http://officialpokerrankings.com/pok...44BC7.html?t=9

... I see guys here with ROI under 10% looking for backing. I generally 2, 3 or 4 table and my ROI is consistently above 60% (and around 90% for the slow 90 seater SnGs) ... Has anyone actually got staked through this thread? It seems they just lock us away here so nobody has to bother reading us lol

Cash Coaching/Staking Project

Here I am offering someone who is a microstakes cash player or someone who is looking to make the transition to cash the chance to not only be staked but have a small amount of coaching from myself. I've never done any coaching before and it will only be HH reviews and sweat sessions, but I'm pretty sure with my help I can get anyone to crush up to 50nl. Everyone will start at 10nl though. The way this will work is you will have a floating bankroll of $150. This will be skimmed/topped off weekly. Any share of profit you have made over a months period will be sent to you via FTP or PS.

Accounts will be made on a Merge network site for you. This is for my own piece of mind as I can get withdrawls banned there so ppl can't roll me. Because of this, members with not much posting history may apply. I will hold the passwords to your accounts so i can I am looking for people willing to dedicate time to the stake. This is a very good deal as you will be getting my time to look trough hands and do sweat sessions with you for free. After I have enough applicants (more than 10), I will run mini rake races for my horses to encourage them to put in volume.

Here is my 100nl results since moving up last month playing 8 tables:



To apply for this stake you MUST have:

- a PT or HEM screenshot of at least breakeven poker at any stake or a sharkscope screenshot with at least 500 SNG's of at least break even poker
- Skype, MSN or AIM
- Teamviewer (free)
- Willing to put in at least 15k hands a month

Stakes would be played out for a months evaluation period. After that I would get the option to take you on for a further month, this would continue for 6 months, after this you will hopefully be up to 50nl. PM me with stats if interested

Winning SNG players may also apply to play SNG's

I'm hoping to find a stake for 6.50 45 man and 7/180 SNGs. I have an ok record, and I'm hoping to work out some sort of deal to give me a little bit of a safety net as I'd like to put in some volume playing 4-5 hrs a day. I'm quite comfortable 12-15 tabling.

I've been playing cards for a little over five years now. I got into PokerStars as a hobby a little after I started playing. I would put 50 bucks in, lose it, put 50 bucks in, lose it, et cetera, for a while until I decided it was no longer in my best interest to dump money away. About a year later, inspired by Chris Ferguson, I started reading 2+2, read some books; really tried to understand the game. I started playing freerolls, and after winning 20 cents in a tournament, over the course of six months or so I turned it into nearly $300. I bought PokerTracker, but had no idea how to use it (aside from making pretty graphs), and slowly started losing my concentration while playing. One day, and I'm unsure why the hell I'd do this, I busted at whatever table I was at, and decided to take a chance at the next higher stake. When I lost it there, I went one higher, and one higher and one higher... Until six months of work was undone.

It's been a little over a year since that episode, and the fire inside me for the game has been rekindled. So, what I'm looking for is a stake of $10 or less. I'm really interested in learning all the nuances of the game as well as understanding how to tame PokerTracker, and if someone could help me out here I'll double their investment.

now I see why people don't bother reading this thread.

Get a job until you can afford to play. You haven't proven to yourself, let alone a potential backer, that you have any chance of making him/her a profit. If you can do that and come up with graphs that go upwards, THEN think about asking for backing. lol

RE: my post above... My specific record in 90 seater games since I returned to Pokerstars is now:
FS:46-90 Prizes:$583 Profit:$301 ROI:107% ABI:$1.62 AFS:90
ITM:52/175 (30%) Ave. Finish: 11%/15%/33%/22%/20%

Syko_21: Invest in me while I still need you to, imo...

I'm not asking because I don't have a job, but because I was unable to get money onto PokerStars last time I tried. I can't make any graphs because I don't have any money. And I'm really just looking for a benevolent fellow who is willing to part with pocket change in order to give an aspiring player a chance, as well as possibly doubling their charitable contribution.

I'm not necessarily looking for a business deal with only the bottom line in mind, but for a sympathetic gesture that will more than likely result in a profit (even though it'd only be a few bucks) for the do-gooder.

If there's no takers: that's fine. But please don't act like I'm poisoning the well.

p.s. (missed the 30 minute cut-off)

1st:5 2nd:5 3rd:3 (4th-10):35

i stake a few people on 2p2 (got about 13 horses right now). and i wouldnt back you simply because of how you have handled yourself in the last fews posts.

