Two days after the final table Gold went on the rounders show
Podcast Here . He mentioned Leyster. Calls him a wonderful friend, talks about the wonderful celebrities he helped recruit for team bodog.
He says that Bodog was going to pay for his (Gold's) entry for recruiting the celebrities and he wanted Bodog to give the entry to Leyster and he was going to buy his own way in. Bodog wouldn't do that because they had a relationship with him (Gold) and also understood that he was a great poker player, like Kobe coming out of highschool and that he had a legitimate chance to win this thing.
Keep in mind this is what he said after winning. For me that suggests several things. One: In light of what we've heard now, it seems plausible that Gold said to Leyster, hey, they insist I play the seat although I've tried to get them to give it to you, so I'll play it, but you can have half of my action.
Two: him talking about his ligitimate shot to win makes it awfully hard for him to argue that the terms of the deal was something like half up to a certain amount, not half of 12 million.
--Zetack