Things getting crazy at the WSOP

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=484 bgColor=#eaeaef border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=log width=75>Date / Time:</TD><TD class=log>2005-07-08 23:02:00</TD></TR><TR><TD class=log>Title:</TD><TD class=log>Jack Effel Cracks the Whip</TD></TR><TR><TD class=log vAlign=top>Log:</TD><TD class=log>Due to the insane amount of players and spectators in the main event, ten minutes before every break, Tournament Directors announce that all spectators must clear the room, in order that the players will be able to get out and back before their break is over. As is often times the case, many spectators choose to ignore this request, feeling that it doesn't really pertain to them. Well, Jack Effel made it pertain to them. Big time. Check out this progression of his announcements:

"If you are a spectator, you must leave the room."

"If you are watching your friend, father, mother, brother, sister, wife, or husband, you must leave the room."

"If you are standing along the wall, you must leave the room."

"If you are leaning up against the wall, talking to your friends, and drinking a Heineken, you must leave the room."

"If you are wearing a nice skirt, and possibly some slacks, you must leave the room."

"If you are wearing a cowboy hat and talking to a woman in a white shirt you must leave the room."

"You. You in the cowboy hat. Leave."

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=484 bgColor=#eaeaef border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=log width=75>Date / Time:</TD><TD class=log>2005-07-08 16:04:00</TD></TR><TR><TD class=log>Title:</TD><TD class=log>ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR HAND</TD></TR><TR><TD class=log vAlign=top>Log:</TD><TD class=log>This tournament has just had two simultaneous, brilliant examples of why you see players putting chips and various other objects on top of their hole cards. It's not just for show.

Instance #1 - With the board showing A-J-8-J-2 a player with a made full house (8-8 in his hand) decides to posture for a bit. He stands up, and acts as if he's got a difficult decision to make. Finally he sits back down, picks up his cards, puts them in front of his chips, and starts to count out his bet. As he's counting, the dealer takes his cards and slides them into the muck. The man disputes the call, and the floor is called. The floor reinforces the dealer's explanation: it is the player's responsibility to protect his or her hand. Once a card has been mucked, it cannot be retrieved. The hand is dead.

Instance #2 - Meanwhile, on another table, just as the dealer is explaining to the player in seat #1 that he should always protect his hand, the player in seat #2 attempts to fold, and accidentally tosses them on top of seat #1's cards. The floor's ruling is the same: always protect your hand. If your cards touch mucked cards, your hand is also dead. The player in this case was forced to leave his $200 call in the pot. In a show of remorse, seat #2 attempts to reimburse the man for his lost $200 bet, and although the floorman respects the decision, he also states that chip exchange is also illegal, and cannot occur.

In both instances, all parties involved handled themselves with dignity and respect for tournament staff, despite the potential for emotional outbursts.

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<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=484 bgColor=#eaeaef border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=log width=75>Date / Time:</TD><TD class=log>2005-07-08 17:06:00</TD></TR><TR><TD class=log>Title:</TD><TD class=log>Erin Ness Out</TD></TR><TR><TD class=log vAlign=top>Log:</TD><TD class=log>Erin Ness was all in with A-Q, and in trouble. Ness was against pocket aces and needed a miracle. No luck this year for miss Maxim and she is heading home. </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

Had to add this, just cause she's SO HOT!

So absolutely damn hot!

High Side said:

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=484 bgColor=#eaeaef border=0><TBODY><TR><TD class=log width=75>Date / Time:</TD><TD class=log>2005-07-08 16:04:00</TD></TR><TR><TD class=log>Title:</TD><TD class=log>ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR HAND</TD></TR><TR><TD class=log vAlign=top>Log:</TD><TD class=log>This tournament has just had two simultaneous, brilliant examples of why you see players putting chips and various other objects on top of their hole cards. It's not just for show.


Instance #1 - With the board showing A-J-8-J-2 a player with a made full house (8-8 in his hand) decides to posture for a bit. He stands up, and acts as if he's got a difficult decision to make. Finally he sits back down, picks up his cards, puts them in front of his chips, and starts to count out his bet. As he's counting, the dealer takes his cards and slides them into the muck. The man disputes the call, and the floor is called. The floor reinforces the dealer's explanation: it is the player's responsibility to protect his or her hand. Once a card has been mucked, it cannot be retrieved. The hand is dead.

Instance #2 - Meanwhile, on another table, just as the dealer is explaining to the player in seat #1 that he should always protect his hand, the player in seat #2 attempts to fold, and accidentally tosses them on top of seat #1's cards. The floor's ruling is the same: always protect your hand. If your cards touch mucked cards, your hand is also dead. The player in this case was forced to leave his $200 call in the pot. In a show of remorse, seat #2 attempts to reimburse the man for his lost $200 bet, and although the floorman respects the decision, he also states that chip exchange is also illegal, and cannot occur.

In both instances, all parties involved handled themselves with dignity and respect for tournament staff, despite the potential for emotional outbursts.


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That's rookie level stuff not protecting your cards, especially in seat one. Pay 10k to get in a tournament and not be aware of basic fundamentals for protecting your hand? I'd bet money it's an internet player who qualified online.

Patrick McIrish said:

That's rookie level stuff not protecting your cards, especially in seat one. Pay 10k to get in a tournament and not be aware of basic fundamentals for protecting your hand? I'd bet money it's an internet player who qualified online.

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Your probably correct in your assumption.