Hoang limped preflop and Munnoz checked his option.
On a flop of , Munoz bet 12,000 and Hoang called.
The turn came . Munoz bet again, this time for 24,000 and once more received a call.
The was the and that’s when the action really kicked off. Munoz put Hoang in the blender with a huge bet off 300,000.
Hoang tried some talk: “I think you have an eight… I have a king… will you show?”. Munoz replied in the affirmative. With a pained Hoang still cogitating, Munoz called the clock. And just as the 30 seconds ticked down to zero, Hoang made the call.
Or at least he thought he had. The floor ruled that Hoang was in fact just outside the allotted time. His hand was declared dead and the pot pushed to Munoz. Hoang briefly protested, insisting that he called inside the 30 seconds — but quickly realised he would not change the floorperson’s mind and accepted the decision.
