Tournament of Champions

[Jackass_man]

Annie Duke is a piece of shit who got extremely lucky , but think of it this way it was a freeroll sitngo, I know alot of people who could have one that thing if they had gotten half the lucky breaks she did.

[jdiana86]

I'd have to agree that espn probably made them sign something not to make deals because that would just take the raw competitiveness out of the tournament. but then again we are talking about poker players. also, phil seemed pretty mad that he lost, so he was either acting or really mad. at times i was convinced the whole thing was rigged, the crazy hands that happended were amazing: doyle almost flopping quads in the same hand howard had KK, his sister had AQs and made a flush, and ivey went all in and made top pair on the flop. interesting tournament that is a must-see.

[Tilter]

TOC was great, but Annie didn't actually win 2 million. She made a share with other players that probably would have the 4 splittinga lower ammount (maybe 350K) and the winner getting 600K ( Annie).

[omahilo]

Annie said on 2+2 (on somewhere else) that she sold 20% of herself to friends and family before the tourney.

[jimmytheg]

how do you sell part of yourself in a freeroll?

[Talking Poker]

Simple. Your family/friends pay you $x for x% of your winnings.

In Annie's case, there was $2,000,000 up for grabs and 10 players, so with an even playing field, each person would theoretically be worth $200,000 (like if they did an even 10 way split). If she sold 20% of herself, she'd be selling $40k of value.... She may have done this as a discount (or even a premium (yeah, right)) though. So, maybe she sold 20% of herself for $20k. This way, she knows she's getting 20k regardless of how she finishes and he friends/family would get either nothing or $400,000 if she wins.

I totally made up these numbers, of course, but you get the idea.

[eddo31]

that seems like something that is on the border of being unethical. i guess if there are people who willingly enter into the agreement, then it is fine, but in general it seems like taking a free entry into a tournament and then selling pieces of yourself is a bit strange.

i wonder how much she got for 20% of herself? i would assume that they put odds on her winning the event, and that they then calculated the percentages based upon that.

[Defendant]

It seems very wrong to sell yourself to family/friends. I mean its one thing to go to a colleague and say "Hey, want a shot at this?", but to run up to daddy is a bit different story...

Defendant