{"id":113486,"date":"2019-08-28T17:20:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T00:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=113486"},"modified":"2019-08-28T18:00:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T01:00:22","slug":"wsop-finalist-nick-marchington-winnings-unfrozen-by-nevada-judge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wsop-finalist-nick-marchington-winnings-unfrozen-by-nevada-judge\/","title":{"rendered":"WSOP Seventh-Place Finisher Nick Marchington Winnings Unfrozen By Nevada Judge"},"content":{"rendered":"

WSOP Main Event final-tablist Nick Marchington<\/a> can finally take his winnings home to England, according to court records seen by the Las Vegas Review Journal.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Nick
Nick Marchington had only one live cash to his name prior to his remarkable run at this year\u2019s WSOP Main Event. (Image: Sky News)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On Friday, a Las Vegas judge lifted an injunction that had frozen ten percent of the $1.5 million haul Marchington won in July for his seventh-place finish at poker\u2019s most prestigious tournament.<\/p>\n

The 21-year-old\u2019s run of a lifetime was temporarily tarnished after a spat erupted between Marchington and his former backer, staking company C Biscuit Stables.<\/p>\n

C Biscuit owners David Yee and Collin Hartley sued the player, claiming they had bought 10 percent of his action prior to the tournament and were entitled to a cut of the riches.<\/p>\n

The current status of the lawsuit is unclear. But the unfreezing of the disputed $150,000 suggests that the judge has sided with Marchington.<\/p>\n

Pay That Man Heez Money<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Brit admits that he initially had a deal with C Biscuit that offered him $1,200 for 10 percent of his Main Event action, representing a 1.2 markup on the $10,000 buy-in tournament. But he also admits that he reneged on the deal because he subsequently got a better offer — another party proposed $17,000, for 10 percent, representing a 1.7 markup for the same stake.<\/p>\n

According to court filings, Marchington informed C Biscuit of his intention to switch backers before the tournament began and, in the absence of a written contract, the staking company had little recourse but to accept the refund he offered.<\/p>\n

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But what may amount to bad etiquette in the poker community does not necessarily fly in a court of law. Marchington\u2019s legal counsel asserted its client had \u201cthe necessary free will to exit the agreement at any time.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

But C Biscuit argued that because the transaction was not completed until after the tournament began, it had a right to a payout.<\/p>\n

The company originally paid Marchington via a dollar transaction into his PokerStars account. But both parties agreed the refund should be paid in cash, which Marchington was unable to source until Day 2 of the tournament, when he was among the chip leaders.<\/p>\n

Biscuits No Gravy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Marchington\u2019s lawyer, Ronald Green, argued that it was \u201crevealing unto itself\u201d that C Biscuit accepted the refund and only filed suit once his client had won a significant amount of money in the Main Event.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt seems highly unlikely C Biscuit would have dispatched another associate to return Mr. Marchington\u2019s refund had he not won any monies in the Main Event and, instead, simply lost his entry fee.<\/p>\n

Or, stated otherwise, it certainly appears C Biscuit was at peace with the agreement being cancelled and a refund being collected, until such a time as it realized the agreement would have been lucrative in nature,\u201d he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Marchington was the youngest player on the final table and just old enough to gamble legally in Las Vegas. He had been a pro poker player for barely a year after dropping out of college to pursue his dream.<\/p>\n

The tournament was eventually won by German-Iranian Hossein Ensan<\/a>, who took home $10 million for outlasting the biggest field in a WSOP Main Event since 2016.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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