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Nick Marchington has been sued over his $1.5 million winnings.Source:Twitter

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English poker sensation Nick Marchington’s $2.2 million World Series of Poker main event final table winnings are the subject of a lawsuit that threatens to tarnish the moment he emerged as a future star.

The 21-year-old’s stunning run to finish seventh in the $US80,000,000 tournament at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas was one of the big stories to emerge from the 8569 entries that started the tournament.

Marchington entered the WSOP Main Event final table with the smallest haul of chips but stayed alive in the early series of hands before finishing seventh, an achievement that came with global media exposure and prize money of $2.2 million.

As a university drop-out that had only taken up gambling professionally less than 12 months before last month’s WSOP final, Marchington was particularly big news in the UK, where his humility and cautious approach to the pitfalls of his profession won plenty of admiration.

However, it’s now emerged that Marchington’s winnings are the subject of a lawsuit from a gambling backing firm that claims to have invested in Marchington’s performance at the WSOP final — and is now demanding 10 per cent of the winnings, more than $220,000.

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Two partners from gambling backing firm C Biscuit Poker Staking claim Marchington reached out to them asking if they wanted to buy a 10 per stake in his performance at two tournaments, including the WSOP main event final.

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The two backers, Colin Hartley and David Yee, reportedly claim in paperwork submitted with the Clark County, Nevada court, that Marchington committed fraud and breached the terms of their contract.

Poker site Pocket Fives reports the complex dispute arose after Marchington sold stakes in his prize money at small mark-ups of 1.1 and 1.2 before attempting to back-out and re-sell the same investment opportunities at a higher mark-up of 1.7

Nick Marchington has been sued over his $1.5 million winnings.Source:Twitter

Marchington is accused of texting the two men “We are booked. Lets get rich,” surrounding their wages in events outside of the main event final.

Marchington claims the offered 1.2 mark-up on the two individual payments of $600 each from the C Biscuit backers were then rescinded when both parties agreed to allow Marchington to refund the two investments alongside other stakes placed in his performance in other tournaments.

However Marchington was unable to refund the stakes immediately, claiming to be cash poor because of his expensive trip to Las Vegas for the main event final.

Having suggested he was pulling out of the main event and wanting to cancel his agreement with Hartley and Yee, Marchington is then accused of asking the pair to place another investment in his performance at the higher mark-up of 1.7.

However, with Marchington accused of refusing to clarify if the original $600 wagers had been cancelled, the two parties are now heading to court to settle if the original $600 wagers had ever been cancelled.

As reported by Flushdraw, one of the backers texted Marchington trying to try to strong-arm him into accepting that a deal remained in place.

Hossein Ensan after winning the World Series of Poker main event.Source:AP

The text also alleges that the deal remained in place because Marchington failed to refund the pair’s money until after the main event final had begun.

“Hey Nick, highly disappointed with this result and this is not normal by the poker community standards,” the text message claims.

“We’ve talked to several backers and they said that once action is booked and money is delivered, it’s something that should be upheld. players can’t simply book action as a placeholder and then shop around for better rates.”

Marchington is alleged to have responded by suggesting the partnership agreement had been cancelled because Marchington found a backing offer with more favourable terms.

“I am playing the main event but unfortunately your piece is cancelled,” he reportedly texted. “I know this is bad practice but I have to do what’s best for myself since I lost a lot on the trip.”

After Marchington rode his luck all the way to the final table, Hartley and Yee engaged lawyers to stake their claim in the huge prize money pool.

After seeing Marchington finish with prize money of $US1.5 million, the pair sued the former computer sciences student for more than $US150,000.

Marchington has since taken to social media to explain his version of the deal clouded in mystery.

Very frustrating that I can’t comment on other aspects of the case / information out there. I believe in my case & in the legal system ✌️

— Nick Marchington (@NickMarchington) August 3, 2019

However, he has since been slapped with a legal demand by the state of Nevada that prohibits him from cashing out his winnings until the dispute is resolves in court.

Hartley and Yee are also suing Marchington for the legal fees they will incur fighting the matter.

Despite the storm surrounding the dispute, Marchington has been celebrating since the event finished on July 17.

He claimed at the time he had enough money to support his entries and was careful with the money he invested in the different tournaments.

