Mathers Gets Them Back

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Level 26 : 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante

Jazz Mathers was down to his last 235,000 when he moved all in from the small blind. Steven Zhou announced a “no look” call in the big blind.

Mathers:
Zhou:

The board was spread to seemingly give Mathers the pot with a pair of kings. He was up on his feet talking to the rail as Zhou somehow convinced the dealer that he’d won the pot with a flush. The board and cards were already mucked, but the dealer was happy to believe Zhou who raked in the pot and added it to his stack.

Mathers returned back to his chair to be rather surprised to discover he didn’t have any chips! The tournament director quickly ruled that the 470,000 chips plus 20,000 in antes be taken from Zhou’s stack and given to Mathers. Zhou genuinely believe that he held for a flush, but had to be assured that he actually had .