Cash Coaching/Staking Project


Here I am offering someone who is a microstakes cash player or someone who is looking to make the transition to cash the chance to not only be staked but have a small amount of coaching from myself. I've never done any coaching before and it will only be HH reviews and sweat sessions, but I'm pretty sure with my help I can get anyone to crush up to 50nl. Everyone will start at 10nl though. The way this will work is you will have a floating bankroll of $150. This will be skimmed/topped off weekly. Any share of profit you have made over a months period will be sent to you via FTP or PS.

Accounts will be made on a Merge network site for you. This is for my own piece of mind as I can get withdrawls banned there so ppl can't roll me. Because of this, members with not much posting history may apply. I will hold the passwords to your accounts so i can manage the floating roll. I am looking for people willing to dedicate time to the stake. This is a very good deal as you will be getting my time to look trough hands and do sweat sessions with you for free. After I have enough applicants (more than 10), I will run mini rake races for my horses to encourage them to put in volume.

Here is my 100nl results since moving up last month playing 8 tables:


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To apply for this stake you MUST have:

- a PT or HEM screenshot of at least breakeven poker at any stake or a sharkscope screenshot with at least 500 SNG's of at least break even poker
- Skype, MSN or AIM
- Teamviewer (free)
- Willing to put in at least 15k hands a month

Stakes would be played out for a months evaluation period. After that I would get the option to take you on for a further month, this would continue for 6 months, after this you will hopefully be up to 50nl. PM me with stats if interested

Winning SNG players may also apply to play SNG's, but I cannot coach

Hi guys new around here but I post on some other forums and was told if I was looking for a stake this was a good place to come. I have been playing alot of poker the last few months online and feel like I am about to break out. However I can no longer afford the downswings as I have to start working and saving money for the upcoming summer and fall semesters of school.

Why you should back me -
I feel as if I am trustworthy and think I play good poker (my game has improved drastically the last few months). I also would like to find a permanent backer for the remainder of atleast this year possibly beyond so I wont take off with your money. I have my AIM in my profile and am willing to discuss my thought process and specific hands during a tournament or sng if you want. I am available online throughout my playing time so I wont be hard to find.

What should you back me in -
Anything from $5.50 MTTs - $33 MTTs is the level I usually play at. I am comfortable with the play on these levels and would like to continue to play there until I am comfortable moving up. This includes satellites, Freezeouts, rebuys, shootouts, etc.

For SNGs I would say $3.80 Super Turbos+, $6.50 Turbos+

What % would I give to the backer -
I am flexible and would work out a deal with just about anyone. If its one tournament I would give about 65%-75% depending on the risk/buy-in. If for a group of tournements probably in the neighborhood of 50%, if its full backing for the rest of the year I would probably go right around 65%. But again I am flexible and will work on a deal with anybody offering something fair.

What time frame am I available to play -
Most nights after 9pm EST. Sometimes earlier depending on work/class schedule. PM me or AIM me if you are interested in backing me for anything. I also would include Make Up and keep spreadsheets.

Tournaments Id like to play tonight -
On FTP (DoYouLikeMyFro):
$35k Guaranteed @ 20:00 ($26)
Daily Doubles A & B @21:00 & 21:02 ($24 Total)
$6.50 Super Turbo KO @ 21:10 ($6.50)
$28k Guarentee @ 22:00 ($26)
$12.5k Guaranteed KO @ 23:00 ($26)
Midnight Madness @ 0:00 ($11)

On Stars (FroEWhiteKid):
$40k Guaranteed @ 20:00 ($27.50)
$15k Guaranteed @ 20:40 ($8.80)
$10k Guaranteed @ 21:15 ($11)

I also am open to discussing any and all other offers. Thanks for your time and consideration. AIM me (BornWithAFro) or PM me.

I see... could you elobarate on what exactly put you off? My narcisism? lol

Do you know any other people who regularly stake or are interested in a staking arrangement on Stars. I might be a bit of a noob on 2+2 and I know I've been a bit erratic/keen/hasty with my posting, but this does not reflect in my poker game. I think it just shows how serious I am about making a living from poker: trying to 2-table and compose a staking pitch at the same time (and forgetting some key details)... and making a right pig's ear of the post, but cashing in both tourneys. :P

