16 FTP Pros in 500K today

[bustedromo]

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wtf FTP is a private company and they can give money to anyone they feel like it

i dont see why this bothers you, OP.

unless you'd be fine with FTP telling you that you shouldn't give christmas presents to your kids, or w/e

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Wrong. I'm a customer of FTP. I play in a lot of their tournaments. I play a lot of cash games. I provide a lot of revenue to them. And yes, they do care what I think. I sent all my thoughts to them in emails and they responded that they are in the process of considering my input and will get back to me.

Extrapolate the trend. Instead of the 100 or so FTP Pros there are now, imagine if there were 1000. The scenario becomes ridonkulous. The variance on both their play and their marketability is such that it's impossible to tell if these people are really any good at anything.

Why not just have freerolls to see who gets to be in red ? The effect would be the same.