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Originally Posted by DonSwanLeon
The Lock Pros are not allowed to wear patches while playing in the WSOP. Which makes me wonder what value they have to Lock and vice versa?
This right here. As many of us have wondered, what value can these Pro's bring? Back on FullTilt and other sites even, there was a "Search Player" feature, where you could find any player or pro you wanted that was playing under their handle and observe them. I've never even seen 'TheGrinder' play anything and he's their biggest Pro, first on their Pro webpage. Nor would I know if he did play something because I'm not about to browse all cash games. Not only THAT, but Fair Play Technology hides a bunch of games from everyone nowadays, so even THEN he'd still be invisible to many (the observing type crowd).
I've legit never seen him, NOR does he have an internet following, most certainly not one that would justify being the sole reason for paying him for your site. So, if he also can't advertise Lock at the WSOP by rules, then what good does he bring? He doesn't attract tons of ROW players by wearing Lock patches at international tournaments. Lock clearly doesn't institute a mandatory amount of weekly hours or tournaments played for their Pro's, at least not across the board to all Pro's, so why do they waste the money?
And honestly, while the stupidity rests on Lock's shoulders, someone like 'TheGrinder' Mizrachi can step up himself and make his presence seen on the site to promote traffic. But no, he's not that type of a guy. Which is a disgrace. Even just KNOWING that you could sign on and see him playing a few days a week would entice a lot of observers (don't know why you'd really want to observe him, but yeah it would), which would create a boom for traffic. Unless of course Fair Play Technology would in fact make him invisible to a lot of people. He defines the phrase 'bare minimum' in regards to being a Pro for Lock.