Tollerene Frustrated Over Missing Chips

"What do you think is more likely, that I miscounted five times last night, or that something went wrong today?" Ben Tollerene frustratedly said to the tournament staff.

When we arrived on the scene, a dispute was going on involving the high-stakes poker player and the tournament staff. Tollerene claimed he counted his chips at 647,000 before play started. Last night, according to Tollerene's chip bag, the professional wrote that he bagged up 671,500 in chips, and that created a difference of 24,500 chips.

Before play resumed, tournament dealers and staff put the bags in the correct seats after doing the table draw. Then, a few minutes before play began, every bag was to be opened. Players that arrived on time had the chance to open their own bag, but Tollerene was just a few minutes late. The dealer who was present had opened Tollerene's bag, after which she performed a chip race to get rid of the T500 denomination chips.

After the chip race, the chips collected were placed in the well and were still present when Tollerene arrived at the table. The tournament staff explained to Tollerene numerous times that there was nothing they could do, as no chips had left the table after the bags were opened.

Tollerene kept shaking his head in a bit of frustration, believing he had counted his stack correctly the night before. Martin Kabrhel and Patrik Antonius continuously emphasized that the clock was ticking and action must start. With that, play began at the table and Tollerene started out with less than he thought.