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I have been thinking about putting this out there for a while now, but for a number of reasons I have decided against it, mainly because I am a proud(ish) man and didn't really want to be 'begging' for a backer etc. 

I am interested in playing the $30 6 max sng's on i-poker (blonde).  SnG's are by far my strongest game, I have only logged 100 games on blonde and have posted my sharkscope graph below, before anybody comes on and say's 100 game's isnt enough to judge etc, I know!  However my only time on blonde was playing the 6max and a few 30 man SnG's and i found the games v.v.beatable. 

On Stars I have had limited success with the turbo's generally playing consisently for a month or two then losing dicipline, playing cash/MTT's above my bankroll or withdrawing funds for outside poker activities. 

Anyway, I am happy to answer questions on here and if somebody/a few people are interested so be it, if not que sera!  Please don't come on to belittle or give me sarcastic tips!

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Pokerstars Stats

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A - this is when i was 8-12 tabling the $16's i did this for a while but then became bored/disillusioned with SnG's so decided that I would move to cash, this turned out to be a mistake and I lost plenty.

B - playing too high in the wrong frame of mind! Prior to 1500 games I was pretty useless!

What are you looking for and offering Mr Song?

How many games do you intend to play etc. i suggest you take the proposal Tank made and pick out the relevant parts of the offer.

I think you should try and get a better deal though. :)

I havent really offered the opportunity to think about the numbers so here that is,  I would like $1650 which is 50x buy in's at the $33 6 max.  I would play for the month of September and aim to log 250 games as a minimum, 4 tabling.  After September I would offer stakeback plus 50% of winnings, with option to continue in october.

would break these into 10 x $165 chunks btw!  Should have though about this more before i posted saved 4 posts to say what 1 could have!

what about the "loyalty" bonus... would that be included with the winnings? would you require all 50 buyins to be sent to you at once or can the staker (s?) keep hold of them and send as and when necessary? (ie ten at a time etc) will you remain exclusively at the $33 level or will you look to take a shot at the higher levels if you run well at the beginning? will you be keeping the funds mixed in with your own bankroll? if so, how will you go about giving perfect tracking on the SNG's?  you mention the option to continue in october, is that an option extended to your backers, or are you looking for it to work both ways?

oh, and stop at SNG 93 on Ipoker and 2,108 on stars imo.

I'll take 50% if poss

If i was staked by one person i would be happy to take 10 buy in's or whatever the backer wanted to do however if i sold 10 blocks i think for simplicity I would put the full roll in blonde, the loyalty bonus will be included in profits.  

i wouldnt play anything else on my blonde account so that the backer could keep up with sharkscope stats.  I would only look to move up levels after september at which point i would make an offer to the existing backers followed by an offer to the forum if anybody decided to opt out.  

I go away at the end of sept so would pay out winnings around 25th of the month then make offer in 2nd week of october.

Done!

I'll take 10% then

gl

ty

you taking 10% eck?

Feckin ambiguous is our Eck, he did that on my thread too.

If he is in 3 slots left, went quicker than i thought! 

yes m8. sorry being lazy there


shut the feck up you and get back to work  ;slavedriver;

Brilliant!

Right off to bed now, I will come on tomorrow hopefully with 100% backers, first come first served.  I will send everybody a PM with some contact details for me, reconfirm the details and then arrange the shipping of $'s to my Blonde account.

Good night all!

Rick "Actionman" Trigg just text me saying plz put him down for 10%.

Also, from me, GL Sove.

ChipRich just text me saying he wants all 100%

np

I'll take two slices, cheers.

Thank you for all the offers, I have also had an offer via PM which I need to consider, however I will post later today with my final decision and then go about clearing up the 'admin' side of things!

gl with this chris :)

If someone pulls out I'll take a chunk

there are other current stt opportunities in which you can invest

I know, but Im already stirring the pot on the wsope staking thread and cant handle two at once

Soviet, i would happily have taken a slice but looks like your well over your needs already, gl...  :)up

Thank you for all the interest, the final stakers are confirmed as;

Flushy             50%                     $825
Eck                10%                      $165
TheTank         10%                     $165
ActionMan       10%                     $165
Moskvich         20%                     $330

I wanted to confirm all the details as the offer I have made has been a bit all over the place and I would like everybody to be very clear before any $$$ are shipped!

