I had an interesting situation today in one of our tournaments.
242 players, top 20 got paid.
One player was verbally abusing another player about not wanting to do a 20 way chop, and I gave the table a warning about harassing the player that didn't want to chop.
As we lose the 12th and 11th place to get to the final table, the same player that was harassing the player who didn't want to chop, verbally harasses the player in 11th. As I had already given a warning, and the offending player dropped several F-bombs, I issued him a 1 round penalty as we got to the final table.
My question, is would you allow this player to talk about a 10-way chop with the players remaining, or make him serve his penalty first ?
I made the player serve his 1 round penalty first, just curious as to other's thoughts on the situation.