Paying for a bracelet

[harryhj]

I was just listening to the commentary of the WCOOP last year and Barry Greenstein mentioned he knew of people who headsup had basically bought the bracelet by giving up money to 2nd place.

He said some of the examples were public but he knew of more that weren't public. He also mentioned that one year they let a guy win it so they wouldnt have to deal with tax complications.

Anybody know anything about this??

[Aquarian]

Dave Colclough
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"I still tried to play the occasional big tournament though,
and after winning a WSOP event in 2000 (but regretfully giving
away the bracelet in a deal)..."

[Kevmath]

Maria Stern is probably the most famous example of someone "buying" a bracelet.

From Conjelco.com: Adam Roberts, pt 1

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Today the crowd favorite, Maria Stern, began heads up play for the title with $185,000 in chips, while Adam Roberts had $200,000. In a very "interesting" confrontation that lasted about 45 minutes, Maria won 38 out of the 48 hands played, with only the first and last hands going to a showdown. It seemed that Roberts was experiencing an almost unbelievable run of poor cards, that saw him folding with regularity. On five occasions Roberts folded an Ace doorcard to Stern's bring in bet. This resulted in a steady exodus of his chips to the other side of the table.

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In 2001, Adam Roberts actually won a 7 Stud bracelet, only to give it to the 2nd place person Adam Roberts, part 2

[heater]

Puggy Pearson let Amarillo Slim win in '72 so that he wouldn't have to deal with the taxes.

[bballwiz]

Where did you just rehear the WCOOP audio commentary again from? Is it archived somewhere?

[Kevmath]

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Where did you just rehear the WCOOP audio commentary again from? Is it archived somewhere?

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WCOOP Archive, if it's working.

[JDforce]

does the bracelet count if you buy it?, yea you have it but your not a champ.