I will be available to play from Friday 29th August, until Friday 26th of September (going to Rhodes on Saturday 27th).  I will be playing the $30+3 6max SnG's on Blonde Poker (mixture of Normal and Turbos).  The deal is stakeback plus 50/50 on profit + 50/50 on Loyalty Scheme, split depending on % staked.  I plan to play at least 250 SnG's, 4 tabling.  I will be updating my progress on a new thread in Internet Poker so that all stakers can keep up with how I'm doing.  I wont be playing any other games on Blonde so my Sharkscope stats can be used to give accurate figures on my progress.  The full 50x buy in will stay in my blonde account until the end of the staking period. 

After September depending on success and profit I will consider making a new offer with possible revised terms, this offer will be made available to the initial stakers then to other's later if slices are available.  The September profits + stakeback will be sent before i go away then on my return I will send out the Rakeback (unless i can access account in Rhodes!).

If possible I would like to start this 'challenge' before September as I have the house to myself this weekend and have the opportunity to get some volume in!  If everybody is happy with the final terms PM me as soon as you can and I will send my Blonde User Name and E-Mail address for the sending of funds. 

I will also provide my Contact Details and MSN via PM for all stakers so they can get intouch if needs be.

Thanks again

Chris.

Thanks for playing these on blonde Sov, good luck and WIN THE LOT !!

Good luck Soviet :)

P.S.  This thread is an excellent example of how a player wishing to be staked should set a thread up, simple/clear/polite proposal & concise summary...

p.p.s ive never seen a staking thread with so many snide remarks as the other one, maybe its cos it isnt getting done on blonde poker? i dunno

Nothing to do with that Cambo, i think its more a reflection of the difference in attitudes between the 2 prospective proposals.

Wow, thanks Sovietsong, & thanks also to your Stakers - Flushy, Action Man, Eck, Moscvich, & Tank.

The blonde Cardoom really needs support from the Members, it pays for running the Site, & the Updates especially, so we are really most grateful to all of you.

Thanks Guys.

Oh, & Good Luck - because if it's a success, maybe you will repeat the deal, or others will give it a whirl!

does kev get a bonus rate for every cent raked on blonde?

No is the honest answer.

good stuff

why is that good stuff fergus? 

kev you talk about " attutudes" between the two proposals , what about the " attitude" of of some of the replys on that thread? very non blonde imo. i dont think he comes accross as agro or whatever , it basically started with the snide comments, personaly i dont understand the clamour for a break even stt player (no offence ment soviet) ,stats for the two players would be pretty similar if i were to put my own money on it id say backers would get bigger return on fergus

Its all about selling your proposal though surely, and then the backers can make an informed choice on whether or not to get involved.

Regardless of the skin than sovietsong chose for his proposal, he sold his proposal in a clear concise manner and as such he has got his backers.

Also I feel it unfair to hijack this thread with complaints about someone on another thread not getting the response he wants.

Dont mean to be rude but this thread isnt about snide remarks or comparing one staking to another, I have made an offer and the interested parties have asked questions which I have answered.  I would prefer this thead and any others not to be compared as this isnt a contest.  I would like staking and I have offered terms which i think are very fair.

Please don't reply to this as i dont want an arguement with you or anybody else about who should and shouldn't be staked.

Can I ask everybody to avoid commenting on this thread about anything other than the staking invloved.  Thank you.

Blonde is the obvious choice, the games are soft enough and hopefully if i can do well I might get a Blonde T-Shirt that kev keeps promising me!! 

Heres hoping you havent switched that lever on me!

good luck with this ship the lot

Thats the aim!  Will be updating here i expect, looking forward to it!

you'll have to go some to better tanks updates

It will be hard but thats 50% of the reason why I'm looking for staking, just so I can pwn the updates!

Thinly disguised send me the money lads im off to Ibiza post imo. ;)

Shhhhh, I'm almost there!

Gl Soviet and Stakers.

Hi m8 any chance i can shift the money to you on stars or tilt?

If not no worries just means me depositing and i am quite lazy, lol

lol, i was hoping i could ship you $165 on stars as rick didnt have any $$$ in blonde either!!

Not sure how i would get the money over to blonde to be honest mate, unless there are any (trustworthy)players on here with $1000 that could do a swap?

good luck with it sir!

