Ziyard Suffering One-Round Penalty
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Level 18
: 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante
Former EPT Champion Zimnan Ziyard has been given a one-round penalty after exposing his cards out of turn.
During the last round, Ziyard opened to 10,500 preflop before Massimo Di Cicco raised all in for 42,500. The action went over to big blind Joseph Mouawad who was protecting his cards, but before he could act Ziyard folded out of turn.
Mouawad now announced call but unsuccessfully raced his 
against Di Cicco's 
when the board came 
.
The floor ruled that Ziyard's action had changed what occurred and that Mouawad would have been unlikely to call if there was a player still to act behind him. As a result Ziyard got a one-round penalty, despite protestations from the EPT Loutraki champion that he should only get a warning.