Re: How much does someone make for being sponsored by a poker site?
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Hachem was the perfect storm. ME had just more than doubled in attendance for the second straight year, TV ratings for WSOP and WPT were through the roof and Stars had just spent two years establishing itself as the place where players become world champions. Losing Joe would have sunk their entire marketing campaign. 7 million isn't all that much considering what rested in the balance.
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While I think 7mil is a bit high, the theory that is stated here is quite plausible. It isn't like JH will get the 7M a year for as long as he is at Stars. THAT would be insane. The next genuinely marketable (poor Jamie G.) person who wins the ME will be the target of Stars, FTP, etc. They get the big signing bonus until the NEXT person comes along. And so on...and son on....
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