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Old 07-03-2007, 07:59 AM
sirtimo sirtimo is offline
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Default Re: The WSOP does not help w/ tournament deals on a liability issue (W

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The WSOP should be there to broker and endorse dealmaking and accurately distribute chop amounts dependant upon the deal at hand, as opposed to just throwing up their hands in the air and saying "YOU GUYS TRUST ONE ANOTHER IF YOU WANT MAKE A DEAL



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I know they won't, but it's a good spot to have a third-party escrow firm step in and make the arraingements, legal and otherwise, for players to chop the pots. The money grubbers, I mean, upper management at Harrahs could form "WSOP Escrow, LLC" which would be there on site to broker, sign off and escrow money from tourney chops to be distributed upon completion of the event. For a small fee of course, say 2% or so?