Contoversy on Table #436

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A hand played out between Jim Collopy and Michael Borovetz that caused an awful lot of controversy and had the Floor Man making a very difficult decision.

The action had reached the river of an {8-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {6-Hearts} {k-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} board with around 25,000 chips in the middle.

Collopy was first to act from under the gun and he checked. Borovetz said, "Ten."

Collopy thought his opponent was declaring his hand value and opened {a-} {9-} . The dealer mucked Collopy's hand and it was after this that Borovetz opened {5-Spades} {4-Spades} for five-high.

Borovetz claimed he was betting 10,000, and argued that he wouldn't declare a ten as he had five-four. Collopy argued that at no point did Borovetz motion to bet or put any chips in on the river.

Isaac Haxton said it looked like a blatant angle to him, and a great "move" to remember for the future.

The floor was called and ruled in favor of Borovetz, but gave no clear indication as to why. We can assume that it was the dealer error that cost Collopy the pot, as he mucked his hand before Borovetz opened a winning hand that must be shown to collect the pot.