What a Kafuffle
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board, one opponent called and Ryan folded. On the 8h river, the caller led out for 2,100, but as Barny was thinking about his decision, the dealer called out for the "floor" and whispered into the tournament director's ear. After a brief pause and a selection of different hand gestures, the TD announced that a string bet had taken place and that the bet would only be 1,000, the first chip to hit the felt."I don't know what happened," observed an intrigued as always Greg Raymer, "but I didn't notice anything suspicious."
After a brief pause, Barny flicked in the call, to which his opponent leapt from his seat, hurled his cards across the table and yelled "That's bullshit! I don't know what you do here in Europe, but that was not a string bet."
With Barny still clutching onto his cards, his opponent continued to roar. "That's a bad ruling! I would rather lose more doing what I wanted to do." "I was going to call anyhow," declared Barny, as his cards entered the muck.
At that point, the TD ordered the dealer to retrieve the cards from the muck, and reveal what was ultimately a
. "You're not calling," he argued. "I was," protested Barny.