The World Series of Poker is investigating the winner and runner-up in its $1,500 Millionaire Maker event that concluded on Wednesday in Las Vegas.
Going into heads-up play at Wednesday night’s final table of bracelet Event 53, James Carroll commandingly led Jesse Yaginuma with a 9-1 chip lead. Yaginuma completed the comeback to win the event, taking home $1.26 million. Carroll earned $1 million for second place.
A comeback of that kind isn’t out of the question, but the manner in which the chips exchanged hands raised questions. Many of the hands won by Yaginuma came in the form of raises or reraises that were continually not contested by Carroll.
