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Originally Posted by BigBananas
If they thought the club was a little bit sketchy they would pull funds from my account basically just lowering the variance if the club went under.
Yeah, this would be nice. Having agent that was "in the know" if anything shady went down or was going down.
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Originally Posted by GhoulPatrol
Agents guaranteeing funds is worth less than owners guaranteeing funds. You think the guy who gets a small percentage of a few people's rake has more cash on hand than the people getting a large percentage of everyone's rake? .
I think it depends. That's why I am sort of hesitant because as the $$$ goes higher, the chance seems riskier, obv for both parties involved. Maybe if $XXX was lost it could be refunded without too much concern, what about $X,XXX? What if you have $XX,XXX on a site? Now multiply this by 10 players under the agent.
In regards to reputation, it counts for a lot, at least to me. And for them, you know it affects how they will be able to make money in the future. Look at NY Poker King. It looks like the internet has a short memory. I guess we'll also see what happens to Stixx from Mountain Poker. Mountain poker was the first pppoker club I was exposed to, so I am more cautious now.