It was a pleasant story again in September when then-unknown Francesco Garofalo took down the $25,000 buy-in World Series of Poker Online occasion, outlasting one of many hardest fields of the collection.
The undeniable fact that Garofalo, who was taking part in below the title ‘forzaitalia,’ might emerge from a loaded remaining 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.
As it seems, it was.
Garofalo has reportedly been disqualified and banned, along 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 Online collection, didn’t give a particular motive for Garofalo’s disqualification, however they did notify the victimized gamers of their extra prize cash.
“Please rest assured that the offending players have been permanently banned from playing on the GGPoker Network.”
The most affected participant was Brewer who needed to accept the $865,335 runner-up prize. Although 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 acquired the distinction between 2nd to 1st. But I don’t get the bracelet, fairly pleased both manner
— Chris Brewer (@Chris_D_Brewer) November 4, 2024
