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G'day mate
Well I can not say anything negative about this thread as I personal am about to be a Dark Horse Staking Run on PokerStars with two of our fellow forum members. I can tell you that the logistic to make this work have not been easy for me. There have been many issues to over come. Neteller & Skrill have both proven to be total nightmares now since they changed their policy's regarding Canadian uses. I wish you the very best in your efforts and hope you find honorable and trust worthy people to work with. Best wishes be cool
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Posted by badman2374: badman2374
currently playing btc and cash. rooms=swc 12 btc won in 6 months. also won 23 of there hourly freerolld with up to 170 players in that same six months also was top vip level at carbon poker but i guess thats just a measure of money spent.lol specialized in live tournies but work has taken me from the casino. largest online win was bovada.first place 1100.us(no way to verify) guess i dont have much verifiable proof.im a grinder.at my cpu 6-8 hrs a day.
Joined: Oct '13
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Hi yout85,
The following is a copy/paste of details I provided in December to someone offering staking, they never came through with their offer.....
I have detailed 4 accounts / periods of play below:
PIGGYBANK (CRYPTOLOGIC) - 2007 At the bottom of the learning curve, was a loser to start before recovering steadily
MARKWALES (POKERSTARS) FOR A LARGE PART OF 2008 I WAS STAKED TO PLAY $12 180'S ON STARS AND A FEW OTHER MTT'S OF SIMILAR STAKE. - simply check "markwales", 2008 on OPR, we made a nice profit
Rated 98.83% for the year on OPR
JACKRODWELL (POKERSTARS) - 2009 TO 2013 (ALTHOUGH MAINLY 2009 TO 2011) Top 5 results: Date Tournament Game 1st Prize Winner Buy in Entries Rank Prize 25 Jul 10 No Limit Hold'em HENL JackRodwell $43 252 1 $2,017 25 Feb 11 No Limit Hold'em HENL pwsk $1.10+ 3055 4 $1,311 24 Feb 11 No Limit Hold'em HENL JustAK $11 1562 4 $1,172 18 Jan 10 No Limit Hold'em HENL Anne86 $44 144 3 $700 18 Jan 10 No Limit Hold'em HENL JackRodwell $12 180 1 $594
OPR Rating 2011 97.90% 2010 98.56% 2009 97.05%
Stopped playing on Stars because I was suffering some horrid variance. My fault for playing in such large fields.
NATASHASCHE (PARTYPOKER) - OCT 2013 TO DATE (CURRENTLY SKINT SO TOOK UP THE $10 BRM NO DEPOSIT BONUS. Withdrew £440 in December and now have £60)
*My best result actually came on an old Betfair skin when I won a $100+9 MTT for $3.3k (having qualified for $6) but this was not tracked by OPR or Sharkscope.
Why do I want to be staked?
Given I'm not currently working I have a lot of free time AND find I'm playing a little scared at the tables due to the fact I don't have an income.
[UPDATE ON INITIAL POST] I have created a new Pokerstars account (having moved abroad) for which the alias is AlrightChaps. Unfortunately I'm stupidly playing high variance games and as such am €90 down I can verify the above JackRodwell account though in case you suspect its not me. I also have a new account on SkyPoker for which my alias is Brinjala (deposited £20, got bonus, came 2nd in a small tourney, withdrew £80 and have £15 left, that will do )
I will sit at a table on pokerstars for you to find me today if you like....
c'mon man if you going to stake dont stake small timers or anybody whos member here its ridiculous this place is full of freerollers u really shouldnt roll them in any way
try to find a proper stake forum and forget about doing it with $50 that amount of money will get you ZERO serious player, it will only attract the losers and neet players who are never made out of their parents basement yet they thinking themselves as sharks whenever playing in freerolls and whatnot
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I've thought it through a lot bowie.
I'm doing it here as oppose to a dedicated staking site, because I'm not just doing it for profit. I want to stake "small timers" as you call them, because I want the opportunity to work with my stakee, and help them grow as poker players.
"This place" is full of people who want to learn, want to improve.
Natasha.... very impressive stats. I'm at work until about 7pm, but I'll happily find you later to exchange email addresses. Forcharity - same applies.
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Dont stake anybody who is member here? Not everybody is freeroll players.. And for sure someone is making profits And maybe he wants just because it is in this forum ? But have to agree that 50d is tough to start to play mtt..
