A player made a mistake while the final table of the LAPC Commerce Classic was being played, a US$1.200 buy-in tournament with US$1.000.000 guaranteed in the prize pool. The hand was so strange that it raised the suspicions of those who saw it. However, the case did not escalate and the tournament proceeded normally.
Jared Griener 
The board had already shown 8 9 Q 10 and there were 2.200.000 chips in the pot, equivalent to 10 big blinds at that time. Duey Duong
However, both players checked. Ordonez showed his queens and his rival, apparently disoriented, threw his cards into the muck, giving up the hand and awarding Ordonez the pot of 3.200.000 chips. Immediately, the players pointed out the error to Duong and told him to show his cards, but they were already folded.
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«Interesting spot. Great FT. An experienced player mucks his hand without realizing the chop. No one says anything until he mucks and then everyone tells him to show his cards and I tell them they don’t have to get involved», Griener wrote.
In the tournament broadcast, Griener can be seen arguing with other players about whether or not they should get involved in the hand. «If a player mucks by accident, you shouldn’t tell him to show his cards. It’s a bit dirty», the player said. The debate continued for a few more minutes, until Duong ended up inevitably eliminated in 6° place.
Erick Ordonez, for his part, used the chips accumulated in this hand to move forward and reach the heads-up. Finally, Fausto Valdez
LAPC Commerce Classic
Buy-in: US$1.200
Entries: 1.444
Prize Pool: US$1.000.0000 GTD
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