Interesting Ruling: Wong and Tan Split Up
Jay Tan was just moved to Kenny Wong's table and to most people that wouldn't raise any eyebrows. Tan sat down in the seat two to Wong's left and requested a table change with the tournament director. This unusual request was honored by the floor staff and here's the reason why.
Tan and Wong are in a relationship, something which is common knowledge to most poker players. Tournament director Christian Vaughan explained to us that Crown tries to keep relatives and couples separated throughout the tournament for as long as possible.
"When there's two full tables left we're not gonna reseat players, because that would be unfair," Vaughan said when explaining on how far they would go on keeping players split up.
"At the start of the tournament Jan Suchanek and his wife were seated at the same table and we also split them up," Vaughan added as Tan sat down at her new table. Wong and Tan have to play a few more days before there's another chance they get to face off against each other.
"Personally I think it would be good if we were able to split up players who have substantial stakes in each other, but that's far more complicated. But it's an issue," Vaughan said on all the shared action and exchanged percentages in big events.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000 | -22,000 |
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95,000 | -5,000 |