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Originally Posted by madlex
That won’t happen at a TV event because players aren’t dumb enough to do that. And if somebody tried it anyway, the WPT would tell them to stop or they won’t be allowed to participate in future events.
I wouldn't have thought players were dumb enough to do this even on non-televised stops at major tours like WPT. And like you said, WPT should have told them to stop it on this occasion.
Does WSOP alter it rules for tournaments that aren't televised on EPSN? Would Effel allow an obvious chip dumped bracelet so long as it's not steamed on Poker Central? I doubt it.
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Originally Posted by madlex
You still didn’t address p2ryan’s question: what should the WPT do if one of the players decides to leave and get blinded out? If there’s no rule against that, it would be hard to punish someone for chip dumping HU.
That's a false equivalency. Leaving the table and being blinded away is not the same as chip dumping a Title/Trophy to a more than 2-1 chip dog. One is clearly against the rules, the other is not.
However, I do agree that if WPT determined that you walked away from your stack when heads up at final table as a way to chip dump and throw the title/trophy, then WPT should be able to apply same recourse, no future events etc.
Major tours like WPT, WSOP, etc. are not being unreasonable to expect good faith participation in their events and more specifically good faith participation in the final tables. They are putting a lot of money into the production of these events for television broadcast. They shouldn't have to be concerned about cheating, yes cheating, occurring at the final table. They have every right to expect honest and fair play to determine the winner.
Truthfully I don't blame the WPT so much here as I fault Mike Leah for making a chop conditional on chip dumping him the title from a 2.3:1 chip dog.
Is there no sense of ethics or integrity in Mike Leah that his counter-offer for a prize pool money chop included chip dumping the Title to him? Was there no inner voice that said to him "Uh no we can't do that"? I would've thought a "pro" like Mike Leah would've had the character to realize money chops are one things, but dumping the title/trophy shouldn't be a part of that.