WSOP Main Event Champion Espen Jorstad Denies Making 3% Swap With Alex Theologis

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2022 World Sequence of Poker Most considerable Tournament champion Espen Jorstad denies making a swap agreement with fellow poker enough Alex Theologis. [Image: Shutterstock.com]

Cyprus incident prompts put up

Norwegian poker enough Espen Jorstad scored a profession-defining victory in July when he won the 2022 World Sequence of Poker Most considerable Tournament, taking residence a $10m prize. That use has brought controversy with it, nonetheless, as fellow enough Alex Theologis claims he agreed to a swap with Jorstad which have to silent have netted him 3% of the giant payday.

Jorstad wrote in regards to the enviornment on social media Monday, bringing the enviornment to the final public after he says any individual indirectly threatened him whereas in Cyprus.

In conserving with Jorstad, “a clearly intoxicated Irish fellow” approached him for the length of a poker sport in Cyprus, irritating that he “pay the man his money.” Jorstad says he explained the enviornment to the man, who lastly walked off without incident.

Theologis can be entitled to $300,000 in winnings

If the 2 males agreed to the swap, Theologis can be entitled to $300,000 in winnings sooner than taxes. Jorstad publicly acknowledged making many WSOP swaps with other players, including 14 such agreements in the Most considerable Tournament:

Closing numbers for Vegas summer season! 📊

As opposed to the critical, I finished +$29,690 dwell, and presumably +$10k-$15k online.

For fat transparency I had 14 diversified swaps (all between 1% and 7,5%) in the critical, and ~56% of my possess action. Very fine feeling to acquire my pals loads of money! 🙌 pic.twitter.com/QtU2qoJ5lX

— Espen Uhlen Jørstad (@UhlenPoker) July 26, 2022

In total, Jorstad mentioned he stored about 56% of his action for the $10,000 prefer-in match.

No proof of swap

Alternatively, these swaps don’t include the one in ask with Theologis. In his put up, Jorstad shared messages exchanged with Theologis, by which the supposed swap comes up on Day 7 of the Most considerable Tournament. Jorstad lastly reached the last table of the Most considerable Tournament as the chip chief.

“Btw our swap is for 3% honest?” Theologis writes in the Instagram substitute. “I looked in our chat but we didn’t verify it in writing.”

“Don’t have written down anything about us swapping,” Jorstad answered. “When/the save did we close this?”

Every males agreed that they’d no records of a swap.

Jorstad says that the 2 met at a resort in Las Vegas to talk in regards to the enviornment. Every males agreed that they’d no records of a swap. Jorstad maintains that he has no recollection of one of these agreement, no topic Theologis’ insistence that a deal changed into as soon as in save. In conserving with Jorstad, the 2 had simplest met twice, had never previously made a swap, and Theologis couldn’t bewitch anything about when they made the supposed agreement.

While Jorstad mentioned he’s roam that no swap took save, he doesn’t think Theologis is performing in foul faith. He furthermore supplied to arbitrate the enviornment if the poker neighborhood thought it changed into as soon as probably that there had been an agreement.

Poker neighborhood backs Jorstad

Many poker players did reply to the enviornment, with with reference to all of them taking Jorstad’s aspect:

In my thought feel you’re being far too form in opposition to Alex here – this strikes me as any individual who’s masterfully manipulative and wouldn’t shock me at all if he’s pulled/tried this shit sooner than

Downswing and foul summer season acquire this the total more sus

— Henry Kilbane (@henry_kilbane) August 29, 2022

“In my thought feel you’re being far too form in opposition to Alex here,” poker commentator Henry Kilbane mentioned in a reply to Jorstad on Twitter. “This strikes me as any individual who’s masterfully manipulative.”

Others have been kinder to Theologis, whereas silent agreeing that Jorstad changed into as soon as in the honest:

I doubt anybody here is performing in foul faith. On condition that you created written records for all swaps and don’t have any recollection of the agreement, I’d deliver you don’t owe Alex anything. Awkward for obvious, and supreme reminder to consistently verify swaps/buys in textual protest material.

— TonyDunstTV (@tonydunsttv) August 29, 2022

“I doubt anybody here is performing in foul faith,” Tony Dunst tweeted. “On condition that you created written records for all swaps and don’t have any recollection of the agreement, I’d deliver you don’t owe Alex anything.”

Jorstad furthermore shared later messages with Theologis, by which the Greek online enough shared his disappointment with the implications of their conversations.

“I believe so betrayed and disappointed I bet,” Theologis wrote. “Lesson learnt I bet, not obvious how one can sleep at night time and be tickled with yourself but yeah.”

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