Payman Pays Up
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Kaveh Payman was in the big blind, and he was on the phone as the table began to fold its way around to him. In late position, Toby Lewis open-shoved all in for 13,600, and the action came to Payman. He put his phone down for a minute, and Lewis asked the dealer that his hand be killed, since the rules prohibit talking on the phone during a hand. Payman insisted that his hand should play since he was not actually speaking on the phone while it was his turn. The floor came over and ruled that the hand would be live, but Payman would be given a one-hand penalty on the next hand. Payman instantly called Lewis' shove to put him at risk.
Showdown
Lewis: 
Payman: 
The flop was an exciting one as it came out 
to leave the outcome undecided with two cards to come. The turn, however, ended all the drama. The 
filled Lewis up to a full house, securing his double up and drawing a frustrated reaction from Payman. From the rail, his friend said, "What a f***in' goof..." Payman himself gave Lewis a long, uncomfortably mean stare, but the chips do the talking, and Lewis has twice as many now as he did just a moment ago. He's back to about 29,000, while Payman gets to take one hand off. He's still at about 47,000 and doing just fine.