What’s up y’all I’m a 28 yo math teacher from Kentucky, I have a great knowledge of the game and feel like I’m done great in the small stakes games around my area. Since you know my profession you know I don’t make a lot of money so with having the summer off I thought there could be a win win scenario. HMU 6064075465

with all those glowing credentials i don't see how you won't be fully staked by tomorrow

https://googlethatforyou.com?q=Poker%20Staking

I'm working on selling my house and then intend to take all the profits and roll it into this new member based on his first post, and I suggest everyone liquidate your assets and stake this man as it's the only sure thing with the Economic Depression on the horizon!

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Where do you teach Sir ?
What grade ?
You sound familiar.

There is a staking area of this site. I think you need to 'qualify' to post there somehow though.

What (higher) stake do you want to play?
If you're doing well then why need a stake? What are your goals for both you and staker? Do you know any higher staked Players who might want to work with you rather than a stranger?

Have you tried HR Cincy or other casinos/card clubs in OH? There's a room near Indy now too. Plenty of charity action in Indy as well. Grind your bankroll or do you need a quick score?

Are you trying to take a trip to WSOP this year?

There's more to poker than math .. of course.

TBH kind of a weird first post for sure .. GL

A little 'over-the-top' wouldn't you say? You are kind of a prick, aren't ya? We all saw the nasty things you had to say about Kessler.. going on and on and on with nothing but negativity.

hard disagree, lazy attempts at freerolling the community should be openly ridiculed, if i modded 2p2 i'd ip ban accounts like this on the spot

I suspect you've never been staked or sold action before because your results wouldn't warrant it, thus, your resentment oozes out of your ears at the thought of others asking to be staked. It's a standard, human psychological response. Tell me I'm wrong? Oh, but you've never admit such truth, so nevermind

Carry on, sir.

Well by all means, YOU stake the brand new account whose first post was to tell us how he teaches math so we should just hand him our dollars.

I've never seen anything but negativity out of the guy, he's a straight mis-reg who's no fun to be around.

cool take

knish had a better one though

Options

1) Taken at face value this is s true Newbie and simply doesn't have a clue about this forum or any concept about staking. An innocent and incredibly naive approach.

2) An experienced chain puller laughing his AZZ off at the replies

3) A PT Barnum disciple that believes it never hurts to ask.

Or he has seen Mike Matusow offering with 50% Mark Up , so why not !

Mike falls under OPTION 3 :-)

On 2nd thought it’s ok to ask For stacking for the first time . I remember Jamie Gold had backers in 2006 .

Wes1201 give yourself a chance. Post your tournament results if any. Post link of Hendonmob results. You have already asked for staking. Nothing to loose .See if someone comes up .

Does anyone else think the staking thing has gotten way out of hand? Poker tournaments are supposed to be an individual activity. Mano y Mano. Given the proliferation of staking agreements, it is not uncommon to find multiple people at a table who have pieces of each other. This raises all sorts of questions regarding fair play.

If someone wants to stake or be staked in cash poker, that makes sense. It's essentially a loan. But in tournaments you're basically buying/selling pieces of equity. How can that not have a direct impact on everybody else's equity?

It depends on the agreement and amount of equity. If I enter a tournament with a 3 or 4 friends we might trade 5% of ourselves with each other. It does not effect our play at all. It just gives us a rooting interest in the other if I happen to get knocked out.

If we traded equal parts or if you have less then 50% of yourself and a large % of someone else, I think it is a different story.

As for the OP, good luck finding someone to stake you.

Yes the percentage makes a difference. But still, even in your comments you talk about rooting interest. Maybe you are an ethical person who would never make decisions purely on personal gain. But the whole arrangement just opens the door for people to act unethically.

Of course we live in a world where gambling on sporting events is pretty ubiquitous. But we haven't yet reached the point where contestants can legally (by law or rule) bet on other contestants, and that is pretty much what happens with tournament staking arrangements.

The bad part is when the staker and 2 or 3 horses reg together and end up at the same table. Not supposed to happen, but I've seen it happen. Luckily when I saw it they all knew it was a bit of a problem and played sort of tentatively until the table was broken.

As mentioned, small percentage and only have a rooting interest in others once I am knocked out. Otherwise I root for myself and play hard against anyone else.

That said, I agree with the point that if people swap large percentages of each other, or even just buy large percentage of other players it can create a bad dynamic that is not good for the game.

I guess on the local level I am so used to Husband /Wife, boyfriend /girlfriend, BFF's etc its just a natural part of the table to me. Locally they often switch tables at the early level to avoid it but as play progresses its just an infrequent but normal situation. My boss and I always have 10% of each others action and a cheap last longer wager ..... but I can assure you that $20 LL is the most important money I can win.

I don't know how you can "stop it" or even force an after the fact disclosure since the WSOP will NOT issue separate Tax w 2's for written agreements supported by IRS form 5754 . All any player can do is be alert to soft play tendencies by their opponents.

I got staked once by a poster Helen Waite, pm'd her, gave her my situation and pitch and then she sent me some money. If you want to get staked go to Helen Waite.

Go to Hell and WAIT!

An old, but terrible joke.

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I don’t know what can be done about it either. People can collude in all sorts of ways on and off the felt. I just think the proliferation of staking arrangements gives it a certain legitimacy so some people might think… hey, it’s sanctioned collusion. No big deal.