In the next few weeks I will either no longer need backing (if I run well) or I will run out of funds (not by going bust, but by having to withdraw my BR because of my overheads if I run badly)... I know I'm incredibly back-able, and I would be willing to play within someone's strictly set staking/volume rules if I was playing with their money (unless they told me I had to 4-table+ because my edge is not about grinding volume it's about observation and patience, which gives me a huge edge over the grinders once we're on the FT - hence my ROI of 100%+ in the $2.20 90 seaters, and hence having more 1st and 2nd place finishes in them than any other single position, and ~40% mid-late + late finishes overall)

Another reason to back me is my table talk. I don't make many friends with it, but my 'verbal diarrhea' gets me so many good reads on opponents and allows me to manipulate/shape their play against me. A bit like Negreanu but the difference being I don't call big raises with junk like he does. It would also make me very marketable if/when I step up to play the major tourneys. I'm controversial, and probably often very dislikeable, but I'd much rather a few people loved my style and everyone else hated it (and wanted to make it personal against me = lowering their game), than if everyone thought I was a nice bloke.

I got a guy to call me all in with pocket 2s on the river a few days ago, even though my table stats were VP$IP: 18% PFR 7% AF:2.0 WSD:37% WSDW: 75% ... I had the nuts. I might talk like a drunken idiot but I never ever ever drink while playing.

Not that i want to get involved, -FishnCips-, but i believe backers prefer polite and solid people, i would for sure want to back a person that is calm, solid and polite rather than a "erratic/keen/hasty" player that might be more probable to run away with my money.

And you may only bump your post once every four days if you read the rules, so people might be upset about that too, that you post too much in this thread.


To everyone else, i have found a backer and i am no longer in need of staking. Thanks to the ones that took a interest in me. Best of luck to everyone seeking to be backed.

Syko_21 on Pokerstars:



(The first 200 or so games were a few years ago when I had no idea about bankroll management, the rest is since late March, with ABI starting at like 20c and now at roughly $2.20)

(around the 715 game mark I had to withdraw a large chunk of my BR and was on a losing streak so decided to go back to basics at the 10c and 25c games, now back on the $2.20 games though)

testing:

Hi as of this yr i have taken razz pretty seriously and have had some good results on razz cashtables that i have been playing at all yr(sorry cant post anything my trial for ST is finished and dont have credt card) and then had pretty decent results in the few razz tournys i have played: I have taken down a $10 a $5 and had numerous money finishes in the tournys. I also played my first larger buyin event for razz the $215 SCOOP razz in which i cashed in 83rd for. Then as of the past 2 weeks i have been playing a lot off razz HU SNG on FTP and my results are below (i made this br from a $5 transfer, its why the incline is greater as i have more $). My results for Razz HU has put me in 3 Stud HU leaderboards on sharkscope even though i only play $23 and $34 HU now doing up to 4 tables at at time(still hold $2 leaderboard and $11 and booming through $16-35). I just wanted to make the point that i believe i have quite a knack for razz and a few razz regulars were surprised that i don't play in the weekly $200 razz on stars (apparantly theres a lot of fish i should be making $ off). I am looking to get staked in a few of these tournys sometime in the future. I will post links and graphs below:

sida77 on ftp and stars. Stars i havent played in a while though and i really just played cashtable razz there with the occasional tourny. FTP i play cashtable razz and HU and occasional tourny



this is all 99% razz HU.


My SC graph for FTP SNG profits (its exactly same all HU razz):


ROI for different HU levels:


HU winning/losing streaks



U can also check my OPR results (check FTP i play there much more, razz will be considered as other games) and if u look through distributed details and filter it rightu can see my HU ROI of about 33% and win rates of roughly 70% (77% for $11) (69% for $22 and $34) and don't forget this is ussually doing 3-4 at a time too. For MTT it's pretty small profits of around $150 for FTP and $200 for Stars- I have only played about 40 games and this was all micro stakes except the SCOOP.

Pm or leave comment here if interested.

Edit: Just to be a little more clear i want to be staked for $215 Weekly Razz on pokerstars.

dam Sharkscope graphs didnt come through, well u can check it out if ya like definately got nothing to be ashamed of lol.

Looking for a staker in PLO8 FTOPS event today ( $200+$16 )

Not really a MTT player but I've cashed most of the time playing those PLO8 events on both PS and FTP . If you have played plo8 or nlo8 2-4 up to 10-20 on either of those sites in the last few years chances are high that we have met before .
I don't know how to check my MTT stats so I just got what I was able to which are my sit and go stats , most of those are $100 and $200 heads up plo8 and plo8 .

