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Originally Posted by zepher06
For the record, I didn't mean to just start bashing BitB. I was more shocked that these were the goals for the top stable around at the moment, which means there are tons of other stables where the players can expect a much lower EV.
Given that the best of the best are pulling in barely above min wage means the rest are going to be fighting for scraps.
Things do look rosy for the owners, though. An elite set of players putting in decent volume with apparently a biggest downswing of $75k. 100 players that when they play are each making you an EV of $10-20 p/h. Looking at somewhere around $150k p/m for the owners.
gl for the rest of the year.
It's not really like this thiugh. $20 tax free in a lot of countries is really really good money. It's all very relative. Actually the guys we have the most success with are guys from countless where they really appreciate the money and they see that with hard work and they are able to make more and more money. A lot of the guys have came from tiers 8-10 to tiers 3-5 and are doing extremely well.
If a guy is failing or not making much money then it's either variance (sucks) they aren't working hard enough (sucks) or they aren't naturally good enough (sucks) there's always going to be a bunch of guys who lose the love for the game, have mental game issues, have real life problems or whatever else, so a bunch of the guys will win less than the average of the stable profits.
For a lot of guys
- making $20/hour
- working around very motivated people
- being part of a community with people from all around the world
- having the chance in one year to double / triple / quadruple and further your wage
- have a job that allows you to travel around the world doing what you love
- wake up when you want, work when you want, holiday when you want, piss when you want (shout out Joey Ingram and the piss bottle)
- have people in the top of your field as your mentor
- get free top tier educational system
- create contacts for future employment
Is extremely attractive
The downsides being
- you give away x% of your profits
That's why I posted earlier in the thread that to me I want all the best guys in the world to be staked by us rather than other people. I want to work harder than every other stable in the world so that when the player decides to give x% of his profits I am able to give absolutely more than others to make sure he is getting a good return for his money.
In terms of us doing it for the money etc, whilst the money is good (don't actually see much of it or notice it at all) I do this project for completely different reasons. Self development, self improvement and relationships with the guys. When players who have been in big makeup and I've seen them every single day grind their arse off and really work out of something that I really doubt I'd have the capability of doing. Seeing them win that WCOOP or final table a big event etc is so gratifying and such a happy experience. It sounds ridiculous but you really can't imagine how good it feels and the money pales in significance. At least for me personally.