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Hello, my name is Jamie Sykes, I like reading and long walks on the beach. We don't have a beach in leeds so i just wander around the bus station with my eyes closed pretending that I'm on a beach.

After reading through Dan Carter's staking thread I found myself quite inspired by the idea of a community sweat and enjoyed how everybody rallied around for a bit of a spin and to help one of the team out with some action. It was quite heart warming and with that in mind I decided to offer my own deal out there for a bit of a lark.

Background

I am a 25 year old professional cash game player who cut his teeth playing MTTs for four years before making the transition into cash games.
I first started playing low stakes MTTs live and online when I was 18 with the legend that is Lil Dave back in Harrogate. In fact, Dave created my Full Tilt name for me (theGroooouuuch) almost prophetically in order to compete in a $10 one day spin prop bet, which i inevitably lost and was forced to wear a t-shirt of his and my malicious friend Rob's design. Obviously the design was mainly based around a penis.

I digress. After making money playing freezeouts at the local club i went to University where I continued to play and met a small group of players who also shared a passion for the game. These players would go on to be some of the best in the country and I was very fortunate to meet them so early on in my "career". After having reasonable success I left University and pursued MTTs full time for the next 3/4 years. I say full time, I was more of a full time drinker part-time poker player but I did enough to allow me a fantastic lifestyle and some cherished memories.
Due to some poor financial decisions involving backing Canadian strangers with a passion for photography I ended up having to get backed and after 2 years and some heavy swings in both directions our arrangement came to an end and I decided to move to cash games, essentially starting again from scratch.

In that year, I have learned more than I had in the previous 4 about poker. I have been getting regular coaching and doing some coaching myself, and I feel that I have a solid understanding of not just the game, but where other people make mistakes and the unquantifiable aspects of being a top level player. I am now able to comfortable beat the games I am playing (albeit only currently playing $100nl and $200nl) putting up high win rates.

I really have my friends to thank for this, I am very fortunate to get to chat hands with the calibre of players that I do.

Major credentials

Since this is a deal focussing on Sundays, I feel like I should provide some relevant information.

$1.5M in cashes online.

1st place in the Sunday Million for $204k~
6th place in the Sunday Warm Up for $24k~
6th place in the Full Tilt Poker monthly $1M GTD for $40k~
Six FTOPS final tables including finaling the round of each FTOPS twice and a 6th place finish in FTOPS 1 for $40k~

Proposal

Because I have been out of full time tournaments for just under a year, and because this is my first package I feel like I need to build up some trust and rapport before I start putting up big packages. Basically I want to play a schedule (as featured below), keeping 30% for myself and taking 4 weeks worth of money at time. At the end of each 4 week period we will amend the schedule and refund any money owed or chop any profit unless the investor wants to roll his stake into the next 4 week period which is an option. I think a 70/30 split in the investors favour is fair because of the nature of Sunday tournaments and how high variance they can be. Because of reasons mentioned above, I want to start with a  relatively small schedule:

Stars

1pm $11 rebuy ($51)
1pm Sunday Kick-off $109
2pm $109 freeze
3.30pm $55 freeze
3.30pm $8.80 rebuy ($40.80)
4pm $215 Sunday Warm up
4pm $54 KO
5pm Bigger $22
5.30pm hot $11 turbo
6pm Bigger $109
6.30pm: Hot $16.50
7pm Bigger $11
7.15pm: $22 1r 1a
7.30pm $215 Sunday Million
8pm Bigger $55
9pm Bigger $162

Total = $1297.30

Full Tilt

1pm $55 Early Fiddy
2pm $26 mama said Knock You Out
3pm $26 freeze
5.22pm $44 Super Stack
6pm $26 freeze
8pm $26 Triceratops

Total = $203

Grand Total = $1,500.30 x 4 weeks = $6001.2

I will round this down to $6k and flick the $1.2 in myself to make the maths much easier.

I feel like I have selected a schedule which captures the most value trying to avoid reggy tournaments, replacing some of the slightly bigger buyins ($75 freeze at 3pm) with $26's on FTP etc.

This would be on a 70/30 Make up arrangement. This means that although the stakers are putting up 100% of the money, I am retaining 30% equity for myself. This is because the schedule that I have selected produces the highest ROIs. Combining this and my commitment to fully throw myself into this deal, I think a 30% freeroll is reasonable considering the time I am investing. My hope is that this becomes a long, successful staking thread and we end up amending the schedule to span all of the majors across sites and give everybody involved a return. I really believe in the idea that the poker community should look after itself, which has resulted in me coming here instead of trying to find a 50/50 backer because I think that it's a good thing to give the lads a spin from time to time.

Since this is a 4 week rolling investment, pieces are as follows:

1%= $60
5% = $300
10% = $600
15% = $900

Anything that is cashed will be divided into chunks to leave me with 30% equity when we do the chops.

