Liz Lieu "bought" her win at the LA PokerClassic.....any thoughts?

[g3rkshz]

he should've asked for 7k + a bj (at least).

[dogmeat]

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I have spoker to Liz about this and I don't think it's fair for you to criticize her in such a way. The reason she went as far to do what she did is she promised to give a certain amount of her winnings to charity if she won the tournament, so taking the title and giving money to charity was more important to her then risking the chance of losing it. While some may not understand why she didn't just give some of her winnings away even if she took second you'd just have to ask her. I think she should be commended for giving money away to charity, people shouldn't be son concerned about a LA poker classic prelim event anyways. Also to be fair to Liz since all of you wish to take aim at her, she is a high limit player with a proven track record, I don't think she was lacking in confidence by any means. I'm 100% sure she feels she could have taken him.

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This is crap. She was giving money to charity (which is great) but gave away $7k which would have provided another $1400 for charity when she won............

I don't believe it for a second.

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[miami32]

Well, I mean I promise you it's true. If you don't want to believe it you don't have too.

[Clayton]

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she could have given the money anyway, this is terrible.

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[MadTiger]

Her primary motive was to increase the value of "Liz" as a poker personality.

[Army Eye]

Exactly. That was the motivation. Trying to say it was because of charity.. just insulting.

[grandgnu]

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Her primary motive was to increase the value of "Liz" as a poker personality.

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[maurile]

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When players make a deal at the end of the tournament, I believe the trophy is one of the things they are entitled to negotiate for.

When I chopped up the 300 rebuy at commerce, I was the clear chip leader, and in fact we never disputed where the trophy was going, but now that I think about it I didn't "win" the tournament either.

As for this sort of practice corrupting the spirit of the game, it's way less of a corruption than what the WPT does, outlawing dealmaking. Most tournaments are not won outright, yet the poker media presents each one as it if it were.

As for Cardplayer POTY points, who gives a [censored].

FWIW, I don't think Ben Affleck actually won the the CSPC a few years back either--that a deal was made which including giving Affleck the crown.

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Great post.

[Kedu]

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I'm 100% sure she feels she could have taken him.

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Well she wasn't that sure now was she?

[Jimbo]

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I'm 100% sure she feels she could have taken him.

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Well she wasn't that sure now was she?

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