Markups

[CHIPPYMAN]

sorry to drag this up again but it’s been on mind a lot lately.

a good friend of mine buys 10% of my tournament action...i view it as insurance to help flatten out the variance a little.

as he was a friend we started on spot & about 6 months ago, on his suggestion, we agreed to up it to 1.1; i sold a further 10% at 1.1 for my vegas trip to tony, someone who's always been there if i needed to sell a piece or two.

for the record, behind all the smoke & mirrors & despite what my hendon mob might say i’m far from rolling in it & the point i want to make is that i am & always have been very grateful that folk are happy to have a share of me; yes it would be lovely to get another 0.2% on top & in my pocket but i just think i’d be taking the piss & abusing our friendship.

yes i’m an old fart now but it wasn’t so long ago that there was no such thing as mark-up, you were just happy that someone had faith enough in your game to give you a £100 towards a £1000 comp for 10%...you’re the one who gets to play, gets the experience, gets the opportunity to make a name for yourself; to me, of late, it just seems that folk forget this.

it just seems that players want too much too soon these days...if you ain't rolled adequately maybe you shouldn't be expecting to play such big events; i guarantee they'll still be there next year.


ps, i realise i’ve been incredibly fortunate over my career with sponsorship dollars so fair enough if you think i should gtfo

YES GTFO THIS THREAD PADDY BOY

[julian]

one word; do1

[cambridgealex]

[ ] one word

[kinboshi]

[ ] one word

winner!

[celtic]

Julian.disgraced himself in this thread imo. Multiple fails.

[titaniumbean]

surprised he didn't use a curse word. horrible person

[kinboshi]

surprised he didn't use a curse word. horrible person

He's no Nick Hicks.

[MC]

you’re the one who gets to play, gets the experience, gets the opportunity to make a name for yourself; to me, of late, it just seems that folk forget this

Totally understand what you're saying Julian, but on the flip side, you are putting a lot of hard work in (I guess I may get called out on "hard work" but live poker tournaments can certainly be gruelling) and the person with a % doesn't have to do a thing.

[Karabiner]

you’re the one who gets to play, gets the experience, gets the opportunity to make a name for yourself; to me, of late, it just seems that folk forget this

Totally understand what you're saying Julian, but on the flip side, you are putting a lot of hard work in (I guess I may get called out on "hard work" but live poker tournaments can certainly be gruelling) and the person with a % doesn't have to do a thing.

If you think funking is "not doing a thing" you ain't funking properly.

[MC]

If you think funking is "not doing a thing" you ain't funking properly.

[rfgqqabc]

you’re the one who gets to play, gets the experience, gets the opportunity to make a name for yourself; to me, of late, it just seems that folk forget this

Totally understand what you're saying Julian, but on the flip side, you are putting a lot of hard work in (I guess I may get called out on "hard work" but live poker tournaments can certainly be gruelling) and the person with a % doesn't have to do a thing.

Yeah this to some degree I played 9 hours of Monte Carlo grinding a shortstack when a lot of people might have made some marginal shoves. However, I don't think I'll charge markup for many comps for a long time.