Lost in Translation

Earlier in the day, we heard a dispute developing between Ilan Boujenah and the tournament staff, concerning his use of a foreign language at the table.

While a player speaking in a language other than English is prohibited by WSOP rules, this prohibition applies only to players involved in a hand. When a player has mucked his cards, they are technically free to use their native language if they so desire. This issue became a controversy earlier in the summer, but those in a position to do so ruled that non-English speaking is permissible when a player is not involved in the hand.

Unfortunately for Boujenah, who is a highly regarded figure on the European tournament circuit with several notable performances to his credit, a slight failure to communicate this issue may have cost him his chance to compete in today's ante-only tournament.

After being warned several times to refrain from non-English speaking at all times, even when he had already mucked his cards, Bojenah became visibly frustrated with what he believed to be an erroneous ruling. Although the issue was eventually sorted out, Bojenah had already succumbed to the tilting effects of the disagreement, losing the rest of his 10,000 stack shortly after receiving his last verbal warning.

According to Bojenah, he got it all in with on a jack-high board, but his opponent rolled over to eliminate him from the tournament.

"It's partly my fault, you know," Bojenah told us. "I didn't sleep enough last night, but if I was thinking about the hand and not the language issue, I most likely get away from it."

Despite his rough day here in the ante-only event, Bojenah still plans to spend his summer here at the WSOP, telling us that he will be playing "probably, like, all" of the remaining schedule.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Ilan Boujenah	Eliminado