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Originally Posted by borg23
it will be funny if 2 people get eliminated on the last hand and there is no live match
Interesting, hadn't thought of this. I wonder if, should it get down to three people who are NOT playing at Rio or in Las Vegas, there would be some deal made that would somehow take it from three to one. That way, everyone would get their monies without the trouble of having to go to Vegas to play the final heads-up live. It's not hard to envision some scenarios in which this could be favorable — e.g. the final three players has one monster stack and two shorties.
Of course, there is a hazard: if done improperly, it could be construed as a form of collusion. Furthermore, there's always a chance the plan backfires, and one of the short stacks ends up sucking out. But in the latter case, the player might not mind because he will likely have tripled up to a decent stack.
Sure, the event will probably be large enough that the pay jump will be worth any travel costs to Vegas (especially since this is for in-state players only). But if the players worked out a deal first, the pay jumps get taken out of the equation.