O'Grady Eliminates Ajez in Massive Controversial Pot
Several members of the floor staff were gathered around Michael O'Grady and Najeem Ajez's table with an over 200,000 chip pot in the middle of the table and were discussing a ruling.
According to one of the staff members, O'Grady had moved all in on a flop of 
after a bet and a raise from Ajez. Ajez was in the tank and at one point said to O'Grady, "I'll show you one if you show me one." O'Grady agreed and Ajez showed the 
. O'Grady showed his 
, assuming that Ajez's hand was dead.
Immediately after this, Ajez said, "I call." And as his hand was not dead yet, it didn't hit the muck, his action stood. Ajez turned up his other card, the 
revealing a flopped straight with . O'Grady was still live with outs to a flush or a straight holding 
so the floor instructed the rest of the hand to be dealt out.
The turn was the 
which was safe for Ajez, but the river was the 
. With that, O'Grady was awarded the pot, making a flush. Ajez was eliminated from the tournament with a shorter stack. After the hand, players at the table continued to discuss the ruling and whether or not Ajez was attempting an angle against O'Grady.
In the end, O'Grady ended up with a massive stack of nearly 250,000 while Ajez hit the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
|
Busted |