It was a pleasant story again in September when then-unknown Francesco Garofalo took down the $25,000 buy-in World Sequence of Poker On-line occasion, outlasting one of many hardest fields of the collection.
The truth that Garofalo, who was taking part in below the identify ‘forzaitalia,’ might emerge from a loaded last desk that included the likes of high-stakes regulars Ole Schemion, Roman Hrabec, Adrian Mateos, Dimitar Danchev, Patrick Leonard, Bryn Kenney, and Chris Brewer felt virtually too good to be true.
Because it seems, it was.
Garofalo has reportedly been disqualified and banned, together with his $1.1 million first-place prize confiscated and redistributed to everybody else who made the cash.
GGPoker, the positioning that performed host to the worldwide WSOP On-line collection, didn’t give a particular cause for Garofalo’s disqualification, however they did notify the victimized gamers of their extra prize cash.
“Please relaxation assured that the offending gamers have been completely banned from taking part in on the GGPoker Community.”
Probably the most affected participant was Brewer who needed to accept the $865,335 runner-up prize. Though shifting up one spot was value $256,866 in extra payout, he didn’t get the bracelet.
Kenney, who initially took third, added one other $198,070 to his $667,265 payout.
Wow simply woke as much as this. I feel my greatest safety refund beforehand was at most $2k.
It’s a good looking day to have a good looking day I assume! pic.twitter.com/knZW5ADOMW
— Patrick Leonard (@padspoker) November 4, 2024
I obtained the distinction between 2nd to 1st. However I don’t get the bracelet, fairly comfortable both manner
— Chris Brewer (@Chris_D_Brewer) November 4, 2024
