Eric Sfez Gets One-Round Penalty
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The flop was reading 
and Hugo Felix had fired out a bet of 6,000 before Eric Sfez made it 18,200 behind him. Felix made the call to see the 
on the turn.
The Portuguese player now checked and Sfez fired out 18,200 a second time, Felix tanked and then made the call once more with only around 25,000 remaining.
The river was the 
- a seemingly blank card. Felix checked a final time and Sfez thought for a moment and counted out a sizeable clump of 1k and 5k chips that seemingly would be enough to cover Felix. Sfez lifted the stack of the chips and held them in midair and was about to put them on the felt when Felix shouted "Call!"
Instantly, Sfez moved his arm back and the dealer quickly called the floor for a ruling. The tournament director came over, and, having been informed of what occurred, announced to the table that Sfez would still have all his options since he did not put the bet on the table.
Sfez then opted to check behind and Felix quickly left the table, quite distraught at the ruling. The floor staff turned over the latter's hand - it was 
for a turned full house. Sfez held onto his cards while continuing to talk in French to the floor. A second tournament director came across and repeatedly reminded Sfez to either table or muck his hand, as he was now wasting time but Sfez continued to talk. The Frenchman was given a one-round penalty and told if he didn't stop arguing and give up his cards then it would be increased to a two-round penalty.
Finally, Sfez mucked his cards and Felix, who still hadn't returned to the table, was awarded the pot.