WCOOP collusion?

[Easy E]

"WCOOP is the real deal By Steve Rosenbloom

<font color="green">"Panella86" cut a deal with "Vendetta" and "tralala." Each would take more than $500,000 of the prize pool, with $50,000 and the bracelet at stake.</font>

I don't play online- is it common to even split the vast majority of the prize pool 3-ways and play for a pittance? Were the chip stacks all around even?

Because I surely would be looking hard at hand histories and previous rounds after seeing this, if I'd been in the WCOOP main event.