Brooke and Benton Butt Heads
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Brooke Howard-Smith entered the pot with a raise to 525, which was called in four spots; one of which was Aaron Benton.
The flop fell down 
and Howard-Smith continued for 1,500 with only Aaron Benton making the call as the 
landed on the turn and Benton's 2,500-chip bet was check-called by Howard-Smith.
When the river landed the 
, Benton fired out 4,000 out of turn.
The Tournament Director was called over to rectify the situation, and it was decided that Benton's actions would stand unless Howard-Smith fired out a bet. Smith announced a call, which indicated a check-call as Benton tabled his 
to scoop the pot and move to 22,300 in chips as Howard-Smith slipped to 12,800.
The following hand, Howard-Smith opened to 525 yet again and found one caller before Benton bumped it up to 1,700.
Next to act, Julian Cohen deliberated for some time before folding what he said was to be 
as the action returned to Howard-Smith - who broke his usual mode of friendly banter for one of silence.
Nearly one minute went by before Howard-Smith slid his 12,775-chip stack all in to prompt the cold-caller to instantly fold.
"Oh wow!" stated Benton before he flashed his 
to Cohen on his left.
"That's a fold!" arked up Howard-Smith before continuing, "You can't show your cards to another player. That's a fold!"
"I'm folding anyway!" added Benton as he tabled his jacks for the whole table to see.
Howard-Smith just shook his head left to right before stating, "Lose 10k, then get the worst hand to fold!"