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PT“forzaitalia” Gets Stripped Of WSOP Online GGMillion$ SHR Title
Summary:
- Francesco Garofalo made headlines when he won the $25,000 buy-in WSOP Online event in September.
- He then went against all odds and defeated one of the series’ toughest fields.
- GGPoker has now decided to disqualify the winner and redistribute his million-dollar prize among other participants.
Back in September, then-unknown Francesco Garofalo made headlines by winning the $25k WSOP Online GGMillion$ Super High Roller Championship, defeating one of the toughest fields in the series.
Playing as “forzaitalia”, the Italian managed to outlast high-stakes poker regulars like German Ole Schemion ($20,830,430 in total live earnings), Czech player Roman Hrabec ($9,721,580 total live earnings), Spain’s Adrian Mateos ($50,856,041 total live earnings), Bulgarian Dimitar Danchev ($8,944,177 total live earnings), British Patrick Leonard ($3,252,482 total live earnings), American Bryn Kenney ($67,015,916 total live earnings), and Eugene, OR resident Chris Brewer ($24,190,459 total live earnings), making his victory seem almost too good to be true.
According to the latest developments, it appears his victory at the WSOP Online Super High Roller 2024 was too good to be true.
Garofalo, Disqualified and Banned
Garofalo has reportedly been disqualified and banned, with his $1.1 million first-place prize confiscated and redistributed among the other players who finished in the money.
GGPoker, the platform hosting the WSOP Online series, didn’t specify why Garofalo was disqualified but informed the impacted players of their increased payouts.
Please rest assured that the offending players have been permanently banned from playing on the GGPoker Network
Hefty Compensations for Players
The biggest beneficiary was Chris Brewer, who initially took second and received an extra $256,866, bringing his total to $1,122,201, though he missed out on the bracelet.
Kenney, who initially finished third, received an additional $198,070, raising his total payout to $865,335.
Then-forth ranked Leonard also shared on his X account that GGPoker had credited his account with $152,733 due to violations of the room rules by another player.
The former PartyPoker Ambassador commented on the unexpected payout adjustment, saying
