Hachem Confused By Ruling and Is Eliminated
Daniel Negreanu had just moved over to Joe Hachem's table and got to see a little bit of funkiness right when he got there. We jumped up from our media desk when we heard that the floor was being called over to Hachem's table. When we arrived, here's what we saw.
The flop of 
was in the middle and Hachem had a bet of 5,000 in front of him. His opponent tossed in the call and the two were about to go to the turn. Sounds simple, right? Not really.
The floor was standing by and we asked Negreanu what was going on. He was kind enough to tell us that Hachem's opponent had checked out of turn before Hachem bet. Then, when Hachem fired the 5,000, his opponent wanted to put in a raise, but the floor ruled that he wasn't allowed to. Instead, the player could only fold to the bet or call it. He opted to call.
Then the dealer placed the 
out on the turn and Hachem checked. His opponent shoved all in. Hachem had about 20,000 or so back and was really confused about the hand. "Now I don't know what the heck to do," he said looking at Negreanu, who gave a laugh, but understood how the ruling had affected Hachem's thought process now.
"I'm really trying to find a fold, but don't know if I can," said Hachem as he tanked.
Another minute or so passed before Hachem stood up and said, "I'm pretty sure I'm calling, I hit my card." He mumbled some more things that were going on in his head over the next minute or two before spiking in a stack to make the call. When he did, his opponent tabled the 
for trip eights. Hachem held the 
for kings and eights.
Needing a king on the river, Hachem couldn't find it when the 
fell and he was eliminated. Had Hachem's opponent been allowed to raise on the flop, Hachem most likely would have folded his hand and still have been alive in the tournament. While the ruling was made, both Negreanu and Hachem didn't seem to agree with it and claimed that the player should be allowed to raise.
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