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Originally Posted by Johnny.Wice
B,b,but champion you just wrote "As to your other point, today I've written a big piece on the PKR meltdown, an article on the WSOP 'tanking rules' update and an interview with a big-name pro".
Such a big timer!
Naw, just being objective- don't think poker "journalists" are highly coveted positions that are targeted by ivy-league type candidates, and more likely wages are in line with that.
I hope you do realize that your article on dani stern, and me scoffing and making speculative assumptions on your financials are very similar things.
You probably also appear as a delightful chap in dani stern's eyes
btw, if you still feel like playing the role of a "journalist" answer this plz- what do poker players gain from these types of exposure (especially online winnings/loss- in today's online climate), and what exactly are the incentives for them to deal with you guys?
to expect poker players to be welcoming of exposures and deal with the media bs without the incentives like big sponsorship money, is flat out ******ed.
Well you certainly don't know what I earn from HSDB but I expect it's probably more than you think by the way you're talking. It's also not my sole income, I have other interests.
Also I didn't scoff at Dani Stern at all. All I said in the article was that he had lost a significant amount of money to one particular player. That is just a fact. That other player also happens to be a really good highstakes poker player so there is no shame in losing to him. In fact I said that the games were really entertaining and I hoped he would turn things around because I enjoy watching him at highstakes.
I did speculate that perhaps he might drop down in limits if he continues to lose at highstakes. Again, this isn't in any way scoffing or deriding Dani, and in fact I only speculated it because he himself talked in interviews about how he dropped down for a couple of years from nosebleeds to 5/10 and 10/20.
As to your other question, we deal with high stakes pros quite often and have interviewed a ton of them including jungleman12, ben86, Sauce123, Ike, Kanu, wcgrider, Lrslzk, odd_oddsen, Scott Seiver, Phil Galfond and plenty more. Most of those guys (if not all) were initially interviewed before we ever hid any graphs so obviously didn't have too much of a problem with us. Lots of high stakes pros have said they love the site and we generally have good relationships with any highstakes pro we have any dealings with.
Also, the incentive to us is to provide the railbirds with live rolling results of the biggest games along with hand replays, reports on the action, and league tables of results. The fans of online highstakes poker are our main concern. Always have been and always will be.