2008 World Series of Poker

Event 18 - $5,000 No-Limit 2-7 Draw w/ Rebuys
Day: 1
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Prize
$537,862
Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Entries
85
Level Info
Level
25
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
20,000

Controversy on Orange #2

Fatigue is setting in now that we're past 2am in the Amazon Room. In a hand between Robert Mizrachi and Tom Dwan, Mizrachi bet 4,000 before the draw and Dwan called. Both players stood pat. Dwan, looking tired and a bit out of it, opened his hand.

"There's one more round of betting," Mizrachi reminded Dwan. Dwan suddenly realized his error and picked his hand back up. Mizrachi bet 6,000. Dwan tanked for about a minute, seriously considering calling the bet even though Mizrachi had seen his hand. He did finally fold.

Unfortunately for Dwan, a floor happened to be standing right over the table, watching the hand. As soon as the hand was over, he assessed a one-round penalty on Dwan for exposing his hand. The entire table protested that Dwan had exposed his hand in error and should only be given a warning. A second floor was summoned to the table, who ruled that the penalty for exposing his hand was automatic.

Just a few hands after that, while Dwan was serving his penalty, Phil Ivey was called for a string discard and the floor was called again. Because there was some confusion as to the action in the hand, Ivey was given a warning but was allowed to discard both cards.

An announcement from the tournament staff followed shortly thereafter: "Attention deuce-to-seven players. When you make your discard, please make it in one motion, and only one motion."