To be fair Paulie has to kick up part of that 6k to tony every week too. 
My understanding was the $6k was the total Chris had to kick up now that he was a made guy. So it wasnât just from the sports book, but from all sources. Still pretty nice deal for Paulie assuming he keeps most of that.
That said, Paulineâs crew seems like 3 guys so heâs probably not rolling in it.
Right, 10%, in theory. Since time immemorial money goes up, shit goes down
Maybe, but I didnât read it that way. Especially since his envelope was light on the very first payment because fuckin college football
Right - the sportsbook was Chrisâ primary way to make that $6k, so when it came up light he had to do another score to get to $6k.
If the $6k was only for the sportsbook, wouldnât Chris have owed Paulie the $6k plus a cut of the robbery?
I do think they have to kick up on everything they earn.
Well in theory itâs supposed to be 10% of all earnings. But from the way that conversation flowed, I took it to mean that Chrissyâs âgraduation presentâ from Paulie if you will was Paulie letting him take over the book and Paulie was âonlyâ going to hit him for six gees a week, could be a little, could be a lot. It just seemed the two were inextricably tied together there.
Serious question. Can you watch the Roku channel without a Roku?
Yup, you can just watch on the Roku Channel website or download the mobile app.
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HBOMax renaming itself Max may be one of the dumbest marketing moves of all time.
Edit: I post this because I guess they announced it officially.
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I mean, this is just more brilliant move making from the president of Discovery.
Wtf, Max.com wasnt taken?
Had to have been, right? How much would they have had to pay for something like that?
I donât know, going from one of the best-known and respected entertainment brands in American history to a generic name that is short for âSkinemaxâ seems pretty smart.
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Anyone else watching Beef on Netflix? I saw the first ep, and Iâm intrigued by the great leads and it being an A24 production, but so far it seems like a slow start.
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The money stuff makes zero sense, Tony is borrowing money from Hesch but Melfi says he has millions and he agrees, just zero effort at consistency.
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Itâs fantastic, especially when I learned Ali Wongâs character was originally supposed to be a Stanley Tucci type. But then they got Ali Wong and it suddenly became an incredible mostly Asian cast.
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One fact that should not be overlooked is that Tony can live a much better lifestyle that his income alone would allow because a lot of his benefits are received in-kind: he can eat for free at Artie Buccoâs, get free booze at Adrianaâs club, and probably has similar arrangements with many other establishments.
By season 6, heâs losing 6 figure sums gambling, has a 3.2 million dollar boat, so not a surprise heâs illiquid and needs to borrow 200k from Hesh. Not saying itâs super consistent, but the idea that he has a 5-6 million net worth but still worries about who is or is not kicking up minor amounts of money seems plausible to me.
In general, I think the money dynamics are well handled and insightful. Letâs say Paulie does see 300k a year one way or another, Iâm sure there are many rl gangsters whoâd be perpetually broke even seeing that much because of the lifestyle.
The only thing still bothers me or I still donât understand is: how the executive game raked in 80k over 2-3 days. That seems extremely high? I mean Davey buys in for 5k and is down 45k when the game breaks, doesnât seem like there were millions of dollars on the table. How many hands could they have played, what was the average pot size, idk seems like a huge stretch.