WSOP Circuit Event – Atlantic City

WSOP Atlantic City Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

WSOP Circuit Event – Atlantic City

Event Info
Buy-in
$5,000
Prize Pool
$1,195,600
Entries
244
Players Left
1
Next Payout
Place 9
$23,712
Level Info
Level
19
Blinds
20,000 / 40,000
Ante
5,000

Situation Resolved

Here's what happened, and here's the resolution from tournament director John Arthur:

In an all-in situation, the board is {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Clubs}. Player Steve Crawford has {10-Spades}{9-Hearts}. Player Eracles Panayiotou has 2-2. The twos are mucked by the dealer and the pot is shipped toward Crawford. Then, a spectator says, "Didn't he have a {2-Clubs}?" Panayiotou says he might have had a {2-Clubs}. The dealer is sure that one of the twos was not clubs. Opponent Crawford says it wasn't a club. Then, Panayiotou isn't sure whether it was a club or not.

They went to the tapes and the camera did not catch the action. There's a big argument. The hand cannot be retreived as it has already been mixed in with the other cards. Then, TD John Arthur decides (correctly) to ship the pot to Crawford as there is not enough conclusive evidence that the 2 was a club. Panayiotou is eliminated.

Tags: Eracles PanayiotouSteve Crawford