Richard Hoadley Out Amidst Controversial Ruling

Richard Hoadley raised and it was folded around to the small blind who announced ”Raise”, but then put out less than the minimum amount. Somehow in the confusion the player in the small blind managed to expose one of his cards to Hoadley. Could he still raise? Was his hand dead?

“Floor!” Called the dealer.

Once the floor was called it was established that the player in the small blind would indeed be forced to put out a min-raise. Asked what card was seen by Hoadley he said it was the

The floor confirmed that it was indeed the and the rest of the hand would continue with that card exposed. This set up an interesting dynamic, as Hoadley now knew precisely half of his opponent’s hand, but was unsure why he had been shown it.

Action was then on Rory Campbell in the big blind. “All in.” He announced, further adding to the drama.

Back to Hoadley who called with all his chips at risk.

The exposed was now irrelevant as the small blind quickly folded.

Campbell showed the while Hoadley tabled

The board ran out to bust Hoadley.

The floor hadn’t finished yet. “One round penalty for exposing a card.”

Amid general disbelief Trickett, who wasn’t actually involved in the hand decided to speak up. Disagreeing with the ruling in what he saw as an accidental exposure of a card he called the decision, “The worst ruling ever. You’re a jobsworth.”

The player penalised declined to give his name to PokerNews but took his penalty and vowed he’d be back “To win this tournament.”