not sure why this has made you see lol didnt most people sell at face or 1.1?
Mercier sold at 1.1 (which has to be terrific value) I didn't hear of anyone selling at any higher than that.
Remember there is 11% rake so mericer at 1.1 you pay basically $110,00 for 10% which its neutral value would be $89k works out something like 1.23 or w/e which is actually still pretty decent I think - if you did buy $110,000 wirth of action as a US player you'd be able to write $11,000 off your tax which gives you about $3600 "rakeback" if you like, so I'm not surprised a lot of people have managed to raise the buy-in. It'll actually be a great tournament I think
Whereas the mouth has a decent point, of the 6 places likely to be paid with a prizepool of ~$42.8m after the rake it's actually quite unlikely that there won't be at least 4 pro's in the money places, obviously it depends who finishes where but I think the field will be split something like 70/30 pro/recreational money its going to be very difficult for the pro community to lose much of there investment, so I wouldn't worry. Most people, like myself for e.g have $0 invested in this tournament, I will ofc still be broke by the end of the summer, but won't be because of this tournament
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