Senhaji Bending the Rules
Mehdi Senhaji limped from under the gun and then Wesley Pantling raised to 5,000 from the next seat. IN the hijack seat sat Stephen Chidwick and he moved all in for 50,500. Action folded around to Xiang Tan in the big blind and he looked at his hand. He looked very pained for about a minute, but then finally let his hand go. Senhaji was next up and he looked pained as well.
While tanking, Senhaji looked at Pantling and asked, "Do you have a big hand?"
"I can't answer that," said Pantling, referencing that Chidwick was still in the hand.
"Yeah, but do you have a big hand?" asked Senhaji once more.
"I told you I can't answer that," responded Pantling.
"No, do you have a big hand?" asked Senhaji once more.
Pantling then looked somewhat irritated and understandable so as he explained once more that Senhaji couldn't ask that question nor could Pantling answer. "It'd be collusion, how unfair would that be to him?" finished Pantling.
When Pantling said that, Senhaji shooed him away as if he didn't want to hear anymore of it. Pantling chuckled.
Senhaji then folded his hand and Pantling also mucked, allowing Chidwick to pick up the pot.