The gameplay

I know that these numbers can be a bit daunting, and is a little bit of a punt, but I have done a lot of work on my game, getting the opinions of the best players in the UK almost every day. They believe in me and I'm hoping you will too.

I will promise to be well rested, well fed and relaxed before my sessions and hopefully we can go on a little spin.

Payment can be by bank transfer or by Stars (Bear4rms) or FTP (theGrooouuuch).

I will be starting on Sunday the 27th of October. If anybody is unsure and needs people to vouch for me, I can give references when requested.



Investors

Stato: 10% PAID
Flushy: 10% PAID
TL900: 10% PAID
Trigg: 10% PAID
millidonk: 7.5% PAID
Toddswain: 5% PAID
Junior Senior: 5% PAID
rfgqqabc: 5% PAID
Pinchop: 5% PAID
Redbull: 5% PAID
Redarmi: 5% PAID
Tomsom87: 5% PAID
Stuart Hopkin: 5% PAID
Doobs: 5% PAID
jakally: 5% PAID
borntobubble: 1% PAID
George2nitty: 1% PAID
ForthThistle: 0.5% PAID

Reserves

Jamie Burland
Dan Carter
Yiannis Liperis
Sunny Nagi

Trigg has booked 10%.

Can you take 1% for a sweat or do you not want to go that small? If not I will see who invests and just nick 1% of them. Glglgl

I would prefer to sell at 5% but we can see at the end. I'm sure there will be some left for a few 1% sweats. It's just more hassle having more people to pay out that's all.

Can you try and explain the 70/30 split in more depth please? You're just looking to sell 70% and put 30% in yourself right? Or are you selling 100% of the buyins at a 70/30 split? I feel like i'm being v silly and not getting it exactly.

10plz tho

Reserve 10 please... Same question as Tom basically

I wasn't sure whether I'd explained it properly, I checked it with a few people but I guess my instincts were right.

No, the investors will put up 100% of the money for a 30% freeroll for myself. I don't think this is unreasonable considering there is makeup, the tournaments I have selected to start with are the best in terms of ROI and I am putting in several hours of my own time to do this so I am going to take it very seriously.

My aim is for this 4 week block to go well, then we can amend the schedule to include some majors on other sites. Hopefully we can make this a long and successful staking thread.

5% pls. If it is ok with you, I'm good friends with borntobubble and would give him 1% of this if you are unable to do so. I'm happy for us to handle the admin work for this. Schedule looks pretty good but hot 16.5 is missing. How likely is it that the schedule increases in size? I don't want to be offloading my shares at some point down the line.

Might want to look at .fr especially with FCOOP coming up.

Makes more sense now thanks...


Book me for 5 for now thanks

ok thanks, in for punt. 15 plz when u want funds?

I will take 5% please. Got no time to play myself so need a fix and a sweat

Funds can be sent by Stars or Moneybookers (james_sykeslive.co.uk) any time up to 1 hour before the first tourney (12pm on Sunday the 20th of October) or bank transfer 3 days before that Sunday. If it's by bank, PM me and I'll give you my bank details.

Loving a punt, that's what we're all about. 5% booked!

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Jamie 100% stand up trustworthy guy.

1% cos your Jamie mfkin Sykes

Sigh at allowing 1%s then George2loose comes in and nits off. Booked.

5

Booked.

In for 5 pls!

Booked Redbull, ty.

sorry to be a pain, changing mine back to 10

5 plz

5

5% please

Everyone up til here is booked, and dw TL900, you're not a pain. Booked.

5 pls

Booked.

Just realised that I didn't answer any of your questions.

Increasing the size of the package all depends on success and support of the package. If we do well then we can increase stakes and spread sites in proportion to the level of success, with the approval of ALL shareholders.

I will offer an FCOOP package at some point, and anybody who has invested in this will get first refusal.

10 plz

Ah my boy floooshy. Only booked if you visit Leeds within 4 weeks.

Ok sweet, I had some irrational concerns that you'd just make the package massive if you got in makeup lol. All sounds good regarding wcoop. Im sending funds now on Stars (Demonic16)

7.5% plz.

OOI, what would you do if you had a 50/50 backer come 27th October?

Cheers.

 5% please.

Will take the rest but if anyone else wants in on it don't mind dropping to 10%

Sent stars.  Just fkn grimmed myself of 3 cents tho....   FML

Andrew you greedy bugger! Give me 5% of that action please!

GL Jamie, investing because this is a good one to punt on imo but there isn't make-up because it's just a deal over 4 days effectively.

Here's to hoping for some sweats!

If u knew how under it I was you'd say I was ballin outta control!

Now I am confused.

I read it as rolling make up, and that is what people have agreed to, but can see it isn't that clear now.

Are you going to unblock your sharkscope?  I assume this is standard so people can see what is happening on the stake?

Finally, as you appear to be from my original neck of the woods, which secondary school? 

