Pimlott Take a One-Year Penalty

Brian Pimlott caused the floor to be called at Table 263, and that's apparently bad karma. Pimlott threw out two orange T5,000 chips to raise, but he mistakenly announced "Five fifty." It was pretty clear that he meant 5,500 though, and the floor ruled that that would be the raise amount. The table folded around to the big blind, and Paul Taylor reraised enough to put Pimlott to the ultimate test. He called all in for his last ~26,000, and the cards were on their backs:

Pimlott: {A-Diamonds} {A-Clubs}
Taylor: {10-Diamonds} {10-Clubs}

There was a little bit of a gutshot sweat when the first four cards came {8-Clubs} {3-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {9-Clubs} , and the {10-Hearts} on the river was a disaster for Pimlott. He was standing and leaning over the table, and he stood still and stared at the river card that had sealed his fate. "Really?" he asked rhetorically. "I thought yesterday was bad..."