Man, did Brandon Fuck it Up or What?

June 1, 2010

Well if you are breathing in the poker affiliate world you know that Aced.com went belly up and the Merge guys who are or are not CarbonPoker.com themselves (who the fuck knows) have attempted to salvage the bankruptcy and have managed to pay most of the affiliates, with the exception of a few ballers who are owed a combined sum of over six figures. (jesus Roger and Andreas you guys are animals… I don’t know how the hell you send that kind of traffic to a site like that and I work on pretty big sites myself! Sick…

Anyway, the following here is pure gossip / speculation but I’m just going to say it.

Skins come and go but the true value is the affiliate relationships.

You seemed to handle it pretty good from Stinky to Chan to Aced but this one stuck you pretty good. Hell I feel for you because I know you were in a bad spot, I can understand. You want to keep that traffic coming to show that new investor the ROI he demands and if you get that new investor you may be able to pull it off and get everyone paid and back on track but when you are paying the bills with credit cards then your in trouble. It was a gamble… a desperation gamble even at that and you lost. I know I expected big things from Aced.com when they launched and it seemed like once the Jamie Gold fiasco happened that there were no additional ideas or efforts to recruit a base of poker players. Maybe I’m wrong but I don’t think so.

Shitty situation and I expect more and more skins to fail, especially those skins that do not actively market to bring in RECREATIONAL players. This is the way the wind is blowing. Plan accordingly fellow affiliates.

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