In real life, Richie Aprile would have been whacked much earlier than he was. A boss of a family is not gonna tolerate disobedience, not even from a capo. The moment Tony says "don't touch Beansie", that puts Beansie under Tony's protection. The BOSS's protection. And Richie had the balls to attack him again? He had the balls to disrespect Tony's poker game?

I felt that was so unrealistic with Richie. He disobeyed and disrespected Tony at every turn. No realistic mob boss would ever stand for it.