@Browns Dillion needs more time for sure. Many can’t handle the pressure he’s under but you guys are responsible for what he’s getting from the public. Sanders might not be the answer but we know for a fact that Dillon isn’t so what are you going to do? @PatMcAfeeShow tell em!
@ClubWPTGold can you guys help with an issue I’m having; I was issued an invite only freeroll ticket but they system won’t let me register no matter how many times I’ve tried; the event is tomorrow; can someone reach out; I don’t want to miss this chance at a WPT championship
In 1999 if you traveled the world playing the highest stakes tournaments, you couldn’t spend more than $250,000.
In 2013 that number rose to roughly $1.2 million.
In 2025, that number is roughly $12 million.
You need to cash for $12 million+ to turn a profit if you play all the Triton, WSOP, and other high rollers.
In 2024 only 3 players cashed for $12 million.
Adrian Mateos
$13,109,217
Patrik Antonius
$12,488,048
Alejandro Lococo
$12,287,737
Not everyone will hit every stop, but among the high roller regs that play most of them, I think spending $10 million is reasonable considering every Triton stop will run you about $2 million in buy ins.
Only 3 more players cashed for $10 million+
Alex Foxen
$11,593,726
Jonathan Tamayo
$10,298,455
***WSOP Main Event***
Daniel Dvoress
$10,298,200
40 players cashed for more than $5 million.
121 players cashed for more than $2 million.
A whopping 259 players cashed for over $1 million in 2024.
Most every pro who is playing this kind of high roller schedule is selling action and/or swapping, so if you see a pro who played them all cash for $7 million in a year, likely losing $3-5 million, they didn’t actually lose that much if anything at all.
If they only sell at markup, they can lose $3-5 million, but still show a profit personally.
Most high rollers have turbo like structures which increase variance and lower the pros ROI significantly, as a lot of these events become a folding battle, focusing on ICM and laddering pay jumps while flipping some coins along the way.
If you want to make a good living as a tournament player, your best bet is to focus on low to mid stakes buy in tourneys.
Low defined as:
$1500 and below
Midstakes:
$2k-$10k
What you envision at the highest stakes is mostly a mirage.
No one playing these rates to have an ROI over $5 million in any given year. Profitable years like that will happen, but they are anomalies rather than the norm.