If the last event were the Ladies event (like when there used to be events after the main) and they hadn't won one, do you reckon they'd play it?
1000% no with these guys.
Apparently they had booked $300,000 on this, Ivey also had a few 2 bracelets in 3 years bets outstanding with a few people that this one dotted (one of whom was apparently Elezra for a big amount) and Ivey reportedly also took $500k~ of action on just himself this, I have no idea the terms of those bets or whether he was exposed for $500k or stood to win $500k, but nevertheless I'm sure he dwarfed his actual tournament win by a fair margin.
A good day for Phil it would have seemed.