Here goes the markup debate again... except this time it's not during WSOP.

Ryan Laplante is offering the Wynn main event (with a lot of satellite winners in it) for 1.5x (50%) markup.

Shaun Deeb, who has long disliked Laplante, for whatever reason, accused him of "scamming":

https://twitter.com/shaundeeb/status/1600169300311932938

Someone then pointed out that the 2022 WSOP Main winner was only selling for 1.35!

https://twitter.com/shaundeeb/status/1600195798351814658


Ryan had Shaun blocked, but unblocked him so they could have an internet slap fight:

https://twitter.com/Protentialmn/status/1600229796989976576
https://twitter.com/Protentialmn/status/1600229800617996288

(Notice "Coherent Deeb", another guy who translates Deeb's horrible writing, cleaned up the next tweet!)

https://twitter.com/CoherentDeeb/status/1600256990210445313

https://twitter.com/shaundeeb/status/1600232187508404226
https://twitter.com/cuntycakes123/status/1600436419121410048

https://twitter.com/Protentialmn/status/1600232209859813378
https://twitter.com/Protentialmn/status/1600232427141533697


Basically, Laplante threw the gauntlet down and said he will "buy himself" from Deeb for 5% of any $3000+ event he plays, and 20% of anything less than $3000, which is kind of like a reverse stake. Deeb responded that he wanted to buy "all of [Laplante] for 2023", meaning he wanted to reverse stake 100% of Laplante's action!

So far nothing has been agreed to here. It is ballsy for Laplante to do this, though remember he runs a coaching service, so standing up to Deeb here and offering his own money to "prove" he's worth 1.5x markup might be good for business.


I think Deeb is actually out of line here. It's not like Laplante is a fish who lies about his results to get students. He has been a successful tournament player with a ton of volume, and I'm sure he's good enough to teach a lot to the students who pay him.