Gaelle Baumann Deprived of Being Part of WSOP ‘October Nine’ Due to Bonehead Move
The excitement overnight could not have been overstated as two females were vying for a spot among the World Series of Poker Final Table. No woman has made the Final Table in 17 years since Barbara Enright in 1995.
Norway amateur Elisabeth Hille dropped out in 11th place, leaving only Frenchwoman Gaelle Baumann. But a bad call may have deprived Ms. Baumann from making the so-called “October Nine”.
A floor person it seems made a questionable call. From 4Flush.com:
During an earlier hand, Koroknai mistakenly mucked his hand after shoving all of his chips into a pot. After realizing his mistake, and seeing that there was indeed another player remaining in the hand, Koronai yanked one of his cards back, since the other card was unrecoverable.
A floor person, after much deliberation, decided that Koroknai would lose only $60k of his chips, the amount that Gaelle Baumann min-raised preflop.
The damning part of that situation you ask? Gaelle Baumann reportedly flashed pocket Kings to one of the players seated next to her. It could’ve been a very big turning point and quite possibly would’ve ended with Baumann doubling up at a very critical day in the tournament and sent Koroknai to the rail.
Seat 1: Russell Thomas – Hartford, CT (24,800,000 in chips)
Seat 2: Jacob Balsiger – Tempe, AZ (13,115,000 in chips)
Seat 3: Jeremy Ausmus – Las Vegas, NV (9,805,000 in chips)
Seat 4: Steven Gee – Sacramento, CA (16,860,000 in chips)
Seat 5: Greg Merson – Laurel, MD (28,725,000 in chips)
Seat 6: Jesse Sylvia – West Tisbury, MA (43,875,000 in chips)
Seat 7: Robert Salaburu – San Antonio, TX (15,155,000 in chips)
Seat 8: Andras Koroknai – Debrecen, Hungary (29,375,000 in chips)
Seat 9: Michael Esposito – Seaford, NY (16,260,000 in chips)
- Ace King, Gambling911.com
