Following an investigation by the Nevada Gaming Commission and Harrah’s Entertainment, the origin of the 2.5 million spare chips that turned out in the last stages of the World Series of Poker 2006 Main Event will remain unknown.
The tournament had 8,773 participants who paid the $10,000 buy-in. This is equal to 87.73 million chips. Yet the final count of the chips in the tournament showed that there were actually 90.14 million chips.
The investigation could not determine the exact reason how the discrepancy occurred. It is only assumed that it must have been an accidental mistake.
Jerry Markling, the Gaming Commission's chief of enforcement, said they checked several angles to determine if there was any criminal involvement. Markling also commented that the mark-up would not have influenced the result of the tournament, which was won by Jamie Gold.
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