“A giant panda has been ejected from the WSOP Main Eventfinal table. I repeat: a giant panda has been ejected from the WSOP Main Event final table.” Those were the words of Matt All In At 420Stout around 1:30am Eastern Time on Tuesday morning, as Jay Farber‘s panda mascot has been escorted out of the Penn and Teller Theater at the Rio in Las Vegas. Now we’re talking!

PokerNews detailed, “It must be told, a giant panda has been ejected from the WSOP Main Event. #FreeThePanda Truly #pandemonium.” 888 posted a picture of the panda being led out of the massive auditorium at the off-Strip casino. Play has been six-handed for quite some time now, leaving the panda’s DQ as quite an exciting event.

We’ll let PokerNews describe what happened to the panda: “As soon as the hand was done, one of Jay Farber’s railbirds – dressed as a panda – sprinted across the final table stage! The panda tumbled to the crowd and was promptly grabbed by secured and ushered out of the Penn & Teller Theater to the chants of ‘Nah, nah, nah, nah! Hey, hey, hey! Goodbye!'” Oh yeah, the hand was a walk not involving Farber, although the VIP host had eclipsed the 50 million mark shortly before.

On the TV broadcast, the crowd sounded as if it were in a state of mass hysteria, although no mention of the incident was given. Signing was barely audible.

Farber and Ryan Riess have sat atop the WSOP Main Event field for some time now, with the other four players trailing. In fact, Farber and Riess had about 110 million in chips combined, while the rest of the pack had about 75 million combined.

No word if there’s a backup panda on standby. Oh wait, according to Jessica Welman, a backup panda has already been called in. Classic.

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