Floor Ruling Sparks Controversy in Leonard Hand

Floor ruled the call valid after a "dead hand" in a hand against Patrick Leonard
Patrick Leonard suffered from a floor decision error in the $2,500 No-Limit Hold'em tournament at the bubble stage. After Leonard's all-in on the river, his opponent went into a long tank.

The floor who was called counted down: "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, dead hand." Despite this, the "call" that followed was ruled valid.

The video footage of the episode clearly shows that the word "call" came after the allotted time had expired. A second floor, and then the head floor Zach, upheld the original ruling, refusing to review the video evidence and the dealer's testimony, who sided with the Brit.

After the hand, the opponent's stack was five times bigger than Leonard's. The opponent, aware of the ambiguity of the situation, offered to swap equal shares.

Leonard urged the community not to demand the inexperienced floor be fired.

"Better let them learn from their mistakes. I've made worse mistakes at the poker table myself."

Representatives of WSOP have not officially commented on the incident.