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Originally Posted by Christ, De 'Berg!
a) He can afford to lose as much as he has in cash games on FTP and PS because between tournaments (3 SCOOP wins, one for over a million, plus PCA SHR title for ~1.25 million) and cash games on European networks he has won a lot more than 3 million.
I'd say this is debatable (not the euro networks stuff). I mean unless I'm mistaken there was a pretty clear pattern of him appearing around the same time every month on Stars and either going on sick runs or busting quick then disappearing for a while.
Add on top of that he's also said in chat he has to 'send some money to back' after wins. Then add rumoured OFC losses etc.
Obviously it's all speculation, we don't know his finances. I just don't think it's an absurd suggestion that he might have been relying on backers/salaries at one point, if that's true then maybe some of his huge upswings wouldn't have happened without the aid. Similarly, back in the day, maybe if he didn't run white hot when he was playing with 5 buyins to his name (and in debt) he might have been forced to get a job and we never would have heard about him
On another note, good to see Kanu and ike doing well again!