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PlayedYou73
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Silver Level
As most of you know, the red names on Full Tilt are full tilt sponsored pros that anyone can play against. In some cases there are even semi-bounties on them, knock them out of a tourney for example and you get your entrance fee back.
I was always a bit curious about this arrangement, since the upper tier full tilt pros are also part owners of the company that owns full tilt. It seems to be a bit of a conflict of interest. I know the company is supposedly regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission...but if you create a computer program for gambling..and then play on it yourself..its not really beyond the realm of possibility that you have backdoor software installed to help your play. After all white collar crime is usually the hardest to detect and is the most lucrative. I've never really heard much from full tilt to address this anymore..has anyone else?
Anyways..the point of this post was I found an article about one particular red name. Johnathan Little
I found it interesting that the red names are paid 35 bucks an hour (works out to $68k a year on a 37.5 hour week) and receive 100% rakeback in exchange for playing. Thats a pretty sweet deal when you consider that they pocket any winnings in addition to the salary. Too bad this guy got greedy and screwed it up.
I was always a bit curious about this arrangement, since the upper tier full tilt pros are also part owners of the company that owns full tilt. It seems to be a bit of a conflict of interest. I know the company is supposedly regulated by the Kahnawake Gaming Commission...but if you create a computer program for gambling..and then play on it yourself..its not really beyond the realm of possibility that you have backdoor software installed to help your play. After all white collar crime is usually the hardest to detect and is the most lucrative. I've never really heard much from full tilt to address this anymore..has anyone else?
Anyways..the point of this post was I found an article about one particular red name. Johnathan Little
I found it interesting that the red names are paid 35 bucks an hour (works out to $68k a year on a 37.5 hour week) and receive 100% rakeback in exchange for playing. Thats a pretty sweet deal when you consider that they pocket any winnings in addition to the salary. Too bad this guy got greedy and screwed it up.
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