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A few hands into the new level, Bruno Fitoussi tried to raise to a total of 9,000. Blinds had just gone up from 2,500/5,000 to 3,000/6,000, but a raise to 9,000 hasn't been legal since the last level of Day 2. The dealer said that because Fitoussi had verbally announced 9,000, he was obligated to make a minimum raise to 12,000.

Action folded to Davidi Kitai in the big blind who felt that Fitoussi should be forced to limp for 6,000, and he should be able to see a free flop. Kitai asked for the floor, who confirmed the dealer's decision to hold Fitoussi to a bet of 12,000 because he had announced a raise of 50% of the big blind. Had he said 8,500, it would have been declared a limp. Kitai folded, and the table moved on to the next hand.

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