I was thinking about that. I thought he was having a showing every two days, but I've heard since that he's been having some on successive days.I don't know.
Doing some back-of-the-envelope estimations based upon what he is doing traveling around -- it's a hard way to scratch out any kind of profit after expenses.
Lou Figueroa
At $2500/show that's pretty decent. I don't think he has to pay for the room as the ad says that food and drink aren't free, and there is a two drink minimum. So if he has some way to keep travel costs down (staying with friends), he could probably clear a couple of thousand a week if not more.
(In my city, the cost of renting a meeting room in one of the convention hotels is $125/evening. So even if he has to pay for a meeting room, he should still be doing all right.)
That's more income that most pro players get from playing in tournaments. And of course, John is free to play for money when he isn't commentating his run.
From the positive reaction on the internet, i think his approach to marketing is far more sensible than just trying to sell the video for $29 a throw.
I suspect that once he's run out of crowds, he may do a video of the evening presentation, and sell that directly. I"d buy that too.