Comments on: Mo’ Money for WSOP November Nine EightInterest Added to Top Eight Payout Spots http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/ Texas Hold'em and Las Vegas WSOP Poker Blog, now with PLO too! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:03:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-160412 DanM Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:55:17 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4693#comment-160412 Gene-ius. Gene-ius.

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-160410 Kevin Mathers Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:35:55 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4693#comment-160410 Excellent points Gene, you'd have thought they would want people to know where $24m of the players' money was being kept. Especially with all the talk of getting mainstream sponsorship that this the delay would get. Excellent points Gene, you’d have thought they would want people to know where $24m of the players’ money was being kept. Especially with all the talk of getting mainstream sponsorship that this the delay would get.

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-160406 DanM Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:21:56 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4693#comment-160406 Brilliant. Brilliant.

]]> By: Mean Gene http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-160402 Mean Gene Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:06:18 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4693#comment-160402 Why on Earth would they invest the money in a VARIABLE-rate fund? That makes absolutely no sense. You have $25 million, you want to park it somewhere for four months, you shop around and get the best fixed rate you're offered. You don't want to be checking the account every day to if the rate's changed. You wanna park the funds in a safe place and know that when you come back four months later you're gonna have "x" more dollars waiting. This was even a great opportunity for...wait for it...corporate advertising! Harrah's could give the financial institution a little juice during the broadcast by announcing the interest earned and WHERE it was earned, while the bank could say something like, "Sometimes even the best poker players in the world don't want to gamble with their money. That's why they come to us, Fidelity Investments..." Why on Earth would they invest the money in a VARIABLE-rate fund? That makes absolutely no sense. You have $25 million, you want to park it somewhere for four months, you shop around and get the best fixed rate you’re offered. You don’t want to be checking the account every day to if the rate’s changed. You wanna park the funds in a safe place and know that when you come back four months later you’re gonna have “x” more dollars waiting.

This was even a great opportunity for…wait for it…corporate advertising! Harrah’s could give the financial institution a little juice during the broadcast by announcing the interest earned and WHERE it was earned, while the bank could say something like, “Sometimes even the best poker players in the world don’t want to gamble with their money. That’s why they come to us, Fidelity Investments…”

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-160392 Kevin Mathers Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:01:03 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4693#comment-160392 I'm sure Kelly Kim was seduced by the millions of mainstream sponsorship dollars that were supposed to be coming to him as part of the Nov. 9. Lou Krieger spelled it out pretty well in his blog on how the November Nine were seduced, abandoned and forgotten. I’m sure Kelly Kim was seduced by the millions of mainstream sponsorship dollars that were supposed to be coming to him as part of the Nov. 9.

Lou Krieger spelled it out pretty well in his blog on how the November Nine were seduced, abandoned and forgotten.

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-160390 DanM Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:35:15 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4693#comment-160390 ***The guy who finishes in ninth place gets nothing more - nada, zippo, not even a few bucks for the vale*** That is kinda funny that one of these players will have been sweating for the past 4 months, already paid, only to ultimately go home without an extra penny for his November Nineage (online poker patch deal not included). ***The guy who finishes in ninth place gets nothing more – nada, zippo, not even a few bucks for the vale***

That is kinda funny that one of these players will have been sweating for the past 4 months, already paid, only to ultimately go home without an extra penny for his November Nineage (online poker patch deal not included).

]]> By: DanM http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-160388 DanM Sun, 09 Nov 2008 03:32:58 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4693#comment-160388 Seriously, considering the market's volatility over the past 4+ months, they're kinda lucky all the original cash is still there! Seriously, considering the market’s volatility over the past 4+ months, they’re kinda lucky all the original cash is still there!

]]> By: Kevin Mathers http://pokerati.com/2008/11/08/mo-money-for-wsop-november-nine-eightinterest-added-to-top-eight-payout-spots/comment-page-1/#comment-160386 Kevin Mathers Sun, 09 Nov 2008 02:55:04 +0000 http://pokerati.com/?p=4693#comment-160386 I guess making less than $1k/day is better than losing $24m. I guess making less than $1k/day is better than losing $24m.

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