When British poker player David Afework outlasted 2,088 players in the WPT500 event at partypoker on June 1 he banked a career-best $160,210, or so he thought. Afework was on cloud nine until partypoker and the World Poker Tour disqualified him after the $1 million guaranteed tournament concluded.
Afework, using the alias "Devplaza," took to the TwoPlusTwo forums to explain his plight in a threat titled "WPT 500 Event #24 Winner Disqualified — Help Me.