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07-17-2007, 03:44 PM
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Re: Lee Watkinson + FT Qualifier + Winner = $18,250,000
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What disappoints me most of all is that Barry Greenstein sold out to pokerstars.NET He said he'd never support an Internet site. He was my hero until he did that. [/ QUOTE ] I held out as long as I could afford to. Poker has changed from when I could regularly play in lucrative side games. (If I was 25 years old with no family, I could camp out at a casino or on the Internet, playing in good situations, but I have too many responsibilities to do that.) Tournament poker has absorbed money that used to go to the side game players, and it occupies a lot of my playing time. I realized that I wasn't making enough money to support my family and continue giving money away. I went with PokerStars because they are letting me be low key and they allow me to make significant changes in the software. (We would have had more changes and bigger games, if the UIGEA didn't happen.) Barry 
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#62
07-17-2007, 03:51 PM
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Re: Lee Watkinson + FT Qualifier + Winner = $18,250,000
Barry,
Fwiw, I think it's respectable both that you tried/preferred to hold out and that you also able to recognize the necessity of income and supporting your family. I really don't think you can blame a gambler for "selling out" by trying to secure regular income through endorsements, even though players like Barry would probably prefer to not wear someone's logo. Fwiw, John Hanson is rumored to have turned down SERIOUS one-time endorsement money that FTP offered him for logowear at the HORSE final table, being probably the first poker player I'm aware of who was given the opportunity to "sell out" for a ridiculous figure and little commitment, but held true to his independent ethic.
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