Floor Ruling Controversy
We joined the action as the floor was called. The flop 
had been dealt and the dealer had incorrectly pointed to one player who had checked and Shane Reihill had made a bet of 4,000. It then became clear that Craig McCorkell had not checked after all and Reihill put the chips back in his stack.
The first ruling the floor delivered was the McCorkell’s hand was declared dead, a penalty for not protecting his action, basically not paying attention. There was a mild uproar as McCorkell declared no way was his hand dead, he had been deciding what to do. The players insisted on a second opinion as they are entitled to.
The second ruling was different. McCorkell had forfeited the right to act on this round and Reihill’s bet would stand. Now Reihill objected, why should his bet stand when the dealer had indicated the action incorrectly? He felt he was being penalised. It was pointed out to him what did he think had happened before action had got to him?
A form of order was restored and McCorkell called the 4,000 bet from Reihill and it went to heads-up. The turn was the 
and with both players sure whose turn it was they both checked. The river 
was similarly checked. “Eight.” McCorkell said and turned over 
.