Hi,
I'm looking to enter into a staking agreement, preferably long-term, beginning in late August (I have some obligations until then that prevent me from committing to poker hardcore). My Pokerstars screenname is Hobbdidday.
My OPR:
http://officialpokerrankings.com/pok...29177.html?t=2
To summarize, 15k profit, 62% ROI, Avg Buy-in $22, 1075 tournaments. My OPR begins in October 2006, but the record of playing is very spotty (with months of no play in between and no real profit) until September 2007, when I started playing regularly.
I played about 20k hands of 100nl 6max from September 07 - December 07, but unfortunately broke my laptop after that and didn't take the initiative to recover my hand history files. I beat the game very solidly playing about 32/24 and made about $3000. Since then, I only have 15k hands of 100nl 6max and 15k hands of 200nl 6max, and adopted a TAGgier style of around 25/19 for a total profit of around $4000. Recently I've tried my hand at 50PLO and 100PLO, but have only put in maybe 1500 hands for a total profit of like $400. Obviously that doesn't show much, but I do believe that my greatest strength as a poker player is hand-reading, which ties in well with PLO.
Okay. So on now to some more verbal reasons I think I'd be good for staking and reasons why I want it.
First of all, personality. I am very honest and have several references who can back me up on that. I'm the kind of person that is very open about himself, because I have nothing to hide. I love to talk to people and learn about them, and relationship management is the people-skill I think I best possess. If you were to back me, we would not have any problems.
The references I have are also the only 3 serious poker players I know, lol. (By the way, one main reason I’d love to be staked is to have the opportunity to talk to more good poker players. I know that is a crucial component to improvement, and I’m definitely lacking it.) They are:
Ehunter27, “The_Taj” on 2+2, who is a heavy poster in every forum and is a small stakes player (also looking for backing, actually, lol).
Bballin04, who is very isolated from the poker world, mostly cause he’s lazy, and just trolls 2+2 and pocketfives.com. He must be one of the only poker players NEVER to use AIM. But he has almost $150k profit on OPR and I’m sure several tourney pros here recognize the name.
Tcblade, or “U_2good4_me” on Full Tilt. He’s a 5/10, 10/20 regular that has chalked up a huge profit over the last 2 years. I’m sure some of you recognize him – he also won a $1k euro side event at EPT Monte Carlo for $90k+ euros. And once he lost $26k playing 50/100 lollerskates.
I’m not sure if I’m allowed to talk about my staking arrangements in the past, but here goes, (with names left out).
In August 2007 (before, as I stated before, I started playing regularly) I had about $10k total poker profit across Pokerroom (when it was open to the US), Partypoker, and full tilt, and a little on Stars. But I had never taken the game seriously and my bankroll was like less than $1000. I received a $2000 loan, not even a stake, which I gave back in March 2008 along with $500.
This Summer, tcblade (who I believe thinks I’m better than even I think I am lol) offered to stake me in any WSOP event under $2000 for a 60/40 split. Unfortunately I can only make one of the events, Event #49 (if I win I won’t need a stake!).
I want a stake because I have discipline problems, and having the responsibility to a staker will fix that for me. I need poker to be a business to me, not a recreational activity. I have the same attitude towards school versus work – I don’t take school seriously at all, but at my jobs (right now an Investment Banking Summer Analyst) I work my ASS off. I need that sense of responsibility to someone else to motivate me to work 110%. Also, I need the money I make. I have to pay for my own rent and my own food, and so my bankroll right now is only $4500 because I keep having to cash out money
Without sounding pretentious, I want to let any potential backer know that I am smart. I have sky-high SAT scores and IQ test scores. My logical analysis skills are awesome. When I first learned, a couple months ago, that many of the best poker players were former Magic: The Gathering players, I had a friend teach me the game (which is a lot harder than poker, by the way). While I’m never going to play it, really, I understand how it works and why it makes good poker players. And I know that I have what it takes.
I want to be staked for larger tournaments, like $109s and up, especially Sunday events. I’m willing to go 60/40 until I reach a profit goal, at which point I’d want to go 50/50. I’m thinking that I will play everything from the $11r up, but we’d only split stakes on $109s and up (Nightly Hundred Grand, $320s, $215s, etc.) Of course, I’m very negotiable. Let me know if anyone is interested.
My AIM: Hobbdidday
My E-mail:
Cjl49@cornell.edu
PS: I never study so I can play a lot at school lol, that's not a worry.
PPS: I forgot to mention that I have lots of tourney HHs you can look at, from any tournament you want. The easiest one to find if you're just curious is a $77 6max one I posted in which I got 2nd, in which I lost a 500,000 to 300,000 chip lead in 2 consecutive hands AK vs AJ and AT vs A9. Just google Hobbdidday and you'll see it.
Last edited by Hobb; 06-20-2008 at 08:08 PM.