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Old 08-10-2007, 12:51 PM
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Default Re: Question: Why does everyone get so upset about \'The Juice\' In tourney?

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I have to ask this, as I hear ppl get upset about this a lot, and have read in many threads, how some get really torked when they feel that too much 'juice' is being charged for a tourney.

I mean if you pay 100 bucks for a tourney, cash for anything above that, are you not making money? IMO, its like if you buy a lotto ticket for a buck, and win 1k, that's still more in a day than you'd make at most day jobs.

I've been a sweepstaker now for 35 years (since I was 14), and I've heard the same kind of comments from ppl about taxes. I've never understood it, because you are still making money. I like it (as a sweepstaker or a lotto player), when I have to pay taxes, because that means I won money, and all for either a buck (for the lottery), or the price of a stamp, envelope, and 3x5 paper or card.

Casino's and poker tour directors/companies are in it to make money, and I don't think we would do it for free (or for next to free), so why should they?

Can anyone explain it to me what the issue is why ppl get so upset about events that charge high 'juice' for them, when if you cash, many times you'll make more in a few days than you would in your day job?

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Even more annoying is when you cash just inside the bubble, make enough to cover your entry fee, tourney juice, tips for the waitresses, and maybe a burger for lunch AND THEN THEY SET THE DEALER TIP BOX IN FRONT OF YOU and ask if you would like to leave even more juice for the dealers...

**** them. You know what, that 20% juice the casino took basically means that the casino finished the tourney in second place. Why don't THEY leave some "juice" for the dealers?
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