Is Stoyan Madanzhiev the WSOP Most important Occasion champion?
With the information {that a} World Sequence of Poker Most important Occasion will occur this yr a debate is raging about whether or not Stoyan Madanzhiev is the reigning champ or not.
In the event you spent any time on social media over the weekend you’ll have seen that lots of people should not pleased concerning the hybrid dwell and on-line World Sequence of Poker Most important Occasion introduced on Friday. The vast majority of the criticism is the truth that gamers should journey throughout a pandemic with lockdowns in place everywhere in the world.
A second debate is raging about what this implies for Stoyan Madanzhiev the winner of the $5,000 Most important Occasion through the on-line World Sequence of Poker at GGPoker in September. On the time whether or not he was the ‘actual’ Most important Occasion champion was debated and right here we’re as soon as once more.
The consensus appears to be that he’s the reigning World Sequence of Poker Most important Occasion and he’s getting unfairly handled by this announcement that will crown a brand new Most important Occasion champion in 2020. Certainly the person himself took to Twitter to level out that his bracelet presentation from the WSOP referred to him because the 51st World Sequence of Poker Most important Occasion champion:
So if I gained the “51st Annual World Sequence of Poker Most important Occasion” What’s going to the December one be?
The 52nd
51.1
51 2.0
51 alfa
?
Simply questioning 🤷#wsop pic.twitter.com/6hhk20pdVZ
— Stoyan Madanzhiev (@Stoyan_Mad) November 14, 2020
One particular person saying in any other case is Daniel Negreanu who (regardless of having signed the above doc) argued that it was area of interest Most important Occasion just like the World Sequence of Poker Europe Most important Occasion:
I’ve had a constant place on it from day one however you need me to lie now?
It was a $5k. It had reentry.
It was purposely NOT a $10k freezeout as a result of there was hope of holding the world championship within the fall.
It’s simply the reality pal 🤷♂️
— Daniel Negreanu (@RealKidPoker) November 16, 2020
Only a few individuals agreed with him however Nick Jones identified that many of the advertising and marketing messages main as much as the web WSOP and afterwards did state {that a} dwell WSOP Most important Occasion was deliberate for the tip of the yr:
Hmm. I see the confusion, however WSOP all the time stated that the “correct” collection was postponed not canceled (nor changed with an online-only model); that they hoped to run the collection within the fall. These quotes are from the PR in April.
Typically simply attempting to know your POV right here. pic.twitter.com/XzhIKVftEm
— Nick Jones (@pokerprojones) November 16, 2020
The talk will rage on and the subsequent couple of months are going to be very fascinating to see if the WSOP can pull off a Most important Occasion that appears and seems like those we’re used to yearly. That can most likely be the telling issue on whether or not we conclude if Stoyan Madanzhiev or anyone else is the participant we name champ as we head in to 2021.
Maybe one of the best ways to clear up the controversy is that this suggestion from Joe Ingram, who returned to Twitter final week:
I believe Stoyan ought to get to play a 3 handed match with the winners from the US and GG occasions in the event that they plan to proceed with one other WSOP “Most important Occasion” @WSOP https://t.co/1R7JyWLI4Q
— Joey Ingram #ardour (@Joeingram1) November 15, 2020
Is Stoyan Madanzhiev the true WSOP Most important Occasion champion?
