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Originally Posted by 12bigworm81
WPT has allowed chops for the past 15 years I've played in their tournaments. I would wager a guess over 75% of their tournaments aren't played without an agreement before the last chip is won. Therefore: Chopped. Big Deal.
You can chop the money prizes in a tournament and still play it out to fairly determine the champion.
Clearly that wasn't what was done here. The play was deliberately manipulated to make Leah the champion, and give him the perks and POY points associated with this position.
If this was just about the money, why not agree to a distribution of the prize pool and still play the tournament out for the trophy?
It was obviously an effort by Leah and his opponet to collude to give Leah the trophy and POY points. This. denies equity to everyone else competing for the POY title. I don't care about how players distribute money amongst themselves. But you absolutely cannot permit collusion over POY points.