“I had built up a sufficient bankroll playing online and in tournaments that I could afford to come out to Las Vegas for the main event,” he told Sky News.

“It’s the most prestigious tournament in the world. It was a no-brainer as I had the money.”

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With the 2020 World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Eventalready underway and just a few weeks from its finale stages, it's no surprise that the team at WSOP.com has put a focus on awarding satellite packages to the initial round of play on Dec. 13.

However, a high-profile hiccup occurred on Sunday.

What was supposed to be a $100 rebuy satellite devolved into a confused mess as payouts in the client didn't match those posted in the tournament description. Eventual winner Eric 'basebaldy' Baldwin, who plays as 'circleball' on the site, then became embroiled in a brief dispute that was, thankfully, resolved in fairly short order.

Read on to see what happened.

Winner-Take-All?

The $100 rebuy plus add-on tournament drew 97 entries, with those players then blasting in 93 rebuys and 59 add-ons to create a prize pool of $22,659.

As the satellite was to an online flight, no expenses were being awarded, so the winners would earn a $10,000 seat, as stated in the event's description. Additionally, each seat was must-play. That would mean an intuitive breakdown of the prize pool would be as follows:

Place	Prize
First	$10,000 WSOP Main Event entry
Second	$10,000 WSOP Main Event entry
Third	$2,659

Instead, the payout table in the client listed the prize pool as winner-take-all, as shown in Baldwin's initial tweet querying the WSOP about the prize distribution:

@WSOPcom how will this tournament be paid out? time sensitive. https://t.co/Fh6WsgwnBf

— Eric Baldwin (@basebaldy)

Nobody from the WSOP responded publicly to Baldwin's inquiry, and the tournament evidently played out with the posted payout.

Baldwin's Winnings Confiscated

Baldwin wound up shipping it and collecting the entire prize pool. The $22,659 was apparently paid out in dollars to his account with no seat awarded, according to a follow-up tweet from Baldwin.

More interestingly, that tweet showed a message from the WSOP explaining that because of the erroneous payouts, Baldwin's account had been docked the entire first-place prize, with the seat awarded in its place.

@WSOP do you guys stand by this as a response? https://t.co/QmyJhN7P6Dhttps://t.co/gmvkye2wfY

— Eric Baldwin (@basebaldy)

Poker Twitter Outraged

Of course, the entire tournament had been played out with the players clearly able to see the prize pool listed in the client. Therefore, they had presumably tailored their strategy with the idea that all of the prize money was earmarked for the winner.

Had they known the prize money was going to be distributed in the intuitive fashion listed above, they'd have significantly changed their strategy. Rather than a massive bubble between first and second, there would have been a large bubble between second and third, with a smaller one between third and fourth.

As it was, they'd have assumed there was no difference between finishing third and fourth and therefore played far more aggressively at that point of the tournament.

Many prominent players took to Twitter to express their outrage. Jason Koon called confiscating the funds 'absolute robbery' and top New Jersey regDan Lupo called the response 'all-around terrible.' Ryan LaPlante said anything less than a full payout to Baldwin was 'absurd.'

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Katie Stone summed up many players' feelings on the matter:

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The site made a mistake. When a site makes a mistake, the players should not pay the price. Taking money out of a p… https://t.co/yUwGeuKwso

— Katie Stone (@KatieStonePoker)

WSOP Settles Matter Privately

PokerNews reached out to a WSOP.com representative on Tuesday to request a statement on the matter but did not receive one.

Some players suggested getting the Nevada Gaming Control Board involved. In at least one high-profile recent case, they'd ruled in a group of players' favor in a dispute over a bad beat jackpot, so it may have been a good option for Baldwin.

However, that proved unnecessary.

In a Wednesday call, Baldwin and WSOP reps apparently came to an amicable resolution. Payouts for the event were retroactively changed to fit the original intent of the tournament, awarding two $10K seats with the leftover cash going to the third-place finisher.

Baldwin, meanwhile, received 'additional compensation' that he said he was 'more than happy with.'

In the end, if Baldwin feels he was adequately compensated, the matter appeals settled, and he made sure to thank the WSOP and the poker community for their efforts in helping him get things settled.

Thank you to everyone who is passionate about the health and growth of poker. It is my honest opinion that there a… https://t.co/tU1f8TXO9c

— Eric Baldwin (@basebaldy)

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