I think that sharkscope is a really powerful tool to be used against a player in game, so i will not be unblocking it. Instead, I will create a google doc and post the link on here so everyone can follow the progress of the stake.

I went to King James' school in Knaresborough, where did you go?

I have removed my last post because it was confusing. This is a rolling makeup deal.

I took it as standard, makeup will be cleared before profits chopped? Can I get a clarification as missed the last couple of posts.

Yeah that's exactly it, have to reach the makeup figure (original investment) before any profit is chopped.

I made this thread over a week in advance intentionally, so we could iron out any concerns/details.

s'all good that's what I thought.

I would suggest giving someone your sharkscope login or posting a screenshot every now and then or whatever just so everything is whiter than white and nobody starts to point fingers. #TransparenceyFTW

PM bank deets plz. 

I went to St Aidan's many years ago. 

I am not entirely convinced that Sharkscope is that great, people know you are good quite quickly, and not sure it shows thst much.  You could definitely read my .fr and Winamax and get the wrong conclusion on both.  One makes me look brilliant, the other terrible, when the reality is somewhere inbetween.  But if not, do what Milidonk says on letting someone audit or whatever. 

He should reset his stats. The sample won't be big enough for anyone to make conclusions of his ability.

In case you don't know how to Jamie, it's very simple and easily reversible. I did it in my staking thread because it made it clearer to people where we stood profit wise and the fact I used   to play a lot higher and less frequently in the past (About +150k over 2k games though, gotta get that one in).

Sure OK, I don't want there to be any possible accusations of anything untoward going on. I will post screen shots of the bankroll at the end of every session too so everyone can see that the numbers add up.

I have just realised that I missed out the $22c and the hot $16 so i will add them now.

Yeah good idea Dan, ty.

I have added the forgotten tournaments because they are too good to miss I think (the $22 cubed on stars and hot $16.50). It has actually made the numbers way more manageable.

1%= $60
5% = $300
10% = $600
15% = $900

Anybody who has already sent the rough numbers, sorry for the inconvenience, but if you could send the extra to round it off that would be wonderful.

For anyone who drops out when Jamie first goes into make-up, contact me and we can make an arrangement.

Why don't you ask Stato for his spare 0.5%?

Bank details please

He's too greedy

ForthThistle just asked me on Skype for a sweat % so I've taken the .5% off your piece stato cos having 10.5% is silly as it is :)

Rest is 2.5% Jamie? Anything up to 5% anyway for an old student of yours please.

Didn't read thread thoroughly, there's none left is there? Reserve if any drop out.

Sent on stars lad, pay for a Flushy/Jamie day plz

You are a reserve Yiannis. Yours truly, the most unreliable coach ever.

Hopefully I can fund MANY Flushy/Jamie days.

Presume we can send on stars. Think I have a few hundred in there that I haven't used for ages. Will pm you when sorted

Thanks and shipped.

I went St Aidans sixth form, and Harrogate Grammar before that.... Yorkshire boyz :)

I went to Harrogate Grammer too!

I was sposed to be heading to St John fishers but the head was rude about the clothes my mum wore to the open day so I got sent to HGS out of principle :D

Love the typo in Grammer.  wtf on the mum's clothes story, spite sending your kid to a better school.   

Fuck you posh Harrogate boys.
Crag rats ftw.

I worked at somewhere that rhymes with Tenwith Bill for a bit. I remember as a kid always wondering about those "golf balls". Fun times. I digress, used to go out a fair bit; a place called Monty's was our usual go to place. Deece cocktails and the occasional alright band.  <3 Harrogate.

think we went through stage of drinking in montys... although not many places we didn't drink, funny when you grow up there you dont really think about it, but once you move away you realise what a lovely place it is... I mean its not city life which I like but its pretty fkn nice ! Still go back to see family and friends

As for knaresborough - complete shit hole, full of dicks ;)

yeh agree, although I rarely go back, nothing against the place if I had a family I'd happily live there, I think it's one of those places that's very easy to get stuck and sterile in. Yeh used to love Monty's, loads of pretty nice casual drinking places in harrogate really, although as for going "out out" it's pretty meh really.

Yeh "tenwith bill" always a very mysterious place, the big golf balls in the hills surrounded by angry looking men with guns !!

Sorry to interrupt the school reunion, but I've sent the additional $$$ for the stake on stars.

As you were...

Also shipped via bank

Good luck Mr Sykes and the punters.

You just sent me £5.83, did we win already?

I will be shipping on stars Saturday or Sunday.

Yeah because you sent me the remainder in pounds not dollars so I converted it and sent you the change.

Shipped $60 on Stars from P4K3R Face

GLGLGL

Ty mate.

Hi Jamie, may have to send 215 then 85 in seperate 24 hour periods, due to transfer limits. Cat in a hat avatar?

No problem mate. Yeah cat in a red felt hat.

Bank dets.

