"Somebody Call Lost and Found!"

[user75032]

We've seen plenty of unusual things covering poker tournaments, but we've never seen a player under a table -- until now. Tony G went to raise the 600-chip bet to 1,200 chips. He grabbed two purples (500) and two blacks (100) and tossed them onto the felt. Only one of the purples made it; the other one fell off the table and rolled underneath it.

Search parties were called to try to locate the wayward chip, with Tony himself getting down on his hands and knees to look for it. He circled the table, claiming that there must be a hole in the floor beneath the table because the chip was gone. Finally one of the floor staff disappeared underneath the table, ultimately emerging with a $5 cash chip and the errant purple tournament chip.

Jason Gray, one of the active players in the hand, asked that Tony G's bet not be considered a raise, but the staff ruled that because Tony had thrown multiple chips onto the felt in front of him in excess of those needed to just call, the raise would stand.

Tony didn't win that hand, but he did win the next hand, showing down {A-Clubs}