There is a lot of uninformed hysteria about this hand, especially Michael Carroll, who probably didn't bother reading the WSOP rules but kept babbling about "forward motion" when there is no such rule.
Here are the WSOP house rules at the Rio regarding string bets:
The dealer is responsible for calling a string bet. All players at the table are encouraged to assist in calling a string bet if a dealer fails to identify one. A string bet called by a player must be verified by a floor person.
In this case, the dealer did not deem it to be a string bet. Brandon Cantu and Carroll thought that forward motion constitutes a string bet and they called for the floor. The initial floor person talked about "cut and drop", i.e.,
a wager is not binding until the chips are actually released into the pot. The main WSOP TD, Jack Effel, also judged that the bet was not released into the pot. He then had a talk with Nikolay Losev after the hand. It's not an easy judgement call, but this is the same as what I would have done: unless there was evidence from the dealer or previous actions that the player was intentionally trying to angle-shoot and get a read off Cantu's reaction, I would rule that 1.5 million is the bet and warn the player not to do it again (under WSOP Rules #30 and #41).
In other words, I agree with the floor people Effel, K.F.,
"ColoradoSkiBum" and 13CARDS that it was not a string bet.
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Originally Posted by 13CARDS
Excellent thread with many excellent points on 2+2
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