Supp Jamie! If any more becomes available, I'll take up to 5%. I realise there's other people also in the reserve queue, so probably won't get any. When will you be taking a list for the next 4 week schedule? I guess most people will probably decide depending on how this one goes. But when you do, I'm up for taking 5% in that one if people don't roll over. Good luck mate.

Sunny Nagi

Sent via bank

just shipped $300 on Stars. PM sent also.
good luck

I've double booked the start of this package with my birthday weekend in London to go and see Book of Mormon, and we don't get home until 8pm on the 20th so I'm pushing it back to start on Sunday the 27th, sorry for the confusion!

We've almost got all of the money in place, looking forward to getting to it. I have reset my Sharkscopes so will link them as soon as we get going to everyone can see that we are all above board.

Hi Jamie, will be sending via bank please, so please send your details and ill get it transferred to you. Thanks

Best of luck Jamie, Love you <3

P.S smile more ty.

Just to clarify, I am not playing on the stake today because I was in London and didn't get home until 9pm so it wouldn't have been fair for me to play on the stake for obvious reasons.

I am posting this because I am currently one tabling the big $162 (which would have been on our deal) whilst watching lil d playing GTA, but I late regged 1+ hour in and I wanted full disclosure so there is no confusion if I make that elusive cash that it is my action.

Looking forward to getting on with the deal next weekend :)

39th - Bear4rms

Epic self bokkage :kiss:

opinion on book of moorman? I'm desperate to go and see it.

Hopefully I can go that little bit deeper for the team :)

I'm thinking about altering the package slightly to accommodate the €100 FCOOP event 1 2 day event. Is that ok with everybody?

obv

FCOOP good for me.

+1

huge +1

Have we won yet?

We haven't played yet lol.

FFS, punters wanna punt.....   ;D

Hmm I totally forgot about this and haven't sent anything. Cliffs on what I need to do Jamie?

You need to send me $600 to Bear4rms. Don't worry, I kick off on Sunday so plenty of time.

Can everybody who hasn't yet paid try to have done so by next Sunday, that would be wonderful.

If your name doesn't have "PAID" next to it and you have paid, could you please message me because i've probably just overlooked your payment.

Hey guys I need your help.

I want to amend the schedule to include these tournaments:

$22 double deuce
$11 Sunday Storm
Hot $55 turbo
€100 FCOOP event 1

I have heard bad things about Full Tilt at the moment, but am reluctant to skip the $26's as I see them as nice soft ways to keep variance down.
What is everybody's opinion? I don't really want to take extra money from everyone. I was considering removing the $44 super stack and the early $55 on FTP which would make room for the 3 stars tournies, but I don't know how we are going to make room for the FCOOP.

Take it from small scores? Sure that'll be fine with anyone.

Or the Big scores. PMA Picken

Im happy with whatever btw

I guess because it is makeup that we could just roll the small scores into these extra buyins and it doesn't actually make any difference to the investment as long as there is enough money in the account to cover.

OK, what I might do is just see how many tables I have and bump some of the smaller ROI tournies to a reserve list. Obviously the DD, Storm and FCOOP are unmissable.

I'll just do what I always do and keep a record of what has been played and any cashes on a Google Document.

sent from mt.spewmore gl

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GLGL with this.

Yh, what have you heard? That its tough and reg infested etc?

get 'em reg'd

Today is the day!

I will make sure that I'm not hiding from search so people can rail. Feel free to ask questions about plays etc. and after the session i will explain my thought processes.

I won a seat to the $700 PCA sat on my own which I have turned into tournament dollars and will be play the $11 and $109 sats into the $700 which is all of my own action. Just thought I'd tell you guys so you don't get confused if you search me.

I will post sweats when/if I get down to 3 tables.

Wish us luck!

glglgl see you at the PCA ive decided im having one of them packages as well today.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlkDgB_2DgDddDdTb2QzYVhaS1Z1U0xPZHVrVmk1cnc&usp=sharing

Here is a google document of my schedule so you can track my progress in terms of cashes and what has been played.

As you can see, the buyins are a little above our $1500 projected but that's simply to accommodate the FCOOP.

Gl us.

GL_TODAY

looking  forward to this. glgl

Rough start but plenty of fun stuff to look forward to.

Miss anything due to the clocs changing back? I'd have been on time if a bloody mate hadn't reminded me of it.

Nah I caught it just in time.

We're going to need a miracle, 10 tournaments left and we've cashed for $132...

Still playing well, nice and patient. Just can't win the aipfs. I will try and improve on that..

oh and just in case anyone wants to rail, you are free to.

Stars: Bear4ms

Tilt: theGrooouuuch

.FR: LeBear88

What a disaster session.

Jesus. AA<KJo in the mil at the exact same time as AA<33 in the MTOPS. I don't want this to turn into a moan thread but tonight has been ridiculous.

Not the start I wanted for us guys.

