Gaelle Baumann Deprived of Being Part of WSOP ‘October Nine’ Due to Bonehead Move

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The excitement overnight could not have been overstated as two females were vying for a spot among the World Series of Poker Final Table.  No woman has made the Final Table in 17 years since Barbara Enright in 1995.

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Norway amateur Elisabeth Hille dropped out in 11th place, leaving only Frenchwoman Gaelle Baumann.  But a bad call may have deprived Ms. Baumann from making the so-called “October Nine”.

A floor person it seems made a questionable call.  From 4Flush.com: 

During an earlier hand, Koroknai mistakenly mucked his hand after shoving all of his chips into a pot. After realizing his mistake, and seeing that there was indeed another player remaining in the hand, Koronai yanked one of his cards back, since the other card was unrecoverable.

A floor person, after much deliberation, decided that Koroknai would lose only $60k of his chips, the amount that Gaelle Baumann min-raised preflop.

The damning part of that situation you ask? Gaelle Baumann reportedly flashed pocket Kings to one of the players seated next to her. It could’ve been a very big turning point and quite possibly would’ve ended with Baumann doubling up at a very critical day in the tournament and sent Koroknai to the rail.

 

Seat 1:  Russell Thomas – Hartford, CT (24,800,000 in chips)
Seat 2:  Jacob Balsiger – Tempe, AZ (13,115,000 in chips)
Seat 3:  Jeremy Ausmus – Las Vegas, NV (9,805,000 in chips)
Seat 4:  Steven Gee – Sacramento, CA (16,860,000 in chips)
Seat 5:  Greg Merson – Laurel, MD (28,725,000 in chips)
Seat 6:  Jesse Sylvia – West Tisbury, MA (43,875,000 in chips)
Seat 7:  Robert Salaburu – San Antonio, TX (15,155,000 in chips)
Seat 8:  Andras Koroknai – Debrecen, Hungary (29,375,000 in chips)
Seat 9:  Michael Esposito – Seaford, NY (16,260,000 in chips)

- Ace King, Gambling911.com

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