staking someone?
50% is the standard. Check out neverbeg.com and see for yourself. With over 14,000 members and hundreds of stakes going out everyday it should be ez 2 see, lol. My username is blindfury, look me up if your good I might stake U. and it's uasually 50% plus stakeback
50% is the standard. Check out neverbeg.com and see for yourself. With over 14,000 members and hundreds of stakes going out everyday it should be ez 2 see, lol. My username is blindfury, look me up if your good I might stake U. and it's uasually 50% plus stakeback
50% is the standard. Check out neverbeg.com and see for yourself. With over 14,000 members and hundreds of stakes going out everyday it should be ez 2 see, lol. My username is blindfury, look me up if your good I might stake U. and it's uasually 50% plus stakeback
LOL I appreciate the offer. But I can assure you the day I need to be staked is a long way away. Are you telling me that at neverbeg.com ( great name by the way I will be checking it out shortly) the percentage does not have any outside factors such as cash/tourney/ level of stakes, friend or not, known player or not, winning player or not, contract or one time deal etc etc? I would find that extraordinary. Gonna check it out now, and I will keep your screen name for if I am ever on the rail ![]()
50% is the standard. Check out neverbeg.com and see for yourself. With over 14,000 members and hundreds of stakes going out everyday it should be ez 2 see, lol. My username is blindfury, look me up if your good I might stake U. and it's uasually 50% plus stakeback
LOL I appreciate the offer. But I can assure you the day I need to be staked is a long way away. Are you telling me that at neverbeg.com ( great name by the way I will be checking it out shortly) the percentage does not have any outside factors such as cash/tourney/ level of stakes, friend or not, known player or not, winning player or not, contract or one time deal etc etc? I would find that extraordinary. Gonna check it out now, and I will keep your screen name for if I am ever on the rail ![]()
As someone who has been around poker rooms for close to 16 years you are very right. Some of the shadiest people I know hang out in card rooms. If you are backing a good friend thats one thing but stay away from these guys you meet in a poker room.
I have a good article from bloomberg i will post
As someone who has been around poker rooms for close to 16 years you are very right. Some of the shadiest people I know hang out in card rooms. If you are backing a good friend thats one thing but stay away from these guys you meet in a poker room.
I have a good article from bloomberg i will post
2008-01-14 00:06 (New York)
By Joe Saumarez-Smith
Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The last time I was in Las Vegas, I
stood outside the card room at the Bellagio casino, waiting for
a friend to arrive. Along with a few other tourists I watched a
poker game just to pass the time.
After a few minutes, one of the biggest names in the game,
someone whose name you would recognize if you watched even a
small amount of televised poker, came and greeted me like a
long-lost friend.
This was somewhat odd. I had been introduced to him once, a
couple of years earlier. He asked if he could borrow $200
because he was running short. This is someone who runs through
tens of millions of dollars a year at the tables and for whom
$200 is pretty much a rounding error. I politely declined and he
went off to do a bit more ``nipping,'' as borrowing from fellow
players is commonly termed.
The other people standing around were astounded. Could this
player really have been asking for as little as $200? Surely it
was some kind of a joke. To spare the player's blushes I assured
them it was all done in jest but it set me pondering about how
little the general public understands the poker economy.
When watching ``High Stakes Poker'' or the World Series of
Poker on television it's easy to assume that all these people
with mountains of chips in front of them are millionaires and
living the American poker dream. The sad reality is that a
reasonable number of them are broke or, even worse, deep in debt
to their fellow players, banks and loan sharks.
2008-01-14 00:06 (New York)
By Joe Saumarez-Smith
Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The last time I was in Las Vegas, I
stood outside the card room at the Bellagio casino, waiting for
a friend to arrive. Along with a few other tourists I watched a
poker game just to pass the time.
After a few minutes, one of the biggest names in the game,
someone whose name you would recognize if you watched even a
small amount of televised poker, came and greeted me like a
long-lost friend.
This was somewhat odd. I had been introduced to him once, a
couple of years earlier. He asked if he could borrow $200
because he was running short. This is someone who runs through
tens of millions of dollars a year at the tables and for whom
$200 is pretty much a rounding error. I politely declined and he
went off to do a bit more ``nipping,'' as borrowing from fellow
players is commonly termed.
The other people standing around were astounded. Could this
player really have been asking for as little as $200? Surely it
was some kind of a joke. To spare the player's blushes I assured
them it was all done in jest but it set me pondering about how
little the general public understands the poker economy.
When watching ``High Stakes Poker'' or the World Series of
Poker on television it's easy to assume that all these people
with mountains of chips in front of them are millionaires and
living the American poker dream. The sad reality is that a
reasonable number of them are broke or, even worse, deep in debt
to their fellow players, banks and loan sharks.
There are two good reasons for this. The first is that people
are less likely to lend you money if they already know you are
in hock.
The second is that the less money you have, the less likely
you are to play a confident game. If people know their opponents
are playing with their last dollars, they will be able to exert
far more pressure on them at the tables.
Des Wilson, the author of two books on poker, says players
privately admit that they have bad runs. ``If you're sitting
having a drink with them, most of them will acknowledge that at
some point they have gone broke and had to borrow money. But a
hell of a lot is not seen by anyone apart from the top
players.''
Many of the top players have financial backers or sell off
a share in their action each tournament, Wilson says. ``Then
there are players who will offer insurance deals to other
players, so they won't lose all their cash if they finish out of
the money.''