EDIT: Only just realised that the MTOPS still has 2k+ runners left haha. Felt so deep!

Done. Couldn't have gone much worse tbh. Hopefully we can do some damage next week. If anyone wants to see HH's I am happy to do that when I have time.

Total Buyins   Total Cashes
   
$1,693.12             $236.20

Oh dear! Keep going and turn it around

Only 1 session, to be expected.

To be fair that was an exceptionally poor session. Only cashed in my smallest buyin events. I am not worried at all.

I really want to change the schedule in order to accommodate .FR but it would be more expensive so I want to get everybody's opinions. I think that removing the early $109, all tilt tourneys and the turbos will reduce variance and maximise profitability because .FR is by far and away the softest site from my experience the other day. Also the fields are smaller so it should reduce overall variance which atm is quite high.

What does everybody think about this schedule?

Stars

1pm $11 rebuy ($51)
1pm Sunday Kick-off $109
3.30pm $55 freeze
3.30pm $8.80 rebuy ($40.80)
4pm $215 Sunday Warm up
4pm $54 KO
5pm Bigger $22
6pm Bigger $109
6.30pm Sunday Storm $11
7pm Bigger $11
7.15pm: $22 1r 1a
7.30pm $215 Sunday Million
8pm Bigger $55
9pm Bigger $162

Total = $1171.80

Pokerstars.FR

1pm Big €100
1pm €20 6max club
1.15pm €6 rebuy (€26)
2pm €30 Le Triomphe deepstack
5pm €50 6max re-entry FCOOP
6pm Sunday €100 PLO 6max
7pm €250 2-day FCOOP
7.30pm €50 6max
8pm Big €100
8pm Big €20

Total = €746 ($1005.98)

Full Tilt

$22 Double Deuce.

Total = $22

Overall = $2199.78

So this is what I think is the most profitable schedule, but on a none FCOOP day it would only be $1795.22 so the extra $300 on top of our $1500 per week limit would get covered by the cashes for the day (usually) and obviously with makeup it doesn't make a difference because it all has to be won back before we make a profit.

What does everybody think? Capitalise on the added value of FCOOP or nit it up? I am at the will of the syndicate!

fcoop ftw

Don't miss FCOOP ffs.

Obviously after FCOOP it just drops back to normal, it just seems sensible to take a calculated punt by playing softer tournies with better structures. I think that even though it's more expensive it's actually significantly lower risk than having the turbos, FTP tourneys and early $109.

Fine with me

Fine with me, you also need to get the redspade open in there. $50 1 milli gtd yo

Ok, in glad everyone is on the same page as me with this! Lessgoooo.

So here is the google spreadsheet for the day if you want to rail our progress that way. I will be updating it real time.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlkDgB_2DgDddDk5bXYxd0gtMW5lMWZ0c0ZzelBTemc&usp=sharing

Glglgl

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/5690294_4C192E84F7

Definitely a good decision to focus more on .FR!

Last two tables in the €20 6max. Shortish though after bluffing into a sneakily played top set.

First final of the deal. 6/6 though and only €1200 ftw.

spreddys a bit wrong your summming the buy in converted column as total cashes. got me excited a little!

That's what i get for adding a conversion column mid session lol. I'll fix it on the break.

Fixed. 3/6 with 50BB. Not got a great seat but the structure seems very good.

two flips essentially ftw and then 55<KK bvb to come 3rd :(

day saver bro

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/5696465_079039A68C

They are trying their hardest to give us some money tonight lads!

Good luck!

Struggling to win a pot now, but still got some gangster tourneys left, so I'm remaining positive.

Also, sick rubs.

Not sure I've won a hand in 3 hours. Got 5 tables left and haven't had a single cash on Stars yet. Bleugh.

Tables are:

The Million (32BB)
The $162 (94BB, just started)
The Big €100 (36BB)
The Big €20(20BB)
FCOOP #15 (124BB)

QQ<AK for 40k at 250/500/50 in the "Big €20". 4 left, all biggies though.

Eugh awful session.

Two tabling the FCOOP 2-day and the $162 but shortish in both. Can't seem to get any momentum together since that small final earlier. Everyone seems to have a slightly better hand when I'm vbetting and "it" when I'm bluffing.

Just playing snug now, so going to need some cards.

Bust the $162 just itm, didn't get any spots at all.

One tabling the FCOOP with 30~ bigs. Need some heat. table is silly.

