World Series of Poker rocked by cheating scandal and unprecedented ruling

It is called “”The worst scandal in the history of the global poker chain. “ Last week, the “Millionaire Maker” event in the week 1500 was controversial when it was claimed that the best players participated in the chips scheme at the final header to secure an additional million dollars in the prize funds.
Jesse Yajinoma and James Carroll met the final schedule, with the winner ready to earn $ 1.26 million and Al Saeda second place in obtaining a million dollars-but here is the place where wrinkles come. This effectively means that if Carroll wins in the final table, the compact prizes will be $ 2.26 million, but if Yaginuma wins, the awards raised were $ 3.26 million.
Here, viewers began noting some amazing violations in the Carroll. Yaginuma is constantly raised, and re -equipped it undue, with Carole folded many hands. After that, there was one hand in one question where Carol Boy pairing the upper pair stirred, which led to the rumors that the couple may have placed an arrangement in the rear doors to ensure Yaginuma’s victory, and they will divide the bonus of one million dollars with permissible funds.
Although both players deny allegations that the global series of the poker made an unprecedented decision on Monday night.
The investigation of the WSOP 53 event has been completed.
We have concluded that in order to adhere to the integrity of the game and support our official WSOP championship rules, no winner will be recognized and no bracelet will be awarded to this year’s championship. residual… https://t.co/gil0ij9cwj
– WSOP – World Series of Poker (WSOP) July 1, 2025
This will be the first time in the history of the World Series of Poker series that has not been granted the winner bracelet due to fears related to fraud. However, the side promotion will continue to pay Yaginuma million dollars to win the event. Some poker events allow agreements between the players, but the global series of the poker is explicitly prohibited.
It is not clear what will happen next. There is no concrete evidence that the players have already colluded, and their actions did not affect the event in any way outside the first and second place. They did not deceive any other player from their situation, and this raises questions about whether it was right to lose their prize money.
There was also no decision if the players would be banned from the future WSOP events.