I was sitting with some guys trading at the tables near the front doors. The round pairings had just been announced (can’t remember which round, but it was early). Then suddenly, while the herd of people are migrating from the pairing sheets to the tables this bald white guy slams another dude to the ground. (In my words and what I saw “He floored the dude”) The guy on the floor had no idea what was going on, as he was on his cell phone at the time – which flew out of his hand and across the room from the force of the push he took. The guy on the floor yells “What the ****?” The man who pushed him (which turns out to be Peter Szigeti) said “Don’t ******* push me” and proceeds to tell him “You got a ******* problem?” At this point all of us traders are wondering what in the hell is going on. Apparently, so was the guy on the floor. The guy on the floor had most likely brushed into Peter while moving through the crowd, but the force Peter put into this guy was totally uncalled for and could easily have gone as far as battery on a police report.

Later after that round was over Peter was escorted out of the building. But, I was a little irritated because at the time of the incident, even though there were staff around that saw it happen, not one of them intervened or got involved. The staff only got involved because one of the traders I was with forced the issue with staff and there was a well known TO (can’t remember his name) who took the issue to the top.