PokerStars Hand #106479535237: Tournament #794074161, €230+€20 EUR Hold'em No Limit - Level XVII (700/1400) - 2013/11/04 1:23:54 WET [2013/11/03 20:23:54 ET]
Table '794074161 13' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: LeBear88 (92828 in chips)
Seat 2: dstivala103 (111609 in chips)
Seat 3: trujustrusFR (93762 in chips)
Seat 5: jacob126b38 (130085 in chips)
Seat 6: ckj1968 (77601 in chips)
Seat 7: raphou380 (107015 in chips)
Seat 8: remibol (86753 in chips)
Seat 9: fromarsch (16621 in chips)
LeBear88: posts the ante 175
dstivala103: posts the ante 175
trujustrusFR: posts the ante 175
jacob126b38: posts the ante 175
ckj1968: posts the ante 175
raphou380: posts the ante 175
remibol: posts the ante 175
fromarsch: posts the ante 175
jacob126b38: posts small blind 700
ckj1968: posts big blind 1400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to LeBear88 [As Kh]
raphou380: folds
remibol: folds
fromarsch: folds
LeBear88: raises 2056 to 3456
dstivala103: raises 5389 to 8845
trujustrusFR: folds
jacob126b38: folds
ckj1968: folds
LeBear88: raises 10405 to 19250
dstivala103: raises 92184 to 111434 and is all-in
LeBear88: calls 73403 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (18781) returned to dstivala103
*** FLOP *** [4d Qd Ad]
*** TURN *** [4d Qd Ad] [9h]

(http://i.imgur.com/Jzopd9Q.gif)

*** RIVER *** [4d Qd Ad 9h] [Ks]

(http://www.allmystery.de/i/tad9250_fuck-yeah.gif)

*** SHOW DOWN ***
LeBear88: shows [As Kh] (two pair, Aces and Kings)
dstivala103: shows [Ah 9c] (two pair, Aces and Nines)
LeBear88 collected 188806 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 188806 | Rake 0
Board [4d Qd Ad 9h Ks]
Seat 1: LeBear88 showed [As Kh] and won (188806) with two pair, Aces and Kings
Seat 2: dstivala103 showed [Ah 9c] and lost with two pair, Aces and Nines
Seat 3: trujustrusFR (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: jacob126b38 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: ckj1968 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: raphou380 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: remibol folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: fromarsch folded before Flop (didn't bet)

lol GLGL

Got to 215k but spewed off a load so nitting up with my 144k. 52/280 with 216 paid.

Bleugh chopped QQ vs AQ for a 250k stack on the bubble, but despite that managed to get through to day 2 with 168k going back to 2k/4k/500, putting me 53/185.

So obviously got some work to do and I made some aggressive mistakes due to fatigue but on the whole very happy with how I played.

Here is the spreadsheet of what we played and how things went:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AlkDgB_2DgDddDk5bXYxd0gtMW5lMWZ0c0ZzelBTemc&usp=sharing

And obviously I have put in what we are guaranteed from the FCOOP but I am going to try my best to turn that into €65k :)

GL with Day 2.

Thanks Monda, plenty of players to get through but I'll give it a spin.

Chop it with Shallow HU imo

Does anybody have any objections to me throwing in the €100 Super KO FCOOP €150k gtd alongside the day 2 if I'm still in an hour later when it starts?
I'll just be two tabling the two FCOOPS to glory..

No objection your honour.

I'd object if u didn't throw the 100 in

lol this.

Fine with me

GL

Huge +1.

Yea obv add the 100, gl later

PM me if you want my teamviewer meeting ID if you want to rail. I will just be two tabling so it will be an uncomplicated watch.

glglgl

Crippled in the €100

http://www.boomplayer.com/en/poker-hands/Boom/5719159_8A932C0BBE

15/37 in the 250

pretty spot dead. got 30bbs with 30 left.

just flip good! allez allez. 

Hopefully you and the Crab can carve it up.

Best of luck!!

10/22, got an absurd pre flop image after a 3bet fold and a cold/4 fold. Gotta have it next time!

Yup the crab is still kicking about in there. 1 and 2 please.

got to go now.  GL, pls update can't follow .fr on mobile.

I have a habit of clicking info to see where you are, every time I do it delivers the rub "You finished in 271st place".  FML

haha unlucky doobs yeh updates from any railers for those fish with no Stars fr

j'ai arrive glgl


;nipnip;

5/16. I have a shade under 2M, average is 1.5M, blinds are 17.5k/35k.

The Crab is still kicking about on my table too.

wiii glglgl

Got lucky coolering The Crab, now going to the final with 60bbs, structure is really good so that puts me in 5th place of 9.

Let's go Blonde!

gogogo!

Gl mate!

