Not For the Squeamish
PokerNews has been covering tournaments for a long time, all over the world, but another very unique situation occurred.
A floorman pulled a player from the table because he had bloody sores on his arms. Apparently, the play had some sort of ointment he was using to treat the wounds, but no bandages, leaving the sores open. The player in question did not speak English as his first language and there was some difficulty in communicating that he was posing a health hazard to others.
"I've done nothing, it's OK," the player pleaded with the floor.
"Sir, I can't have you with open sores at the table," the floorman firmly, but politely stated. The floorman's goal was to have the player's arm wrapped and bandaged.
The player then took his case to the Tournament Supervisor at the podium. He got the same answer — he needed to have some sort of bandage put on the sores. From there, the player was escorted to with security personnel to have his arm bandaged.