Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
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Top 5 sickest slowrolls [Poll]

Vote for the slowroll you thought was the biggest breach of poker etiquette, or at least the most entertaining.

The hero vs the villain

An early contender for slowroll of the year because it has everything. A clear villain who was overconfident, a classy hero who remained calm and the Poker Gods rewarding her for doing so:

The debatable slowroll

From 2015, this one is debatable if this was malicious or simply a sign of inexperience. Either way it serves up some karmic retribution at the end, making it all the more enjoyable. 

The in-joke gone bad

Think slowrolling is harmless fun? Mike Matusow reminds us in this hand that, even when meant as a joke, slowrolling is a massive breach of poker etiquette.  

The longest slowroll

This one may be the worst slowroll for the sheer amount of time taken to call (which in part was because of the 'team poker' nature of the event). 

The slowroll we'll allow

However, sometimes it's hard not to cheer for a slowroll under the right circumstances, as this all-time classic from 96-year-old Jack Uri shows: 

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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.