Ten days ago, PocketFives brought you an article about a poker tournament at Hialeah Park in Florida that was marred by a possible chip controversy and other alleged wrongdoings. On Day 2, players noticed that the total number of chips seemed off. On top of that, no rebuy receipts were reportedly given and the results of the event could not be found.

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Last week, the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation notified the Sun-Sentinelnewspaper that the state’s Division of Pari-Mutuel Wagering is “aware of the potential issue with a Hialeah Poker tournament and is gathering information.”

Hialeah Park told the Florida newspaper, “Hialeah Park Management became aware of the alleged incident through social media. An internal investigation of the matter found no evidence of any discrepancies in the manner in which the poker tournament was conducted nor any wrongdoing on the part of any of the poker staff.”

Interestingly, Florida officials would not say how they were informed that anything was awry at Hialeah Park in the first place. As the Sun-Sentinel put it, “Poker players contacted the Sun-Sentinel immediately after the tournament and posted detailed complaints and accusations on poker websites about the tournament, but none said they filed anything formally with the state.”

According to a poster on Two Plus Two and as outlined in our original article, “The structure sheet was not posted online nor was it freely available in the poker room. It was posted at the tournament podium where players went to register. This podium was where buy-ins were exchanged instead of the cashier’s cage, which had no sign (for the tournament).”

The same poster alleged that some entrants were let into the tournament for free in exchange for a cut of their winnings. As far as the issue with rebuys went, the same poster explained, “A lot of players who busted could reenter the tournament by staying in their seat and handing over their reentry money to a floor person, who would not give them a receipt unless the player asked for one. How easy would it be to skim money this way?”

In case you’re wondering, Hialeah Park isn’t some hole-in-the-wall casino. The Sun-Sentinel said it was the “most lucrative” in Miami-Dade County, raking in over $8.3 million in the most recent fiscal year. It has 33 tables after undergoing an expansion earlier this year and opened in September 2013.

The tournament in question ran in late August and had a $250 buy-in with a $200,000 guarantee.

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