@QuadKings I think you are being overly dismissive to people who post on this site. This site is not a bunch of idiots. “Wrong” is also in the eye of the beholder. We know there are many things including friendships, swaps, side bets, etc that can manipulate how play will go at a final table.

WPT are being massive trolls because they can and there’s nothing that stops them from doing so. Last I seen Druff posted that the are doubling down on this idea But it’s just total speculation on your part that these two were steering this final table to get heads up. Also I use the word “steer” because as long as they weren’t signaling each other their cards or blatantly colluding that is going to be awfully hard to prove.

My speculation back to you is that if these two actually colluded to get down to 2 then I would think they would have done a better job during heads up play. But at the same time they simply couldn’t risk the shorter stack being all in and covered, so it was always going to look blatant.

My belief is once a tourmqnt is heads up it’s effectively over. The last two can go run to the chapel and get married before they finish if it will help make their tax situation more preferable for all I care. But this is the WSOP and it does award a bracelet. So I think Druff’s idea of withholding the hardware and paying the guys out is correct. Unless there is some clear evidence of collusion before it got heads up.

So do you think they should be paid in full absent any new evidence? Because then at the end of the day we end up with the same position. Which really is all the matters.