I will do pretty much any fair deal you want . I'm not going to run with your money and will give my best effort in the tournament . I have enough money in my accounts to buy into this tournament by myself but I don't do MTTs over $50 , even tho I have no problem playing 100 or 200 heads up sit and gos , sounds weird but this is my rule not to play anything above 50 dollars MTTs .

Good point well made. I realized that a bit too late.
Congrats to you and good luck.

Hi i was referred to this forum by a friend TwinMsu..... I am currently looking for mid stake mtt's... i have around 100k+++ plus cashes with a positive roi..

Stars http://officialpokerrankings.com/pok...F2541.html?t=2

FT http://officialpokerrankings.com/ful...D6C33.html?t=2

Pm me for more info or questions..

Hey all,

This is my first post regarding staking.

To be honest, I'm not sure exactly what stake I'm looking for, I'm probably most looking for some input from guys who are experienced in staking.

First, you can look me up (todd7286) on sharkscope for stars, pacific, and cake. I have pretty good graphs on all three, up over 1.5k on all 3

My first preference for staking would be live at harrah's new orleans, my home casino, where I have consistently beat the 1/2 nl game, but haven't maintained a roll I was comfortable with (usually taking money out to pay bills).

My second preference would be staking for mtt's and some sitngo volume. My best track record of mtt's would be things like cake 10k ($50 buyin, ~200 runners) guarantees, and the weekly 100k ($150 buyin, ~800 runners).



I guess what I'd like to do more than anything would establish myself as a good stakee to 2+2 in general. I have friends in poker with the rolls to possibly stake me a few thousand now, but they are not super experienced in staking and would rather me prove myself here first. I can provide these players' names and 2+2 names for reference and vouching.

I would love to discuss my background poker history through pm or maybe even over the phone to anyone who would like to discuss arrangements. I won't ever be a beggar, and I hope my honesty and good name will become apparent.

Took 8th in miniFTOPS event #1 and looking to run the FTOPS $320 6max in 10 mins. PM me quick if you're interested!

Hello , my name is shmuly - my SN is thatsthegame on ftp , and im 30. Ive been playing poker online full time for roughly 4 years now - starting out with sngs my first couple of years and then focusing on MTT's / and multi table sngs the next couple of yrs . About one yr ago i went through some medical issues that made it near impossible to focus on poker . Needless to say i had to withdraw alot of my BR and found myself short when i got back into poker again .


While the occasional jump/shot at cash games never treated me to much more than breakeven in the past , i recently decided to test out the cap games due to my smaller BR and their similarity to tourney play (relative to deepstack cash) . I seemed to have a bit of a knack for the cap games . It took me a little while and i started doing pretty decent at 5/10 cap .My lifelong profit/100 is a tad over 2 and obv being that it took me a while to learn it properly i think its somwehrere closer to 3 now .

Unfortunately , after having such a rough time for months , the swings were a bit big for whats remaining of my bankroll . Im looking for some sort of stake (/and or mentoring) until i have a big enough roll where the swings are a non issue .

My game seems to be suited for 5/10 cap specifically right now and anytime i try to grind up from 2/4 cap etc i dont seem to do nearly as well as i do at 5/10 cap (as you can see on tableratings/HEM ) .

As ive mentioned my winrate overll in 5/10 cap is just above 2 bb/100 lifetime and i feel confident its closer to 3/3.5 as it took me many hands of breaking even at the cap games till i started to make the proper adjustments .

Id put in well over 50k hands a month , and obv discuss any concerns you may have .

If you have any interest , pls let me know .

looking for a SNG and MTT backer. LoL_FoReIGNS on Stars. SOmething small to start and we can go from there. Would really like to get my name established in this community. Have been coached by a few really high profile online players. Willing to go over hand historys and coaching would be nice as well. I've been playing for 2 years now and have had some success. Please PM me or Aim if you would like to talk more Thanks, Joe

I am looking for a low stakes HU PLO SNG backer.

Cashed out my whole roll (besides rakeback) 2 weeks ago in order to pay my university fees back to my parents. Currently having a lot of time for the next 3 weeks, so I am able to put in some volume.

I would like to start rebuilding my BR at the 6.25$ PLO HU SNGs on FTP. Would do a 50/50 deal incl. rakeback (27%).

http://officialpokerrankings.com/ful...3958A.html?t=2

Avrg. BI: 6$ Avrg. ROI:13%

PM me if you´re interested

Thanks in advance

Looking for a FTP MTT backer, which is where I would play 90-95% of my mtts. Have refs. on a staking site. Would like to play up to 50rs and 215s.

http://www.officialpokerrankings.com...2116C.html?t=2