The Loose Cannon player at the PokerStars Big Game defends Tony G and says Andrew Robl got what he deserved.

The duo Tony G and Daniel Negreanu famously complained about Robl taking too long to make up his mind. Tony G called the clock on Robl and then called the American a "f***king nit".

Now the staked amateur player in the show, the so called Loose Cannon, Elizabeth Houston says Robl started the whole thing. Houston writes in Party Poker's Blog that Robl sat down at the table and declared his intentions to bluff Tony and “make him fold like a little girl”.

"Sounds like a throw down to me. Unfortunately for Robl he bit off more than he could chew when he decided to take on the lion that is Tony G. This is an obvious instance of you mess with the lion and you’re going to get bitten. You DON’T mess with the lion, get bitten and then run home crying that the lion was mean to you", Houston writes after telling everybody what a wonderful person Tony G is.

Tony G is a Party Poker pro. Houston also ponders on the fact that television shows are always edited and viewers only get to see hand picked pieces of reality. Besides the word 'reality' is a misnomer: Tony G does what the producers and audience expect of him.

"Players like Tony G are the reason that poker is so popular. If the table was full of Andrew Robls do you really think it would be entertaining to watch? Don’t hate on Tony for giving the people what they want because at the end of the day poker is business and Tony G is good for business," Houston says.

It's worth it to note that Robl never "ran home crying that the lion was mean to him", as Houston puts it. In his blog entry Robl does not mention Tony's verbal abuse at all, and merely says:

"I consider Tony G a friend of mine. He is quick-witted, charming, funny and extremely intelligent, and one of the most successful businessmen in the poker industry. Away from the cameras he is also a gentleman. But when the cameras come up he Hams it up big time. I don't mind as it makes for some entertaining TV and most of the time it's in good fun.

With that said he was totally out of line to call the clock on me in the hand vs Daniel. If i remember correctly he called it in under a minute - and with the amount of money at stake I consider it totally out of line."

Andrew Robl is a Victory Poker pro. He blogs here in Coinflip.