Mike Sexton was sitting on 258K when this somewhat controversial hand happened. Ilan Charlot Boujenah opened the pot to 55K from the under-the-gun position. Sexton went ahead and pushed his stack forward, 258K high. When everybody folded back to Boujenah, he moved his cards forward, and then realized the all-in stack was much smaller than he thought, so he put his hand back on the cards, which were still very close to him, untouched by the dealer.
When the floor arrived to the table, the situation was explained to him, and they started trying to re-enact the movement to figure out whether it was substantial enough to rule it as a fold. It was finally decided that Boujenah would be allowed to play the hand, his cards being easily retrievable and the forward movement having been too subtle. Boujenah called. The whole time, Mike Sexton – always the gentleman – remained unperturbed. When the floor explained the ruling to him, he waived and assured him that he had no problem with it.
Mike Sexton:
Ilan Charlot Boujenah:
The board came
. Sexton doubles up to about 600K.