Sabat Doubles Through Patchell, Gets Into Small Spat With Lawson
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Eddy Sabat opened to 18,000 from late position prompting Joel Patchell to three-bet to 51,000 from the blinds. Sabat then four-bet to 83,000, leaving 91,500 behind, and Patchell tank-called.
The flop fell 
, Patchell instantly moved all in and Sabat snapped it off.
Patchell: 
Sabat: 
The dealer began to burn and turn a card but the ESPN camera crews weren't ready yet and he put the burn card back on top of the deck. Finally, when cued, the dealer burned a card and turned the 
. There was then a pause for reaction shots, the crew gave one last cue and the dealer burned a final card and delivered the 
on the river.
Sabat's aces held doubling him to 355,000 chips while Patchell dropped to 245,000.
After the hand tablemate Ted Lawson asked for the floor because he thought Sabat made a string bet preflop. The entire table, including the dealer, defended Sabat saying he made no forward motion nor did he cross the line when cutting out chips. Lawson eventually waived a white flag and the floor was not called, but there is definitely some tension between he and the rest of the table.