Player Enters $125 Poker Tournament, Accidentally Gets Seated In $25K Buy-In, Knocks Out Top ProsAria Ends Up Disqualifying Player, Compensating Pros For Mistake |
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While the World Series of Poker was running the largest live event in poker history, Aria Resort and Casino on the Strip was hosting a $25,000 buy-in tournament that catered to some of the game’s top professionals. It just so happened that one of the “entrants” was seated by mistake after registering for a different, $125 buy-in daily tournament.
According to poker pro Justin Bonomo, it took a handful of hours before the mistake was noticed, and the player who got in for the huge discount actually ended up busting several players in the $25,000 buy-in.
One on of them was Thomas Marchese.
Fortunately, the player who wasn’t supposed to be there didn’t end up cashing.
7 hours into this $25k tourney and a player was just escorted out. He paid for the $125 tourney, got the wrong ticket, and kept quiet.
— Justin Bonomo (@JustinBonomo) May 30, 2015
When the mistake was noticed, the player was removed from the event, along with his chips, Bonomo said. The poker pro added that Aria compensated players for the mistake.
Looks like Aria is going to comp the players that busted to Mr. $125. Not the full $25k, but some real value (3-5kish). Very solid IMO.
— Justin Bonomo (@JustinBonomo) May 31, 2015
Max Silver ended up winning the tournament for a payout of $432,000. He beat Dong Kim heads-up. Jake Schindler finished third. The event drew more than 30 players.
Aria held a second $25,000 buy-in the following day, and that one was won by Andrew Lichtenberger who defeated Erik Seidel heads-up for $398,000.
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