Calls for Jack Effel to Step Down While Others Offer Their Support
WSOP Vice President Jack Effel is coming under increasing pressure to step down following a weekend blunder that has everyone in the poker world talking.
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On Day 7, with 11 players remaining, Dario Sammartino raised to 1.7 million chips with his pocket 10s. Nick Marchington then went all in for 22.2 million with his pocket Queens.
But when Sammartino asked for the dealer to count Marchington’s chips to see if he wanted to call the bet, she mistakenly announced it was 17.2 million. Sammartino had called that bet and put in the chips to match it.
When the dealer realized the error, she called over officials to discuss what happened and the hand moved ahead. Sammartino began arguing that it wasn’t fair and that he might have acted differently if he knew it was five million chips more in the pot.
WSOP VP Jack Effel then appeared at the table and pointed to a rule that forced Sammartino to match the 22.3 million chips:
Poker is a game of alert, continuous observation. It is the caller’s responsibility to determine the correct amount of an opponent’s bet before calling, regardless of what is stated by the dealer or participants. If a caller requests a count but receives incorrect information from the dealer or participants, then places that amount in the pot, the caller is assumed to accept the full correct action & is subject to the correct wager or all-in amount.
Special Sunday investigative breakdown of the incident that took place during the WSOP Main Event w/ 11 players left between Dario Sammartino, Jack Effel & Nick Marchington.
— Joey Ingram (@Joeingram1) July 14, 2019
I took a deeper look at what took place & comments made by WSOP VP Jack Effel. https://t.co/uRl2EdDcBg pic.twitter.com/lAitVWYmqI
Effel said: "If you're calling 17.... you're calling 22!!!"
Here were just some of the tweets that followed:
Jack Effel needs to revaluate the way he speaks to the customers who in turn pay for his paycheck
— Rob (@rob_80_) July 15, 2019
So sick on Sammartino there, Jack Effel was way out of line saying that #WSOP
— Damien (@WilliamsonnD) July 13, 2019
But not everyone was hating on Jack.
Well said. We all know how tired we are. Imagine how much more jack Effel is. He’s been working months before the wsop even started up to 20 hours a day 7 days a week. He does a heck of a job. Thanks Jack. https://t.co/M1hhqEax0b
— Todd Brunson (@ToddBrunson) July 15, 2019
Well, he has one supporter at least. - Ace King, Gambling911.com
