16 FTP Pros in 500K today

[bustedromo]

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I don't know if I should bump this thread, but OP's rant may be typical of some amateur's reaction. The "play poker with the pros" marketing has some disadvantage in that some people think "I don't want to play pros; I want to play donks I can beat."

It is easy for us to see that many of these "pros" are pretty weak players, but some people may be intimidated by the red names.

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Opposite.

And you shouldn't have got me started again.

[bustedromo]

Ok, FTP Support won't tell how these guys get paid, but they do implicitly admit that they are paid:

Thank you for contacting Full Tilt Poker Support.

Unfortunately, we do not carry any information on how Pros are compensated for playing on Full Tilt Poker. However, we do know Pros use their own cash for tournaments and ring games on Full Tilt Poker, just like any other player on the site.

Thanks in advance for your cooperation. If you have any other questions, please feel free to email us. We're always here to help.

[kemystery]

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[x] worst thread ever

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This not the worst thread ever. This is one of the very best threads ever with very interesting opinions offered by all posters.

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Actually opinions offered by you were pretty stupid and not at all interesting. I wish I could argue with you but I have to go cut myself.

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ha ha i loled

[betgo]

I don't know if the 16 red name pros were encourage by FT to play in this tournament at all. There are probably a zillion similar strength borderline pros in a tournament like that. There also probably a lot more than 16 other fairly well known pros playing under online names.

[bustedromo]

There are 23 Full Tilt Poker Shills in today's FTOPS Event #6 ($1M guaranteed) :

Greg Mueller
Keith Sexton
Maciek Gracz
Karina Jett
Stuart Paterson
Farzad Bonyadi
Michael Craig
Steve Brecher
Ram Vaswani
David Benyamine
Max Pescatori
Allen Cunningham
Berry Johnston
JJ Liu
Erica Schoenberg
Paul Sexton
Ross Boatman
Roland de Wolfe
Kristy Gaze
Lynette Chan
Thomas Wahlroos
Eddy Scharf
Barny Boatman


Full Tilt Poker: Learn, Chat, and Play with the Shills.

[jmill2511]

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Full Tilt Poker: Learn, Chat, and Play with the Shills.

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So?

[Astyanax]

Has anyone asked why clonie gowen is not playing in her own event?

[bustedromo]

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Has anyone asked why clonie gowen is not playing in her own event?

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Probably blew it off and went offroading with Carlos Mortensen.

[kerze]

Question From holla buck: does ftp register the hosts into the tourney or do they have to buy in? mayb something went wrong
wen they registered u?
Clonie Gowen: it was a goof
Question From Southpaw68: will they do anything for u since something caused u not to be in it
Clonie Gowen: no

[apefish]

cocaine is a helluva drug.