's called being a bad person," Benger replied. "You should really check yourself. Check your privilege."

Kassouf, who was holding pocket kings, eventually went all-in and was eliminated.

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