Probe Into Possible Collusion in WSOP Millionaire Maker Event
The World Series of Poker is reportedly investigating an event that took place Wednesday for possible collusion.
Doug Greenberg of ESPN writes:
Going into heads-up play at Wednesday night's final table of bracelet Event 53, James Carroll commandingly led Jesse Yaginuma with a 9-1 chip lead. Yaginuma completed the comeback to win the event, taking home $1.26 million. Carroll earned $1 million for second place.
A comeback of that kind isn't out of the question, but the manner in which the chips exchanged hands raised questions.
Many of the hands won by Yaginuma came in the form of raises or reraises that were continually not contested by Carroll. A number of poker pros viewing the live stream suspected chip dumping.
Chip dumping is where one player intentionally loses chips to another player, usually to gain an unfair advantage.
WSOP's official rule regarding player collusion states the following: "Collusion is defined as any agreement between or among two (2) or more Participants to engage in illegal or unethical acts against other Participants. Collusion includes, but is not limited to, acts such as: chip dumping; soft play; sharing card information with another Participant; sending or receiving signals from or to another Participant; the use of electronic communication with the intent to facilitate collusion; and any other act that Host Properties deem inappropriate. 1. Chip dumping is defined as any agreement between or among two (2) or more Participants for one or more of the Participants to bet chips with the intent of increasing another Participant's stack".
The WSOP opted to initiate a probe into the accusations on Wednesday.
"Last night, we were made aware of a potential breach of the official WSOP Tournament Rules during heads up play in Event 53. An investigation is underway. At this time, 1st and 2nd place have not been confirmed and neither the prize money nor the bracelet have been officially awarded."
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