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Good luck to you in this venture and i think that this is a very noble gesture on your behalf. To stake anybody is very generous and to this reason i hope that you and whatever player you stake make a lot of money. Good luck to you again in this
Posted by hemuli: Dont stake anybody who is member here? Not everybody is freeroll players.. And for sure someone is making profits And maybe he wants just because it is in this forum ? But have to agree that 50d is tough to start to play mtt..
yup, thats what I said honestly, there is a reason why small timers are small timers from brollmanagement to actual play skills this site are not attracting the kind of players who are able to be profitable to a larger scale therefore anybody going to stake members here is wasting energy, money and time
i am a hobby player, not necesserily a bad one, but I do not have inspirations to go beyond that as neither the players who are hunting freerolls and promotions here
sorry to disappoint you, but this site its just another affiliate page with the occasional gamblers and free.roll grinders, no value is lost here with not staking anybody
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.....I have been a member here for a long time. I prefer to use my judgement of the people on here over someone's who has been a member for nearly two years and has five posts.
This site is a great place to improve. I feel I have something to offer... and I'll enjoy doing it. The money isn't the motivation.
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Posted by bowie1984:
Posted by hemuli: Dont stake anybody who is member here? Not everybody is freeroll players.. And for sure someone is making profits And maybe he wants just because it is in this forum ? But have to agree that 50d is tough to start to play mtt..
yup, thats what I said honestly, there is a reason why small timers are small timers from brollmanagement to actual play skills this site are not attracting the kind of players who are able to be profitable to a larger scale therefore anybody going to stake members here is wasting energy, money and time
i am a hobby player, not necesserily a bad one, but I do not have inspirations to go beyond that as neither the players who are hunting freerolls and promotions here
sorry to disappoint you, but this site its just another affiliate page with the occasional gamblers and free.roll grinders, no value is lost here with not staking anybody
Bowie, I will give you a nugget of advice. Being this naive will only limit your ability to learn and progress in poker, and life for that matter.
Have you considered the whole spectrum of reasons a player might want staking or why someone might want to stake somebody?
I am a winning player, I can afford to spend $50 of my own money on poker.
Perhaps I want to learn? Perhaps I want to learn from my staker, talk poker with another winner? Perhaps I want to experience staking at a low level before I enter a (bigger) staking agreement in the future? Perhaps I feel I play better when I am accountable to someone other than myself?
Perhaps the staker wants to learn? Perhaps he/she wants to discuss strategy? Perhaps they want to experience low level staking before moving onto bigger staking arrangements? Perhaps the staker has aspirations to be a coach and see's this as an avenue to 'test' themselves? Perhaps the staker wants to build a stable for some grand marketing scheme for a poker site?
There could be many other reasons, all I know is it doesn't hurt to have a chat with yout85 to see what we can explore.
i meant no disrespect (neither respect) and my ramblings wont turn off anybodys will to stake anyway
yout85 we are both members from a month away each other and the number of my forum posts mean absolutely nothing , so Im not gonna get in a fight about whos e-penis is larger or whos got a better judgement about the membership of this site
spend your money wisely
natasha my so called "naivité" has giving me great insights on something called life (and some other things) and im sorry but your ability to learn, adapt and excersise your skills in p.oker barely has anything to do with who stake you, what money, on which level and "learning" this experience would be a sort of a miracle, cause players who need this kind of extra motivation for their playing ability barely know their limits and they never learn from anything anyway
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Yes, sorry bowie... I wasn't trying to belittle you in any way. Just saying I have known a few of the guys here for a while, and so can make my own judgement.
I am not looking for a perfect player - I am looking for a promising player, with gaps in their game. Gaps I believe I can fill... (so to speak).
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Most of the players start from low. It is a good and a less expensive way to learn the game and then advance in higher limits if you are looking at it in a more serious way. And then again 50$ isnt a bad roll to start with. Many of the members here have managed to cash out with bankrolls given from BRM with less than that.
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Some very good points made here. All of which I will be taking on board.
An important point to make I think, is that $50 is just a random amount I plucked out of the air, and in any case wouldn't be a "bankroll" as such, but would be roughly the amount I would like my horse to spending on tournaments each week.
With Nastasha, I can see that they seem to specialise in 180 man SnG's, and with an ROI of around 50% (which is what I would be hoping for from my horse), $50 per week would only generate $25 of profit to be split two ways... which is clearly not enough to make the whole thing worthwhile - so I would tailor my staking to suit the horse.
With Forcharity, I can see he seems to prefer the larger field MTT's, so I feel I'd like to start off low and see what and where his game can be improved before upping the stake amount.
I plan to do this properly, and intend not only to make myself and my horse(s) a little bit of extra cash... but also to improve their game, as well as my own.
I'm planning on kicking things off on 1st February, but would need to speak to any potential horses as soon as possible, and maybe watch them play a little.
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Morning yout85, call me what you like. You'll find out my 'real' name is actually very dull
So I was randomly sitting down at tables on Stars last night under the name AlrightChaps. I will do the same again this evening so we can exchange details.
I will play some micro stakes 180s in advance as to gain some HHs for us to review. I'd also be very interested in the big field regular speed MTTs but appreciate these increase our variance big time.
I can verify the above JackRodwell account though in case you suspect its not me. I also have a new account on SkyPoker for which my alias is Brinjala (deposited £20, got 