Bang!

gettttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt AA > QQ for full double

PokerStars Hand #106526037349: Tournament #794074161, €230+€20 EUR Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXV (20000/40000) - 2013/11/04 23:51:58 WET [2013/11/04 18:51:58 ET]
Table '794074161 152' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 2: NoInsult (957074 in chips)
Seat 3: Ylitalo7 (2781121 in chips)
Seat 4: LeBear88 (2403593 in chips)
Seat 5: samirua2 (1447093 in chips)
Seat 6: burcuzerbes (2445542 in chips)
Seat 7: swordfish070 (6424179 in chips)
Seat 8: dstivala103 (2436612 in chips)
Seat 9: THE FROGHERO (6994786 in chips)
NoInsult: posts the ante 5000
Ylitalo7: posts the ante 5000
LeBear88: posts the ante 5000
samirua2: posts the ante 5000
burcuzerbes: posts the ante 5000
swordfish070: posts the ante 5000
dstivala103: posts the ante 5000
THE FROGHERO: posts the ante 5000
swordfish070: posts small blind 20000
dstivala103: posts big blind 40000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
THE FROGHERO: folds
NoInsult: folds
Ylitalo7: raises 40000 to 80000
LeBear88: raises 102500 to 182500
samirua2: folds
burcuzerbes: folds
swordfish070: folds
dstivala103: folds
Ylitalo7: raises 177275 to 359775
LeBear88: raises 222725 to 582500
Ylitalo7: raises 2193621 to 2776121 and is all-in
LeBear88: calls 1816093 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (377528) returned to Ylitalo7
*** FLOP *** [Jc Ts 2c]
*** TURN *** [Jc Ts 2c] [Ks]
*** RIVER *** [Jc Ts 2c Ks] [4h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Ylitalo7: shows [Qs Qc] (a pair of Queens)
LeBear88: shows [As Ah] (a pair of Aces)
LeBear88 collected 4897186 from pot



Goooooooo, good luck

nomnomnnomgogogogo lebear

Found a cooler AA>QQ. 3/8.

decent shout that....

good luck that bear :D

Thanks Disco you hero. Don't think I've forgotten about you since you've disappeared.

I am back playing full time again atm although I had disappeared for a while to the world of full time employment....

warms the heart to hear such a great man speak so kindly of me.

Mwhahaha my staking run good is absolutely off the charts. Between this and the post i made at the start of Doobs thread. Gl mate, on the rail.

Just winning us beer money for tomorrow mate.

3/7 with 100~bbs.

I will put up a staking thread in the morning, sell zero percent.... all I need you to do is post and recommend a tournament to play :P

6 left.

le bear is 3/6 14.8k locked

3/5. We are guaranteed a very decent return on the deal now, even if we brick the next 2 weeks :)

oi oi gowan bear

Seems to be going quite well..... good luck.

Ty guys, just tried bluffcatching Maning when he had top pair, but it's all about getting the shorties out and getting 3 handed so not worried.

Still 5 handed.

lol had no idea. decent sweat.

otr gl

lol Stato, it took you 4 weeks to send the money and about the same to realise you're getting it back. Nice life.

gl mate

GG :(

ul gg

Sigh got 4th. I'm only tilted that I maybe should have waited for the shorty to bust rather than battling the other two guys.

€26k and change.

Ul Jamie, sick effort/score. GG

great effort good start for sure ul on not being able to scoop the lot!

Nice score, congrats.

I am considering ending the deal and refunding everybody the last two weeks of buyins since we have had a score, finishing on a high.
What does everybody think about this? I for one could do with the cash and I know that I won't be taking my action away from the marketplace, I plan on continuing to be active in here.

Would that be ok with everyone?

Would be fine with me whichever way.
Well done on the result today.

only got 1% so im happy to go with the masses

Slight preference to puntering just so I don't miss out on action but don't let me sway you.

Fine obv but lock up some for next package pls

OK I think I'm going to end the deal and just sell action in the future on here, don't worry I'm not going anywhere.

I just think it would be nice to end this on a high :)

So because of the different rates of conversion and the fact that I have no idea how far off the banks rates are going to be from xe.com, I will just withdraw it all into my bank and deal out the money and we'll just have to see how much it is. I will however give you a quick glimpse of what has gone on in the deal.

Total in accounts

$38,885.06 (according to xe.com 2.30am November the 5th)

Deducting the $6k makeup leaves us with $32,885.06 to chop up 70/30 which works out as $23,019.54 for you and $9,865.52 for me.

Meaning that per 10% there will be:

Your $600 back plus $2,301.95 in profit for a grand total of $2,901.95.




I just want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your faith giving me a spin, I really appreciate it.

Every person who invested in this package will get first preference on my next two packages to make up for the two weeks we have lost on this deal.

Oh and everyone who didn't send via bank needs to PM me their details so I can send. They won't let me withdraw for another day or so because of that tilting anti-fraud thing where they don't let you withdraw within 48 hours of a deposit.

Anti-fraud my arse, more like don't let you withdraw so you keep punting.

oioiiiiiiiiiii. wpwp. Yeah happy with withdrawing and looking forward to seeing the next package.

Yea fine with that, would have chose to play on but only for the sweat/not wanting to miss out ha. Reserve me $100 of anything you do, cheers.


Congrats on the score and a well ran and successful thread

Hey Jamie...hope you are keeping well

Great score for you and the guys...well played mate

May see you in Blackpool  x

I think I sent stars, tomsom87 if not (alvin the chipmunk).

Well done Jamie.

