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Originally Posted by BirdsallSa
I'm confused by your answer. If I owe him when the game ends, isn't he freerolling me? He collects 50% of my winnings when the game ends and I'm not in makeup, and I have to pay him the makeup figure when the game ends and I am in makeup (plus he keeps 50% of what I won in the beginning so it's even worst than a freeroll).
If what you mean by paying the makeup is I need to keep playing for him, that's not so simple. This private game (which actually got shut down today), had a very soft player pool and played significantly bigger than any cardhouse game. The game was always a minimum of 5-5-10 and played as big as 5-10-25 with over 100k on the table as well as games such as full rounds of $25 and $50 double board bomb pots. How is it fair for me to accrue 14k in makeup in games like this and then have to choose between paying that or playing in a grinder infested 5-5 game at the cardhouse with 10k on the table?
Yea sorry, after rereading my response I see I wasn’t very clear.
My position would be that even when this game ends, you’re still in makeup and if he’s willing to back you then you should continue the stake to try to clear the makeup. If he’s unwilling to back you then it’s over. You don’t owe the $14k unless he’s backing you.
It’ll take time but you should be able to clear $14k in a 5/5 game.
My suggestion would be to try to negotiate a deal with the backer. Maybe you can keep more than 15% of your winning sessions, or maybe he’ll lower the makeup figure. The makeup doesn’t just vanish though unless he’s not staking you anymore