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My guess would be that if there was a deal, it was to chop first and second place money (about $155,000 each) and play for the bracelet. Mention of a possible deal was made when they were fairly even in chips. These two know each other well and have for many years. The bracelet was probably important to them both...it was Eli's first and would have been Scotty's 5th, and there are only 14 living players who have won 5 or more, so Scotty would have joined some elite company had he won.