It is common for the household names of poker to find
outside backers, if only to reduce the volatility caused by
playing for tens of thousands of dollars a hand. When a bad run
for a couple of months can cost a couple of million dollars, it
is best to be playing partly with someone else's cash.
major online poker companies. They pay entry fees to the major
tournaments, flights and hotel accommodation. Without this
backing, several of the big players would have annual losses in
excess of $200,000 each.
Nolan Dalla, media director of the World Series of Poker,
and a former semiprofessional poker player and sports gambler,
says nobody should be surprised if the top players lose
everything. ``It is almost inevitable that if you play poker for
many years, then variance will catch up with you,'' Dalla says.
``The scale of players being backed to play is now much
bigger than it ever used to be,'' Dalla said. ``But you also
have to think that poker economy is only so big, and it does not
have enough money in it to sustain the number of players who
aspire to be professionals.''
most are highly skilled but lack discipline. ``What they tend to
be bad at is either money management or other forms of gambling,
so they lose all the money they have won at poker at the craps
table or betting on sports.''
Of course not every top player is broke. Players such as
Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson and Howard Lederer earn seven-figure
totals each year from playing poker. The very best will always
be able to make a living from the game.
But the ones who tend to shout the loudest about how well
they are doing tend, in my experience, to be the ones who
disappear from the poker circuit after a couple of years when
their funds run dry.
Gaming, a U.K. management consulting firm to the gaming
industry. He also owns European online bingo companies and odds
comparison Web sites. The opinions expressed are his own.)
There are two good reasons for this. The first is that people
are less likely to lend you money if they already know you are
in hock.
The second is that the less money you have, the less likely
you are to play a confident game. If people know their opponents
are playing with their last dollars, they will be able to exert
far more pressure on them at the tables.
Des Wilson, the author of two books on poker, says players
privately admit that they have bad runs. ``If you're sitting
having a drink with them, most of them will acknowledge that at
some point they have gone broke and had to borrow money. But a
hell of a lot is not seen by anyone apart from the top
players.''
Many of the top players have financial backers or sell off
a share in their action each tournament, Wilson says. ``Then
there are players who will offer insurance deals to other
players, so they won't lose all their cash if they finish out of
the money.''
It is common for the household names of poker to find
outside backers, if only to reduce the volatility caused by
playing for tens of thousands of dollars a hand. When a bad run
for a couple of months can cost a couple of million dollars, it
is best to be playing partly with someone else's cash.
major online poker companies. They pay entry fees to the major
tournaments, flights and hotel accommodation. Without this
backing, several of the big players would have annual losses in
excess of $200,000 each.
Nolan Dalla, media director of the World Series of Poker,
and a former semiprofessional poker player and sports gambler,
says nobody should be surprised if the top players lose
everything. ``It is almost inevitable that if you play poker for
many years, then variance will catch up with you,'' Dalla says.
``The scale of players being backed to play is now much
bigger than it ever used to be,'' Dalla said. ``But you also
have to think that poker economy is only so big, and it does not
have enough money in it to sustain the number of players who
aspire to be professionals.''
most are highly skilled but lack discipline. ``What they tend to
be bad at is either money management or other forms of gambling,
so they lose all the money they have won at poker at the craps
table or betting on sports.''
Of course not every top player is broke. Players such as
Phil Ivey, Doyle Brunson and Howard Lederer earn seven-figure
totals each year from playing poker. The very best will always
be able to make a living from the game.
But the ones who tend to shout the loudest about how well
they are doing tend, in my experience, to be the ones who
disappear from the poker circuit after a couple of years when
their funds run dry.
Gaming, a U.K. management consulting firm to the gaming
industry. He also owns European online bingo companies and odds
comparison Web sites. The opinions expressed are his own.)
What you say about " a bad run of 2 months" is true, however the majority of them go broke because of other invesments AND most importantly other forms of gambling, sports betting, horses, table games etc ec
What you say about " a bad run of 2 months" is true, however the majority of them go broke because of other invesments AND most importantly other forms of gambling, sports betting, horses, table games etc ec
someone whose name you would recognize if you watched even a
small amount of televised poker, came and greeted me like a
long-lost friend.
This was somewhat odd. I had been introduced to him once, a
couple of years earlier. He asked if he could borrow $200
because he was running short.
someone whose name you would recognize if you watched even a
small amount of televised poker, came and greeted me like a
long-lost friend.
This was somewhat odd. I had been introduced to him once, a
couple of years earlier. He asked if he could borrow $200
because he was running short.
someone whose name you would recognize if you watched even a
small amount of televised poker, came and greeted me like a
long-lost friend.
This was somewhat odd. I had been introduced to him once, a
couple of years earlier. He asked if he could borrow $200
because he was running short.
As you know he is a fixture at the dice tables, hard to miss him he towers over it. I know a big tourney player who lost over 1.8 mil at bellagio playing bacarat in one night.
someone whose name you would recognize if you watched even a
small amount of televised poker, came and greeted me like a
long-lost friend.
This was somewhat odd. I had been introduced to him once, a
couple of years earlier. He asked if he could borrow $200
because he was running short.
As you know he is a fixture at the dice tables, hard to miss him he towers over it. I know a big tourney player who lost over 1.8 mil at bellagio playing bacarat in one night.
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Entry into 2-day "bust out" tournament*
Grand prize of a $100,000 WPT Season Pass*
18 WPT Buyins Awarded from 10-15K in value*
$21,000 in Cash Prizes*
Four WPT Boot Camp Packages Awarded*
Total Prize Pool Over $225,000!!!!*
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