I think that after the four-way chop, Matthew Lapossie of London and American Dylan Wilkerson still played it out for the official championship. Matthew won, so he gets the Fallsview trophy, WPT Championship entry and his name etched on the WPT Champions Cup. 4-way chop sounds weird to me for a WPT Main Event.
Event #2 was also weird, with US pro Pratyush Buddiga, a former Spelling Bee champion, being the short stack. Since Fallsview doesn't officially allow deals, the last three players had to leave the final table area, just like satellite players wanting to negotiate a deal were told to leave the poker room. I watched the three of them negotiating, and wondered why nobody bothered to use an ICM calculator as a basis for negotiation; I could have let them use mine!
Pratyush and the two Fallsview regs, Neal Thornton of Burlington and Bo Wang of Scarborough, agreed to a 3-way chop with him and Bo getting the same while chip leader Neal got more. Then they all kept going all-in! He kept winning the all-ins by pure luck, so officially got the trophy and gimmick cheque showing C$243,714, but actually pocketed much less. Since Fallsview doesn't allow ANY photos in the huge ballrooms, :rolleyes: I didn't see any photos being taken of any of the finalists. The Fallsview trophy was left behind an unattended desk, and anybody could have taken it! Since Fallsview has event conflicts, he hurried back to late register for the Main Event.
Just like jontm, I see none of this mentioned in the WPT, Bluff, HendonMob, GPI, CanadaPoker or any other websites that I've seen. :bs: If jontm wants to hear about Event #1 or more details, contact me.
SteveKerr;370004 wroteIn the $5k Main Event chop. What happened to the added championship seat, that will be held at Borgata in May?