Yeah I think so but because most I the money is on .fr I'll be withdrawing then paying everyone by bank. Can you on your deets plsssss.

Well done Jamie I had no idea! Grats!

I think our snapchat exchange yesterday must have played a part in this somehow.

OIOI Jamie! Great to see blonde staking packages getting the lot lately. WP mate.

Only just seen this. Awesome Tekkers! I  happy either way although probs prefer the puntering option but whatever you wish.
Well done in the result!

Congratulations on the score Jamie, wp.

This is killing you isn't it :P

Don't be silly Jamie, I'm really pleased for you, long may it continue :) x

Just an update, still waiting for the funds to clear from .fr. They are not particularly late since I didn't withdraw until Thursday due to the 48 hour rule then went to Blackpool, got drunk and forgot to click the buttons :)

I will update on here as soon as I get it and work out exactly how much everyone gets.

It has arrived! Chopping etc. now.

 ;yippee; ;sark; ;cheerleader; ;cupcake; ;sexybanana; ;karabiner; :dd: ;letsparty; ;mexicanwave;

OK guys so here is how it all breaks down.

I withdrew what was left in Stars ($2,193.88) and €27,237.13 from .FR and I got £1,368.40 and £22,673.63 into my bank for a grand total of £24,060.03 to be chopped up.

I think the easiest way to deal with the conversion is simply to convert the makeup, chop that up to repay your original investments then chop up the rest.

6,000.00 USD   =   3,743.90 GBP
US Dollar   ↔   British Pound
1 USD = 0.623983 GBP   1 GBP = 1.60261 USD
◀Convert again
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Mid-market rates: 2013-11-13 17:21 UTC

So 10% = £374.39, 7.5% = £280.79, 5% = £187.20, 1% = £37.43 and that lonely 0.5% = £18.72


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So deducting the initial investment from the total withdrawn leaves us with £20,316.13 (24,060.03-3,743.90=20,316.13) profit to chop up 70/30 as per our arrangement.

My 30% = 20,316.13*0.3 = £6,094.84

Your 70% = 20,316.13*0.7 = £14,221.29

So 10% = £1,422.13, 7.5% = £1,066.60, 5% = £711.07, 1% = £142.21 and that lonely 0.5% = £71.11


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Stato: 10%, your stake of £374.39 returned plus £1,422.13 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £1,796.52.

Flushy: 10% your stake of £374.39 returned plus £1,422.13 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £1,796.52.

TL900: 10% your stake of £374.39 returned plus £1,422.13 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £1,796.52.

Trigg: 10% your stake of £374.39 returned plus £1,422.13 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £1,796.52.

millidonk: 7.5% your stake of £280.79 returned plus £1,066.60 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £1,347.39.

Toddswain: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

Junior Senior: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

rfgqqabc: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

Pinchop: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

Redbull: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

Redarmi: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

Tomsom87: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

Stuart Hopkin: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

Doobs: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

jakally: 5% your stake of £187.20 returned plus £711.07 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £898.27.

borntobubble: 1% your stake of £37.43 returned plus £142.21 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £179.63.

George2nitty: 1% your stake of £37.43 returned plus £142.21 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £179.63.

ForthThistle: 0.5% your stake of £18.72 returned plus £71.11 in profit means that you are owed a payment of £89.93.


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As you can see comparing our estimate earlier on in the thread we have been knocked slightly by the Stars exchange rate but that is to be expected.

I am going out for dinner as a "mystery diner" in a minute but I will do all of the banking when I get back. If anybody hasn't sent me their bank details then send now please because I will be doing it tonight. Also, I know there are some adjustments to be made based on action in other packages being rolled over from this one but I will do them privately in PM.

I just want to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your faith and I'm glad that I could repay it in kind.

Cheers Jamie , just deduct my % for notts and keep £10 and have a drink on me, thanks and good luck

and I thought I could eat..

Just deduct £132 or w/e for UKIPT Notts and ship the remainder to bank. Cheers.

rxd. tyty

mate I think you have shipped too much.

I was expecting 1347 - 132 = £1215 but you sent £1664 assuming that's 1796 - 132, so you must have thought I had 10%

Confirm and I will ship back the excess.

Cheers.

Rec'd ty.

I have a complaint cause it appears you didn't send me too much!!!

God damn you karma. I should be in town with titties all up in my grill right now.

Does anybody know Doobs real name so I can send to him?

David (or dave) Barraclough(sp?) tried hunting on THM and blonde for it but couldn't find a conclusive post.

Yep David Barraclough is right.

Sent to everyone, but could everybody just double check that the figure correlates to what I posted on page 17? I've just made some mistakes accidentally sending people too much. Thanks guys.

Yep sent me way too much. Cheers buddy!

You sent me too much. Gonna be a good Christmas in the Hill household this year.
Cheers and glad tidings

Merry Christmas to all of those who I accidentally sent hundreds and hundreds of pounds extra to.