A serious dealer error at the WSOP Paradise Main Event final table sparked controversy and is currently under investigation.
Australian losses due to error poker pro Daniel Nielson won an incredible 10 million chips in stocks, worth about $116,000.
The incident occurred during a three-handed match in which Nielson faced eventual champion Stanislav Zegal.
Nielson held AsKd but lost the flop to Zegal's KcQc. However, the dealer incorrectly told Nielson that Zegal's count was 48 million instead of his actual 38 million.
This miscalculation left Neilson with just 5.2 million chips instead of the 15.2 million he should have gotten after the hand.
Incredibly, everyone at the table and on the live stream didn't notice the error, even though the on-screen graphics showed Neilson the correct amount of tips to leave.
Neilson, who ultimately finished third, expressed his disappointment at what happened. He said he understands mistakes can happen, but he believes more procedures need to be in place to prevent such mistakes, especially at critical stages. high stakes tournaments like WSOP The main event of Paradise.
WSOP Secretary General Ty Stewart confirmed that an investigation into the incident is ongoing. But he also said Neilson was unlikely to receive financial compensation for the dealer's mistake.
Stewart said the official position in any tournament is that if all parties accept the action, there is no recourse after tournament play has ended. Harsh but true.
“The official position in any tournament is that if all parties accept the action, there is no recourse after tournament play has concluded.
“Any remedial action must be taken while the player is participating in the event. We, and to my knowledge no other operator in the world, will be able to retroactively claim ICM value or financial compensation in such situations. We are considering this issue thoroughly.”
As you can imagine, this mistake opened up the potential consequences of dealer mistakes in tournaments held around the world.
Dealers are generally very good, but sometimes mistakes happen, and in this case it actually turned out to be very costly.
This is not the first time a dealer error has occurred at a WSOP event. Similar incidents were reported at his WSOP Main Events in 2010 and 2019.
WSOP organizers acknowledged the unfortunate situation, but reiterated that they will review the procedures in place and consider what can be done to prevent mistakes like this from happening in the future.
Of course, it is expected that an organization like the WSOP would make a statement like this, but what can actually be done? Human error is always present in live poker, and reducing the risk of error to almost zero Any kind of double-checking to reduce it will slow down the game excessively.
Check out the hand below.
