Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr · Aired Oct 28, 2026
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Chinese pool tournaments offer winners half a million dollars in prize money.
The finding
What remains unresolved
Joe says Chinese tournaments pay a winner around half a million dollars. WPA confirms that Heyball has very large prizes, but we did not establish a named tournament, year and currency conversion supporting this exact amount. A high total prize fund alone would not verify a half-million-dollar first prize.
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Quick answer
Is it true that Chinese pool tournaments offer winners half a million dollars in prize money?
We can't say yet. Joe says Chinese tournaments pay a winner around half a million dollars. WPA confirms that Heyball has very large prizes, but we did not establish a named tournament, year and currency conversion supporting this exact amount. It was said on Joe Rogan Experience #2571 - Jimmy Carr, aired Oct 28, 2026, at 45:53. We haven't independently confirmed who said it. We couldn't settle it from the evidence we captured, so it stays an open question, not a false claim. The supporting source is wpapool.com, linked below.
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