I still believe that since ...
1) Heads Up ("
There was no collusion, No collusion" DJT )
2) MTTs are player funded and nothing like any other sport or sporting event that has been mentioned above.
3) WPT Final table was NOT being taped (if being taped, the way they handled the chop would have caused serious damage to WPT and Fallsview who both would have invested ALOT of money in production costs )
... they had every right to do anything they wanted with the prize pool, title, TOC seat and anything else. They also obviously felt they had this right given they were fully transparent.
Deals are agreed upon in MTTs everyday and everywhere that impact the eventual winner. Does anyone honestly believe this is the first time a final table deal has impacted POY boards for WPT, WSOP, WSOPc ? Whether you think this is right or wrong, you'd have to agree it is currently part of the game and normalized.
p.s. Entertaining write up on all of this
https://calvinayre.com/2018/02/15/poker/no-wpt-tragedy-king-leah-just-deals-chip-dumps-drama/
Last edited by PTLou; 02-15-2018 at 04:07 AM.