Neilson and Soshnikov Play an Interesting One

From under the gun, Ivan Soshnikov opened with a raise to 1,025. Action then folded to Daniel Neilson in the cutoff seat, and he verbally announced a raise. After the announcement, Neilson first put out just one red T1,000 chip, then one green T25 chip before he thought about what to raise to. This brought up a question from some of the players as to whether or not Neilson was constricted to raising only the minimum to 1,650 or open to raise to whatever he wanted.

After some discussion, a member of the floor staff was called over for a ruling. The situation was explained, and it was ruled that because Neilson only placed out a single T1,000 chip first, he had to raise the minimum to 1,650. Neilson was informed that had he placed out exactly 1,025 to first call Soshnikov's raise, he could then raise to whatever he liked.

Neilson requested a second ruling from another member of the floor staff, but the same ruling was given.

With Neilson's reraise standing at 1,650, Govert Metaal was then up on the button. He called and play folded back to Soshnikov, who also called.

The flop came down , and Soshnikov led with a bet of 1,300. Neilson put in a raise to 4,400, and Metaal ducked out of the way. Soshnikov fired back with a reraise to 13,000, but then Neilson moved all in for right around 22,000. Soshnikov quickly folded, and Neilson won the pot.