A few poker related businesses :

[StupidAcesSigh]

I've had a few ideas for poker related businesses.

#1 - A poker school.

Pretty self explanatory. Teach people how to win at poker for money. It would also be an excellent way to make serious money as an affiliate.

#2 - Rake Free xxxx
A website that co-ordinates rake free poker games in your area. This wouldn't make money on it's own but would be an excellent resource for drawing clients to the other businesses.

#3 - Bonus Clearing
Pay people to let you clear their bonuses / stake them to clear their own bonuses under your supervision. Esp. good for casino whoring, if thats still possible.

#4 - Staking
Train and stake people to multitable low limit hold'em (2/4-5/10 ish). This works very well with bonus whoring.

[CakeKing]

1:sounds like a nice Idea.

2: bad idea, due to legislation.

3: why not clear ur own bonuses?

4: If these ppl can win at say 5/10... they prolly dont want u to stake em. IF u staked em why would they play well?

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

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Teach people how to win at poker for money. It would also be an excellent way to make serious money as an affiliate.

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This is exactly how I got started as an affiliate and it's what I'd reccomend for someone looking to get into the affiliate business.

-Craig

[Dept. of Justice]

You're an online poker affiliate? Sounds interesting? Can you please PM me your name, address and phone number so we can talk further about this?

[GoblinMason (Craig)]

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You're an online poker affiliate? Sounds interesting? Can you please PM me your name, address and phone number so we can talk further about this?

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Sure, but I'm pretty sure you're not going to do anything about it even if you are the real DOJ. (which I would bet against.)

-Craig

[StupidAcesSigh]

haha awesome gimmick... goblin you seem like a pretty nice guy but you are a little clueless [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Ron Burgundy]

#1 is a good idea, and a lot of people are already doing it very succesfully.

#2 Be careful with this one. In the Chicago area, the fuzz go around the internet looking for people organizing illegal games. Then they send out the SWAT team to bust the $2-$4 game that you organized, and hold you responsible.

#3 is retarded. Bonus clearing is so easy, people won't give up money to let you do it on their accounts. And only homeless people would need to be staked. I started playing poker and casinos online with $150, and I had $17K by the end of the first year. It doesn't require a large bankroll.

#4 could work, but I'm not sure it would be worth the time and effort to teach people the game just so you can get a cut of their $6/hour.