Champ: Turmoil on Table Eight

$2,500 + $200 Championship Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

Trouble on table eight:

On the turn, the board read K♦J♦8♦T♣.  The player in seat 9 moved all-in.  Barry Leventhal, who was on his right in seat 8, tanked for a couple of minutes.

"To show the table he was not wasting time" according to Barry, he flashed his J♥J♠ to the rest of the table, but in a way seat 9 could not see it. [After the hand was over, Barry was given a warning for exposing his hand with action pending.]

His opponent apparently thought Barry was folding and turned his A♥A♣ face up.

Barry then called the all-in, having a set and having his opponent drawing to two outs, needing an Ace on the river to survive.

The floor got involved because some at the table thought Barry's hand should be dead.  Barry insisted he was just showing his cards to the table, not to his opponent.  "I'm not Mike D -- I don't do that" he insisted.

From Tournament Director's Association Rules 2011 Version 2.0:

52: Exposing Cards
A player who exposes his cards with action pending may incur a penalty, but will not have a dead hand. The penalty will begin at the end of the hand.

Barry's hand was live and he was ahead with a set of Jacks.  Seat 9's hand is also live, despite also being exposed with action pending.

River was the 6♥.  Barry had his opponent covered and he was busted. Barry's up to ~60k.