2008 World Series of Poker

Event 48 - $2,000 No Limit Hold'em
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
$770,540
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,000
Prize Pool
$4,216,940
Entries
2,317
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Arne Mews Loses Cards and Pot!

In a bizarre hand, amid some controversy, a pot was awarded to Eddie Kinzler when the cards of Arne Mews were accidentally mucked with action pending.

We believe that Mews had opened the action by moving all in. Kinzler then moved all in from the small blind but the dealer accidentally mucked the unprotected cards of Mews thinking that the hand was over.

The floor was called, and it was ruled that Mews had done nothing wrong and that the dealer was at fault. But since Mews didn't have any cards in front of him, his hand was dead. As he opened the action, he was penalized only the cost of the big blind rather than his entire stack, as Kinzler collected the pot in amazing circumstances!

Tags: Arne MewsEddie Kinzler