Jamie Dwan Rejects WSOP Online Deal and Finishes Sixth for $5,018
The lone holdout passed on about $6,619, then the other five finalists agreed a deal after his exit.
Jamie Dwan reached the final table of the WSOP Online $525 Mid-stakes NLH Second Chance event on Sept. 15, then turned down a final-table deal and exited in sixth place for $5,018. The payout was about $1,600 below the $6,618.90 he had been shown under the proposed arrangement.
The tournament drew 197 entries and reached a nine-player final table. Eight players opted into the deal before play began, leaving Dwan as the lone holdout.
PokerListings reported that Dwan posted a video in which, after seeing the proposed payout, he said, “Hmm… It’s pretty tough. I don’t know… I don’t know… I mean… Nah!” and clicked “Decline.”
Dwan said he had never encountered the situation before. He noted that players at his previous online final table had accepted a deal because it was late in Europe, but said he had paid to be in Canada for the series and was “fresh as a daisy.” He later described his drawn-out rejection of the offer as “brilliant trolling” in correspondence with Boris Angelov.
Angelov did not appreciate the approach, and the article said others at the table were unhappy as well. Commentary around the hand pointed out that four finalists represented Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and China rather than European countries.
Dwan’s decision did not lead to a deal-free finish. After his elimination, the remaining five players immediately struck an agreement, with four ultimately receiving more than they would have under the initial proposal.
Separately, a published 2026 WSOP Online schedule stated that final-table deals were prohibited. The available evidence does not explain how that rule applied to Dwan’s event or to the agreement reached after he was eliminated.
