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08-16-2023 , 11:42 AM
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https://highstakesdb.com/news/high-s...-entertainment

That just seems like a ridiculous amount to me. I can't imagine he's the main draw for those streams. Curious if they are paying anyone else like Tom Dwan maybe.
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08-16-2023 , 12:00 PM
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Truly amazing people don't understand he was clearly joking. I've seen youtube commentators take this seriously as well and it's mind boggling.
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08-16-2023 , 12:10 PM
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I heard Dwan was getting $2M per episode
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08-16-2023 , 12:50 PM
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Nah they used to pay the guys peanuts for appearing on High Stakes Poker and that was during the boom.
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08-16-2023 , 12:57 PM
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Not sure if true or not but if true it just makes the show seem more wwe
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08-16-2023 , 01:01 PM
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Truly amazing people don't understand he was clearly joking. I've seen youtube commentators take this seriously as well and it's mind boggling.
People think HCL is some massive operation but it’s rinky dink

More people probably watch PBS or whatever, but poker players live in their own alternate reality
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08-16-2023 , 01:35 PM
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People think HCL is some massive operation but it’s rinky dink

More people probably watch PBS or whatever, but poker players live in their own alternate reality
Exactly. Almost no actors in even the biggest TV shows have cracked a million an episode. But yes Nick Airball jokes he gets 100k an episode with 5000 people watching and people somehow think he's serious.
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08-16-2023 , 02:03 PM
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Imagine believing this. I heard some guy named DustinDaCloser has a deal you might be interested in.
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08-16-2023 , 02:14 PM
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when I saw the thread title, I assumed Airball was the one paying
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08-16-2023 , 02:21 PM
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Maybe 10K per episode
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08-16-2023 , 04:08 PM
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when I saw the thread title, I assumed Airball was the one paying

Same
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08-16-2023 , 04:41 PM
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when I saw the thread title, I assumed Airball was the one paying
As did I
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08-16-2023 , 04:41 PM
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Maybe 10K per episode
lol wut
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08-16-2023 , 04:47 PM
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Joke or not, we're all well aware of the questionable business dealings involving the ownership of HCL. Saying that nothing would surprise me.
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08-16-2023 , 06:23 PM
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Anyone who thought this was serious should be permanently cut off from the internet for their own good.
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08-16-2023 , 08:04 PM
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I initially understood this as Nik Airball paying 100k an episode to appear on HCL because I'm used to trying to avoid the passive voice
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08-16-2023 , 08:12 PM
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Anyone who thought this was serious should be permanently cut off from the internet for their own good.
Standard 2+2 geniuses
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08-16-2023 , 09:17 PM
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Standard 2+2 geniuses
The best and the brightest
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08-16-2023 , 09:23 PM
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Hustler should pay me a minimum of $10 for any episode i watch with Nik in it.
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08-16-2023 , 09:24 PM
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The best and the brightest
The very definition of “wretched refuse”
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08-17-2023 , 02:50 AM
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when I saw the thread title, I assumed Airball was the one paying
Oh, he is. More than that, I think.
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08-17-2023 , 03:52 AM
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100K, 10K… Where do they find you people?

Venmo/Zelle me $5000, it’s all I need to release $10M. When I get it, obviously we’ll split it
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08-17-2023 , 05:55 AM
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I assumed Airball was joking and Nick V is trolling here:

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"Hahahhahaha. Gotta love it, Nik!! Yes, we compensate him $100k per episode, and he features in 8 episodes monthly. The total of $800k is entirely justified. How else do you suppose one could consistently appear each week, even amidst losses, and manage the costs?"
Again the thread title makes no sense.

The "news article" hasn't been retracted or corrected. Imagine taking Shitter comments literally.
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08-17-2023 , 06:05 AM
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im sure Daniel said that back in the day it was like 5 or 10k per hour (cant remember which) but it was low. and that some players would try and nit it up and take the hourly.
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08-17-2023 , 06:41 AM
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im sure Daniel said that back in the day it was like 5 or 10k per hour (cant remember which) but it was low. and that some players would try and nit it up and take the hourly.
That was HSP, in the prime heyday. It was sold to Game Show Network, it was like an actual show, so I definitely believe that someone paid those guys 10K for their “appearance” on the “season”

The fact that people don’t understand Nik was joking, and Vertucci is screwing around is mind boggling.

You guys play here Eeeeeeevery DAY
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