Comments on: Should Poker Rooms Sponsor Players? http://www.cardroom.co.uk/poker-blog/should-poker-rooms-sponsor-players.html Your Internet Poker Room Resource Sun, 02 May 2010 21:54:59 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: David http://www.cardroom.co.uk/poker-blog/should-poker-rooms-sponsor-players.html/comment-page-1#comment-1106 David Sun, 02 May 2010 21:54:59 +0000 http://www.cardroom.co.uk/?p=251#comment-1106 Umm...okay... Phil Hellmuth is one of the top tournament players in the world as far as cashes. He's generally acknowledged to be the #1 Hold'em tournament player in the world, owing to having the record for most bracelets, most final tables, and most cashes. Plus he was the first winner of the Natl Heads-Up Championship. Sponsorship isn't designed to buy you a new house. It's designed to pay your bills and food while you win the money to buy a new house. In addition to tournaments, you (as the sponsored player) also have the responsibility to attend whatever event the site tells you to attend, play within their guidelines (which is why Jon Little got fired from Full Tilt), and do promotions for them. Phil Hellmuth could definately make a solid living only playing poker. But why do that when he could make a RIDICULOUS living playing poker while being sponsored? Umm…okay…

Phil Hellmuth is one of the top tournament players in the world as far as cashes. He’s generally acknowledged to be the #1 Hold’em tournament player in the world, owing to having the record for most bracelets, most final tables, and most cashes. Plus he was the first winner of the Natl Heads-Up Championship.

Sponsorship isn’t designed to buy you a new house. It’s designed to pay your bills and food while you win the money to buy a new house. In addition to tournaments, you (as the sponsored player) also have the responsibility to attend whatever event the site tells you to attend, play within their guidelines (which is why Jon Little got fired from Full Tilt), and do promotions for them.

Phil Hellmuth could definately make a solid living only playing poker. But why do that when he could make a RIDICULOUS living playing poker while being sponsored?

]]> By: MIC http://www.cardroom.co.uk/poker-blog/should-poker-rooms-sponsor-players.html/comment-page-1#comment-699 MIC Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:13:47 +0000 http://www.cardroom.co.uk/?p=251#comment-699 OKAY, HERE IS HOW I BELIVE IT WORKS. I WILL USE PHIL HELMUTH AS AN EXAMPLE. HE WON THE WSOP AND LATTER WAS SPONSORED BY ULTIMATE BET, FROM THEN HE HAS NOT HAD TO OUTLAY SINGLE DOLLAR FOR BUYINS, HOTEL AND PLANE TICKETS. MEANING EVERY SINGLE TOUNAMENT HE HAS PLAYED SCINCE THE DEAL IS A FREEROLL. I GUARANTEE HIS BUY-INS VASTLY EXCEED HIS CASHES MEANING IN REALITY THIS SO CALLED POKER PRO IS ACTUALLY A LOSSING PLAYER WITH A WAY NEGATIVE ROI (AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ASSCOCIATED EXPENSES SUCH AS AIR FARES, ACCOMODATION ETC. WHAT IM SAYING IS THAT IF HE NEVER GOT SPONSORED ALL HIS MONEY HIS MAIN EVENT WIN WOULD HAVE BEEN BURNED THRU IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A REAL JOB. A PLAYER LIKE MIKE CARRO PROBABLY COULD MAKE A LIVING OF THE FELT ALONE (IE. 100% OF HIS INCOME COMING FROM BIG BETS WON) THIS IS VERY RARE. FOR EXAMPLE MIKE THE MOUTH IS A LOSER EVEN THOUGH I LOVE THE GUY. I SUPPOSE BARRY GREINSIEN COULD MAKE ALL HIS MONEY FROM POKER BUT WHY WOULD YOU TURN DOWN FREE MONEY LIKE SPONSORSHIPS AND COLUMNS AND STRATGY ADVICE ETC ETC. THE POINT IS: THE "POKER PRO" IS A MYTH. "POKER ENTROPENOUR" IS WHAT THAY ARE, SMART BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO DONT NEED TO EVER PLAY A SINGLE HAND FOR THE REST OF THIER LIVES. OKAY, HERE IS HOW I BELIVE IT WORKS. I WILL USE PHIL HELMUTH AS AN EXAMPLE. HE WON THE WSOP AND LATTER WAS SPONSORED BY ULTIMATE BET, FROM THEN HE HAS NOT HAD TO OUTLAY SINGLE DOLLAR FOR BUYINS, HOTEL AND PLANE TICKETS. MEANING EVERY SINGLE TOUNAMENT HE HAS PLAYED SCINCE THE DEAL IS A FREEROLL. I GUARANTEE HIS BUY-INS VASTLY EXCEED HIS CASHES MEANING IN REALITY THIS SO CALLED POKER PRO IS ACTUALLY A LOSSING PLAYER WITH A WAY NEGATIVE ROI (AND THAT’S NOT INCLUDING ASSCOCIATED EXPENSES SUCH AS AIR FARES, ACCOMODATION ETC. WHAT IM SAYING IS THAT IF HE NEVER GOT SPONSORED ALL HIS MONEY HIS MAIN EVENT WIN WOULD HAVE BEEN BURNED THRU IN A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HE WOULD HAVE TO FIND A REAL JOB. A PLAYER LIKE MIKE CARRO PROBABLY COULD MAKE A LIVING OF THE FELT ALONE (IE. 100% OF HIS INCOME COMING FROM BIG BETS WON) THIS IS VERY RARE. FOR EXAMPLE MIKE THE MOUTH IS A LOSER EVEN THOUGH I LOVE THE GUY. I SUPPOSE BARRY GREINSIEN COULD MAKE ALL HIS MONEY FROM POKER BUT WHY WOULD YOU TURN DOWN FREE MONEY LIKE SPONSORSHIPS AND COLUMNS AND STRATGY ADVICE ETC ETC. THE POINT IS: THE “POKER PRO” IS A MYTH. “POKER ENTROPENOUR” IS WHAT THAY ARE, SMART BUSINESS PEOPLE WHO DONT NEED TO EVER PLAY A SINGLE HAND FOR THE REST OF THIER LIVES.

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