Clock Nearly Running Out on Hamnett

David Salituro

Level 16 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Around 150,000 was already in the middle as Benjamin Hamnett and Mustafa Ercan went to a flop of Q?6?8?. Hamnett then bet 100,000 from the button and Ercan called under the gun.

The turn was the 3? and Ercan moved all in for 260,000. Several minutes went off the clock as Hamnett agonized over the decision. Nuri Hadioglu eventually called time and a tournament official arrived to put Hamnett on a 30-second countdown.

The timer had nearly reached zero when Hamnett put in the chips. Ercan showed A?A? and Hamnett began pushing him the chips before turning over K?K?.

The Q? river sealed Ercan's double up in the massive pot as Hamnett handed over most of his stack. "I thought I was folding the entire time," Hamnett said.