how do sponsored players get paid?

#1 20th October 2008, 5:15 AM

I was wondering, how do pros that are sponsored by sites get paid? do they get some amount in their accounts and are required to play a certain amount of hands a month with it? or are they paid completely seperately?

how much do the sites pay them, and how much does it vary from player to player?

#2 20th October 2008, 5:44 AM

It varies, most of the Full Tilt sponsered players (supposedly) get $35 an hour and 100% rakeback. Not sure about Pokerstars or anything else. Of course, guys like Ivey, Lederer, Ferguson, etc get infinite monies because of their stake in Full Tilt.

#3 20th October 2008, 5:13 PM

i think they also get bought in to many tournaments by their sponsor. i know pokerstars and ultimatebet do this, not sure about full tilt. must be nice having someone pay $10k for you to play in the main event....

#4 21st October 2008, 8:21 PM

Nice. No rake. Free money. That's life I wanna live to.
(IF it isn't even enough they steal everyones money they get no rake and free money to start with ) Lucky bastards!

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