Souther Penalized
William Reynolds raised to 90,000 from middle position, and Jared Kenworthy called two seats over. On the button, Will Souther squeezed in a raise to 250,000, but the action wasn't done yet. From the big blind, Casey Hayes came over the top with another raise, sliding 600,000 chips across the imaginary betting line. That folded Reynolds and Kenworthy rather quickly, sending the decision back to Souther. He announced the call, then exposed his . The only problem for The Monkey, though, was that Hayes still had 620,000 chips in front of him.
"Well, you might have just saved me the rest of my chips," Hayes said, a note of cheer in his voice. The dealer put out a flop of , and Hayes just mucked. Souther was furious with himself as the dealer pushed him the pot, and it would only get worse. The floorman was forced to give him a one-round penalty, and you could almost see a trail of smoke coming from his ears as he stormed out of the room.