Ok, I'm gonna try and answer this one as objectively as posible. First of all any player in the world can become a member of the ABP. We welcome any skill level to be part of our organization. That said, If 4 players are in the final 4 spots. They are guaranteed 1st thru 4th prize money, right ? What they decide to do with THEIR prize money is their own buisiness and nobody elses. It does not mean that they are gonna play any less hard for the title and trophy than the next player ! I don't know a single Pro that would accept 2nd place in a Pro Event just because he was making the same amount of money as the Winner ! Everybody hates 2nd place ! Don't forget that the winner has to pay taxes on that 1st place prize money so technicly he is making way less than 2nd,3rd, and 4th ! Right ? LOL ! If you disagree than please let me know. I will give it another try.
What on earth are you doing awake at this hour?

I have to agree with Shawn here. Having a saver with a friend in the tournament does not mean there's funny business or hanky panky going on. Each player will still shoot their hardest to win.
Usually, savers are made between friends in a tournament that have to face each other in competition. It helps with expenses, and this is just a way of helping a fellow player. The percentage is usually 5 or 10 percent of the monies won.
Plus, if you do get knocked out of the event, at least you still got a horse in the race, and you end up rooting for that 5 or 10 percent that horse will win. Of course, you'd rather be playing in the tournament, but there can only be one winner.
I will say there was one player at the Joss Turning Stone event who had four savers. He was staked in the tournament. I think he ended up coming in second or third place, and by the time he and his stakehorse did the chop-chop, paid expenses and the savers, the player ended up pocketing nothing.
What was kind of ironic, for lack of a better word, was that one player he had a saver with, he paid him off, and then later that evening asked him if he could borrow some money. The player politely declined the bite.

Savers can also backfire on you if you make more than one.

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