Nick,
I think you should follow the Question below, it is very similar to your situation.
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A new one for me!
« on: February 21, 2010, 04:09:35 am »
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In my last charity tournament, I was faces with two tough calls, wouldn't mind hearing opinions.
For about 10 minutes into play after a break, a player sat down at the wrong chip stack and was playing and winning. The rightful player showed up the that seat card, and I was called over for a ruling. The player had added 4,000 chips to the stack, and the table had 7 players plus him. (I knew the exact chip count as the rightful player had it written on his receipt)
The player that sat in the wrong seat had paid some blinds in his rightful stack. There was no way for me to discern which players were beat out of what amount from the wrong player.
What do you do? How do you rule?
Check it out. There are some really good suggestions.