O'Grady Eliminates Ajez in Massive Controversial Pot
Several members of the floor staff were gathered around Michael O'Grady and Najeem Ajez's table with an over 200,000 chip pot in the middle of the table and were discussing a ruling.
According to one of the staff members, O'Grady had moved all in on a flop of 
after a bet and a raise from Ajez. Ajez was in the tank and at one point said to O'Grady, "I'll show you one if you show me one." O'Grady agreed and Ajez showed the 
. O'Grady showed his 
, assuming that Ajez's hand was dead.
Immediately after this, Ajez said, "I call." And as his hand was not dead yet, it didn't hit the muck, his action stood. Ajez turned up his other card, the 
revealing a flopped straight with . O'Grady was still live with outs to a flush or a straight holding 
so the floor instructed the rest of the hand to be dealt out.
The turn was the 
which was safe for Ajez, but the river was the 
. With that, O'Grady was awarded the pot, making a flush. Ajez was eliminated from the tournament with a shorter stack. After the hand, players at the table continued to discuss the ruling and whether or not Ajez was attempting an angle against O'Grady.
In the end, O'Grady ended up with a massive stack of nearly 250,000 while Ajez hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000 | 140,000 |
|
Busted |
Brendon Rubie put out a bet totaling 26,500 from the small blind. The player in middle position called off with her remaining 8,800 behind. The last player in the hand had 15,800 in his stack and was also contemplating the call for his tournament life. He ended up making the call before Rubie tabled 
for top pair and the other player showed 
and Gray checked to his opponent. The player put out a bet of 6,000 which Gray called. 
river and Gray revealed his 
. They were good enough to earn him the pot and that pushed him over the 100,000 chip mark.
and all four players checked to see the 
on the turn. There, all four players checked again and the 
came on the river, putting four clubs on the board. Action checked to the button on the river and there, Marsters put out a bet of 3,000. The big blind folded as did O'Grady, but Rochford didn't release. He called. 
for the smallest flush, so he would take down the pot to approach 100,000 chips.
completed the board and Salloum moved all in for his remaining 6,400. Ghezelbash snap-called. 
