the WGCRider thread in BBV led me to post this in here
I'm an 8-tabling, 100NL non-US player who's been really lazy (both in terms of getting in hands and moving up stakes). I'm way too smart and good at poker to be so stagnant in my progression. I'm at that point in my game where $50/hour x 15 hours/week is a pretty decent paycheck, while I should easily be making >$100/hour x 30 hours/week, and with more work >$200/hour at 30 hours/week. A backing deal will psychologically allow me to make this progression.
Thus, I'm looking for a staking agreement that forces me to complete a certain number of hands per week/month/etc., while providing the backer some incentive to stake me. I'm looking at 60 or 70k hands/month as an initial goal. Also, I may be interested in some coaching as well, to move up in stakes and make more money/hour.
I have a 100NL roll online at the moment, so this stake is definitely not essential. However, I think it'd be much more efficient for both me (and the staker I suppose) to have such an agreement. As mentioned before, I have a problem most poker players have: getting in hands.
Essentially, this will end up being free money for you - a very high rate of return on your investment. To start, I'd be asking a 3k bankroll for 100NL, and as/if stakes get higher, it can be negotiated. As such, I'd ask for an 80/20 split of profits (not including bonus or rakeback), with you getting 20% of monthly profits. After the initial investment and doing quick math at 4ptbb/100 playing 50k hands at 100NL, you'd be making $800/month doing nothing right off the bat. That's a pretty solid amount for little investment. And this is only at the beginning with low hand goals - I'll only be making more money as I progress.
I have played almost primarily on PokerRoom under the usernames WnEdspVBlkN, loloSTACKEDu, IRgamb00l and LOL_DONKMNTS. The first 2 are the names I've been using for the past year or so. Following is a PT screenshot of all of my play on this computer since September, and a PokerGrapher graph. Overall, I'm a 4ptbb/100 winner at 100NL, 5.5 ptbb/100 winner at 50NL, and 7 ptbb/100 at 25NL:
Obviously I'd provide hands/stats at whatever intervals you'd like. I will not play at Party, so please do not ask about that. Just PM me and I can discuss this further. I'm looking for this agreement to last approximately 6 months, as I've been accepted into air traffic control training. I predict it will start in January, but haven't been given a set date as of yet. After that, my time will be limited, but we may be able to figure out alternate arrangements.