2008 World Series of Poker

39th Annual World Series of Poker Main Event
Day: 4
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Event Info

2008 World Series of Poker

Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Entries
6,844
Players Left
9
Next Payout
Place 9
$900,670
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

Usher to the Floor Supervisor's Table!

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Aleksandar Rasic left the Amazon Room at the last break along with all of the other players in the field. It is standard operating procedure here at the WSOP; players are not allowed to be in the tournament room until roughly five minutes are left on break. When he came back from smoking, he was just a bit tardy. He found that his table, Orange #40, had been broken immediately after play resumed. The only problem was, Rasic's stack was gone.

A search was immediately commenced by the floor staff. They went from table to table looking for dead stacks; announcements were made over the P.A. system; and members of the media were consulted to see if they know where Rasic was supposed to be seated. All of those efforts proved fruitless.

Harrah's surveillance staff reviewed the footage of the incident and was able to determine that the player seated immediately beside Rasic at Orange #40, Peter Traply, had accidentally scooped up Rasic's tiny stack (approximately 60,000 chips) when he transferred his own massive stack (over 800,000) to his new table. This appeared to be completely unintentional on Traply's part; the two stacks were very close to each other on Orange #40, and Traply inadvertently swept Rasic's chips up with his own.

Once that determination was made, the floor staff approached Traply, explained the situation, and took 60,000 chips out of his stack to give back to Rasic. Thirty-five minutes into the level, Rasic was finally seated at Blue #36, Seat 3 -- the seat formerly occupied by Maya Antonius, who was one of several players to bust in the interim.