Deal Talks Amount To Nothing, Cards Back in Air
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Dean Blatt and Patrick Mahoney have just tried to make a deal, but faced some difficulties.
At first they did an ICM deal, chopping the entire prize pool.
They were then informed that they needed to leave some money for the champion.
Both players didn’t seem to understand why they had to do that and went back to discussing the new deal. The talks dragged on, and then it seemed they would do the initial ICM deal, taking $10,000 off each payout and leaving $20,000 for the eventual winner. During this time Crown Perth Poker Room Manager Debb Wyatt said that the tournament had been delayed enough and that in one minute, the cards would be back in the air. The players then received several warnings that the cards would be back in the air in 30 seconds, 20 seconds, 10 seconds...
The deal was pretty much agreed upon, but then the dealer pitched the cards at Wyatt’s insistence. Blatt tried to get to his cards in time, but they were mucked and he lost his big blind. He was then quite upset, not understanding why they couldn’t just finish the deal. The next hand was dealt, and very gentlemanly, Mahoney gave Blatt a walk.
Blatt then asked Mahoney if they were still going to do the deal, but at this point it seemed too much trouble for Mahoney after all the kafuffle and so he said they should just play on the previously agreed upon flattening of the payouts.
With that, the cards are back in the air!