Any corrective action would need to take place while the player remains in the event. The official position in any tournament is that if action was accepted by all parties there would be no recourse once tournament play has concluded. Neilson was eliminated from the final table in 3rd place and collected $900,000. The error wasn’t noticed even by the officials and was only confirmed when the live stream was reviewed. As a result, he was left with 5.2 million in chips when he should have had 15.2 million in chips. One of the players that made it to the final table was Daniel Neilson who lost a big pot to Stanislav Zegal who would go on to win the Main Event, collect $2 million and a customized WSOP bracelet.Ī dealer error happened when Neilson lost the post as the dealer miscalculated the pot and counted 38 million in chips instead of 48 million which resulted in Neilson paying an extra 10 million in chips. The error took place in the WSOP Paradise Main Event which had a $5,300 buy-in.
The inaugural edition of the 2023 WSOP Paradise tournament in the Bahamas turned out to be quite the success for the operator but for one incident that has ended up costing Aussie poker player over $160,000 in equity.
