McMahon Left Steaming; Baltateanu Given One Round Penalty

Absolute chaos unfolded on the final hand before the break on Table 3, where Gareth McMahon was left irate following a player's action.

McMahon opened to 20,000 from the cutoff to put the action on Niclass Thumm, who was on the button. Before Thumm acted, Silviu Balteanu folded out of turn in the small blind and left the table to go the break. This prompted Konstantyn Holskyi folding his cards in the big blind, who had previously had words with the Irishman.

With that taking place, Thumm knew that he was the last player to act preflop and made it 70,000. McMahon then jammed for around 353,000 and was quickly called.

Gareth McMahon: A♦5♦ All in
Niclas Thumm: A♣K♥

McMahon was essentially flopped dead as Thumm improved to trips when the dealer put out the K♣8♠K♠. The flop was followed by the 4♠7♣, marking McMahon's departure.

"I only jammed because of that [the out of turn folds]" said McMahon, who added that Thumm could be three-betting lighter due to what had taken place.

Holskyi, who was still at the table to watch the hand play out, received a tirade full of expletives from McMahon.

Holskyi tried to play innocent, but McMahon continued to give him a piece of his mind. McMahon alleged that Holskyi had been taking videos of him and laughing over the last few hands. Holskyi maintained his innocence in a few words.

McMahon left the table, and soon after, Baltateanu returned. The floor witnessed what had transpired and gave Baltateanu a telling-off and a one-round penalty for "influencing action". Like Holskyi, Baltateanu protested that he had done nothing wrong, but the punishment was not rescinded.