WSOP Circuit Main Event Shock: Player Eliminated in Chopped Pot

In a shocking turn of events, Pierre Kauert was eliminated from the WSOP Circuit Main Event at King's Casino in the Czech Republic. The incident occurred during a heads-up chopped pot, where the pot was at 2.2 million chips and the total chips in play was around 35 million.

The flop came down Ah Qc 6s and the turn was Jd which gave both players a pair, with Lupo's kicker being superior. The river was the 6d which paired the board but nobody noticed it was a chopped pot. The incident was caught on video by a poker fan on Twitter, but it was quickly removed from the live-stream feed on YouTube.

Matt Savage, World Poker Tour's Executive Tour Director, explained that it falls under player and dealer responsibility and cannot be changed now. "It does fall under player and dealer responsibility and cannot really do anything about it at this point. If it wasn’t live streamed it would never have been realized and so we just move on." Even the commentators missed the error, shockingly as the “split” was showing on the screen. Kauert went on to collect his winnings of €58,350.