No Bracelet Awarded to Milly Maker Winner Following Alleged Chip Dumping Scandal

Jesse Yaginuma and James Carroll, alleged to have participated in a chip-dumping scheme, will obtain their seven-figure payouts from the World Sequence of Poker (WSOP). However the winner will not take dwelling the gold bracelet, per a tweet.

The poker execs with over $9 million in mixed stay event cashes had been accused of colluding throughout heads-up play within the $1,500 buy-in Millionaire Maker occasion to permit Yaginuma, who stood to win an additional $1 million from ClubWPT Gold, to win the bracelet. Poker gamers instantly cried foul on social media, pointing to quite a few questionable palms that led many to imagine chip dumping occurred.

WSOP Reveals Determination

Yaginuma overcame a 9-1 chip deficit in the beginning of heads-up play within the Millionaire Maker, a event with 11,996 entrants. He was set to gather $1,255,180 for first place and the added $1 million from ClubWPT Gold, a prize nobody else on the closing desk might declare.

Carroll, the runner-up, anticipated being paid $1,012,320 for second place. However the funds and the gold bracelet had been placed on maintain whereas the WSOP investigated chip-dumping allegations. That investigation has concluded, and the WSOP has revealed its choice.

“The investigation into WSOP Occasion 53 has been accomplished.

We’ve concluded that with a purpose to uphold the integrity of the sport and to uphold our official WSOP Event Guidelines, no winner might be acknowledged and no bracelet might be awarded for this yr’s event. The remaining prize pool might be cut up between the ultimate two gamers,” the WSOP tweeted.

Yaginuma would have gained his fourth bracelet, however first in a stay occasion. He is would have earned bracelets in 4 consecutive years and has over $3.9 million in stay event cashes, in line with The Hendon Mob. It is unclear what deal, if any, was organized between the ultimate two gamers within the Millionaire Maker occasion. However the prize pool, as paid out by the WSOP, might be cut up between Yaginuma and Carroll.

Yaginuma, as PokerNews reported on Friday, will obtain the $1 million bonus test from ClubWPT Gold. He’s the second contest winner this summer time to go on to win a qualifying WSOP occasion for the seven-figure prize. Michael Lavin claimed the jackpot by profitable WSOP Occasion #20: $1,500 No-Restrict Maintain’em SHOOTOUT for $267,373 — a complete of $1,267,373.

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