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Old 12-13-2005, 01:15 PM
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Canada is just too damned cold in the winter.
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Old 12-13-2005, 01:17 PM
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I wouldn't be surprised is fox is paying everyone a 10mil appearance fee to cover the entry costs
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Old 12-13-2005, 01:34 PM
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I wouldn't be surprised is fox is paying everyone a 10mil appearance fee to cover the entry costs

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Totally preposterous. There's little chance they could recover that kind of cost with advertising for a poker game. This isn't the superbowl.
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Old 12-13-2005, 02:14 PM
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Well there's a 20 million dollar overlay.

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USD 60M = AUD 80M. No overlay, just sloppy writing in the article.

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Old 12-13-2005, 03:26 PM
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the first link mentions wmansionpoker

anyone heard of this?

(no im not promoting)
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Old 12-13-2005, 04:32 PM
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Well there's a 20 million dollar overlay.

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USD 60M = AUD 80M. No overlay, just sloppy writing in the article.

Adde

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Who in their right mind would put up $10 mil with no overlay?
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Old 12-13-2005, 04:38 PM
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Home of the soon-to-be-built "Pokerdome". Heh.

Didn't monster truck racing die out because of overexposure like this?
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Old 12-13-2005, 05:11 PM
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Home of the soon-to-be-built "Pokerdome". Heh.

Didn't monster truck racing die out because of overexposure like this?

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Did you seriously just compare poker to monster truck racing?
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Old 12-13-2005, 05:25 PM
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Well there's a 20 million dollar overlay.

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USD 60M = AUD 80M. No overlay, just sloppy writing in the article.
Adde

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if u guys were reading carefully, they also said hachem won 10M from the WSOP. that's what set off the flags in my head.
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Old 12-13-2005, 05:26 PM
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Home of the soon-to-be-built "Pokerdome". Heh.

Didn't monster truck racing die out because of overexposure like this?

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Oh yeah, the huge monster trucking fad of the late 70s and the monster truckign ressurgence in 1994, yeah?

what???
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