Ok, so your concern is that you may have 2 good months running good, and you have to pay your %, and after that reality sinks in and you have 2 bad months, correct?
First, there's no hard set rule on monthly payments. That's the standard, but if people show dedication and the situation calls for it, we postpone or reduce payments, we do it all the time. So in theory, if you feel you are a 3k/month player and have a 15k month when you join the program, and you're concerned about having to pay 7.5k at the end of the month...
It's not a problem, if strange cases happen, we sit down and talk.
We have the standard 50:50 approach at the end of the month which works very well for 99% of situations. For the rest we talk with the student and adjust on what is best, we do it all the time.
As for marketing, well, we're poker pros, not marketing pros, so we may get over excited when our student hits a $15k record day and are quick to tell everybody about it
Don't agree with the "short-term", though, this same guy for example finished the 60k HU program in 7 months, came back a few months ago to join the 60k PLO and is now at 50k already.
That's 110k in profits in about a year or a bit less - not exactly just a lucky run
Tnx for the comments, feedback is always welcome, if it's critical even better - that means we have room for improvement and can do even better!