hi folks i'll chime in also, I believe these matters are another "at the mercy of the TD" situations, we see so many situations at the WSOP simply because it is so heavily televised. Are they decisions correct, well most of the time they are, do mistakes get made, of course they do, everyone is infallible, everyone makes mistakes, and it's only by forums such as this we can learn from those mistakes or correct decisions in order to improve our own decisions in future.
Some decisions are always clear cut, they require little information to formulate a decision, other decisions require lots of information, "who what when where and why" and sometimes that information is conflicting or inaccurate, which is why we exist, there is always going to be decisions that are controversial, draconian or just sheer incorrect.
Interesting second scenario with the countdown DCJ001, Until I refreshed my reading on calling a clock rules I would of said that yeh, he had called in time, but now I have read my own, the WSOP, and FIDPA rules I believe the floor was correct, it states in the WSOP rule "If a player has not acted on his hand by the time the countdown is over, the hand will be dead,"by the book the countdown is, indeed over when the floor verbally announces "one" at which point and not after the countdown is indeed over, so the hand is indeed dead, by the book, but that's just my opinion (which was only formed today!)
Best Regards
Stuart