Espen Jorstad The latest champion of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event took to social media on Aug. 29 to address a swap dispute between himself and Greece’s Alex “Pwndidi” Theologis that left many prominent poker players backing the Main Event champ.
For the uninitiated, a “swap” refers to an agreement between two players in a tournament to exchange a percentage of potential winnings. In messages shared by Jorstad from July, Theologis claimed to have swapped 3% in the WSOP Main Event with Jorstad — which, before taxes, would be a $300,000 share — though he hadn’t written it down and couldn’t remember where it happened.
In a lengthy post, Jorstad, who went on to win the poker championship for $10 million, claimed to have “no memory” and “no records” of ever swapping with Theologis, who he said he had only met a few times and had “never swapped in anything else.” The following post is regarding a WSOP main event swap dispute with community member Alex Theologis, aka Pwndidi: — Espen Uhlen Jørstad (@UhlenPoker) Swap or No Swap?
In his post, Jorstad explained that on July 13, Day 7 of the Main Event, he received Instagram messages from Theologis, a primarily online grinder with $592,840 in WSOP earnings , asking about the swap. Jorstad responded that he didn’t have anything written down about swapping and asked Theologis where it happened.
“F*** I knew this would happen when I didn’t write down in chat with my (swaps),” Theologis wrote. “I am sure that we swapped 3% at some point, maybe it was on our way or during dinner? Maybe at the wynn? I’m not sure at what point but I’ve swapped with everyone and I’m very confident we swapped.”
“That’s awkward indeed,” replied Jorstad. “I don’t remember swapping with you, and I have all my swaps in a list here.” Instagram messages between Alex Theologis and Espen Jorstad. Replay Poker ClubGG Poker According to Jorstad, the two later met in a hotel in Las Vegas to “talk about the situation” and later continued their conversation on Instagram. On July 22, Jorstad […]
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