Err how on earth do you deposit onto blonde?

I can't see the card option.

msn mug

I'm sure the organ grinder can help you with that..... ;)

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Invalid nickname or e-mail address. Please confirm the details and try again.

gl m8!!!

try theDJ 

j.kershaw@hotmail.co.uk

worked cheers

gl Mr Song. Be interested in your progress as i sometimes play the $33 6 max SnG's on FTP :-)

Thanks for all the good luck messages, Amatay, I will defo be having a chat with you as I go as I know you pwn the full tilt 6max looking at your sharkscope stats! 

PM sent

Good proposal, good resultant agreement. Hopefully good results all round.

good luck soviet :)

Ty very much!  hopefully starting tonight!  watch out 6max on blonde!

Good luck fish.

Thank you for your kind words!

keeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeev

Don't have player transfer privileges can you fix me up.

ffs flushy you are useless LOL

send me a PM with the amount you want transferring etc  etc .. and i will sort it tomoz, i am on the lappy in bed and just going to kip.

OK should finally be there mate, gl

its arrived!  ty.  going to have a bite to eat then crack on with the grind, updates for stakers will follow by PM and i will update a new thread with progress when I have played a higher amount of games!

So I have managed to log a total of 100 games this weekend, I didnt expect to get such volume in but as I have had the house to myself I thought I might as well take advantage!  As mentioned many times before the standard of play on i-poker is v.poor.  During the first 30 - 40 games i struggled and was making the right moves against the wrong players which ultimately means i was making the wrong moves! 

One example was me shoving a 4k+ stack from the button with the BB on less than 1k getting snap called by A10 in the sb for his tourney life.  At first I was furious with the call and was ready to don my keyboard warrior outfit and give the guy an earful, however took a few deep breaths and realised my shove was the mistake, know your opponent!!!

The more games I log the better I feel and more comfortable I am at the tables, this is of course only a good thing.  A couple of things I have noticed is my game was far too aggressive during the 50/100 and 100/200 levels, unless you are up against one of the few winning players on the site you dont need to start shoving left right and centre, you can see a few flops which just wouldnt happen on stars/full tilt.  Seems mad that you can complete your SB and be pretty sure the BB wont push.

One other thing I have started to do is be-friend the weaker players, i read an article by daveshoelace (sorry i forget the title) about being nice at the tables as people that like you are far less likely to make 'spite' calls.  It seems to be working!! 

Results so far...

1st            20
2nd           19
Other        61

Profit         $246

ROI           +7.45%

Obviously ROI could be much higher however after the poor start I am pleased although I will be looking to get to 15% by the time i finish.  Aim for the stars and all that!

Well thats all for now!  GL at the tables and GL to all the other STT'ers looking for stakes! 

Sov

More 1sts than 2nds... always good. :)

How much play is there heads up typically, how many big blinds in play?

Generally under ten BB's (each), depending on the skill level of opponent i'm shoving every hand, so many players will pass until they have 3 bbs left.  just need to recognise the players that this doesnt work against!

what sort of notes are you taking on the players?

i love a couple of examples and how you came to your conclusion?

are you sticking to regular or turbos or mixing it up?

cheers

Just playing turbo's at the moment, but will mix it up if needs be.

EG of standard notes (first bit from sharkscope)

$33 SNG - Losing Player $2k.  Limp Folds (100/200).  Calls shoves light

or

$33 SNG - Break Even player. Limp shoves (50/100).  Weak tight on bubble

I used to use loads of abbreviations however found in the heat of the moment i was spending a few minutes -'decoding!'

When are you hoping to start pwning the $20's ?

can you explain the bits highlighted, i take it as limps but will fold to a raise at the 100-200 level and limps but with shove to a raise at 50-100 level, is this right?

and im gonna start as soon as i get staked the full 100%

The notes I have given are just examples of plays i'm trying to exploit.  For example some players will limp for 200 when they have 1800 then pass to a shove from me is great for me, however if people slow play or will call a shove when they have limped I dont want to be shoving on them too much!  Its really hard to give an example of player notes as I just note a play in a hand which i think is abnormal or exploitable. 

How experienced are you playing SNG's?  Do you know much about ICM, bubble play etc?