All kinds of agreements, deals, stacking or percentage exchanges between players are nothing new in poker, even in the highest circles. From time to time, information stirs up the dust about how someone royally cashed in on someone else's success, how someone else was not happy when he won, or how someone set someone up when they did not pay him the promised share.
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Well there is a fresh story which is currently circulating the world poker scene. The main role in it is played by none other than the current ME WSOP champion Espen Jorstad, who is pointed at by Alexandros "Pwndidi" Theologis. The stumbling block is supposed to be the alleged 3% swap that the players had to verbally agree on, but while Theologis adamantly claims that this is true, Jorstad doesn't remember anything.
After Theologis unleashed a wave of hate on Jorstad, the world champion expressed himself in a long post, where he also attached screenshots from their conversation. There, he shows their entire conversation, comments on their past, and makes it clear to everyone that he is the one who is right. But lest you think that this is just some cheap attempt of some speculator, Pwndidi is an online high stakes professional and a recognized coach, who was also proved right in this situation by Patrick Leonard, who won a bracelet with Jorstad in the Tag Team event this year.
The following post is regarding a WSOP main event swap dispute with community member Alex Theologis, aka Pwndidi:
— Espen Uhlen Jørstad (@UhlenPoker) August 29, 2022
https://t.co/2YpahhRkdf
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In favor of the world champion, on the one hand, plays the charm of his personality, because he has presented himself as a nice guy for a long time, and according to many, a possible snatch from his side is very unlikely. The fact that Jorstad himself published all the other swaps that he had arranged, but Theologis's name did not appear anywhere (Jorstad had agreed on 14 swaps with a total value of 44% and paid them all) also supports the whole theory about the fabricated swap. They don't even have anything like that confirmed in their conversation, they never exchanged percentages with each other before, and even Theologis himself doesn't remember exactly when and where the swap in question should have happened.
Jorstad concluded his speech by saying that he thought it was clear that no swap ever took place and Theologis just sensed a chance to get $300,000. The swap theory is not supported by the fact that while playing in Cyprus, an drunk Irishman came to Jorstad and threatened him that if he didn't pay Alex the money, they would settle the matter outside.
What do you say about the whole situation? Is the truth on the side of Jorstad or Theologis? Let us know in the comments!
Source: PokerStrategy.com, PokerNews.com, Twitter.com
