A Penalty Has Been Issued At Table 1
Security has entered the poker room to assist in making sure the player in Seat 1 follows through with his 1 round penalty.
After speaking with players at the table and Tournament Managers, PokerNews has found out the source of the issue at hand.
The player in seat 1 appears to be playing after consuming quite a few cocktails. He has been caught causing minor damage to cards by over bending the corners. Players were able to ask the dealer to flip over a folded card later and correctly called it as the
. This behavior continued until the major issue at hand.
Under the gun, the player we are discussing limped into the pot. The player on his direct right raised without announcing. Two yellow 1k chips were tossed forward during the 400/800 level. The dealer never mentioned the raise and when action folded back to the player we are speaking of, he pushed a few different chips forward but appeared to not know what was going on. When the dealer explained there was a raise, the player raised his voice and told her there was no raise. This debate went back and forth and as the tension raised, the player stood up and showed his anger about this situation. Finally a floor manager came to assist and shared that he had called. The hand played out with this player folding on the turn. At this point, the player has approached his table multiple times within minutes of receiving his penalty and security are now on hand to keep him outside of the tournament area until his penalty ends.
PokerNews will keep an eye on the situation and bring more information as it is made available.