WOW! How great is this??? I have a lot of respect for Andy, and I think this ruling (the first one) is absolutely ridiculous. When a player finds a marked card, they are right (IMO) to bend it and ensure it is taken out of play.
I'd love to see exactly what these "markings" look like, meaning if they were intentionally marked, or just randomly scuffed. It doesn't matter either way, of course, but I'm curious.
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Andy Bloch Takes a Time Out
After spotting a marked card, Andy Bloch makes the dealer fan out the deck in an effort expose any more possibly marked cards. Bloch then proceeds to go through the deck and bend all of the cards he believes to be marked. The floorman tells Andy, "Don't you dare do that again." Andy stands up in protest and gives the floor man a lashing for allowing a used deck to begin play in the H.O.R.S.E. event. The floorman warns Andy that if he doesn't calm down or if he bends anymore cards, Andy will be given a 10 minute penalty. Andy then tells the floor man, "Go ahead, give me a penalty...I'm going to call the Gaming Commission on you. You don't start a tournament with marked cards!" After expressing his concern, Andy wallks away from the table and takes his punishment like a man.
Annie Duke Not Given A Timeout
Annie Duke just found a marked 5 card on table 149. She proceeded to bend the corner and ask for a new setup. After hearing that Andy Bloch was given a penalty for it, she expressed her concern for how ridiculous it was to punish someone who had not dropped the F-bomb. She believes that the player has a right to take those marked cards out of play, otherwise the casino would just recycle them back into play.
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