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Hi All

Ok , following on from the earlier interest list for 2 WSOP PLO events i have decided to just focus on the $10,000 Championship event

Some of you may know i was backed to play the inaugral $10,000 PLO event in 2005 finishing 5th for $93,000 . You can read my report over the 3 days here.

http://www.simonacestrumper.com/diary-040705.html

http://www.simonacestrumper.com/diary-050705.html

http://www.simonacestrumper.com/diary-060705.html

67 shares are available at $130 each.

Cheers

ACES

Simon

What are you doing about the exchange rate issue?

By the time of the event you could selling at anywhere between 1.1 and 1.6 if you just ask for sterling now.

2 shares for me at the mo please Simon.

Do you think it would be fairer to call it $140 a share then ?

what do you want him to do?  he sells @ this rate, and that is ur %. Currency risk therein is down to you.

It's not only my risk it's Simon's as well depending on which way the rate goes.

I know it's doubtful but he could end up under-selling himself.

Not sure what's best to be honest mate. You can't be sure until the event starts.

I guess it depends when you actually buy the seat. If you buy it now then you know exactly what it's cost you. If you leave it 'til you get there you're not going to know until you actually buy it.

Hmmm. Tricky one.

If you're happy taking the risk your end I've got no problem at all. Just thought it might need taking in to account.

When does the actual event start?

Lol.  The PLO June 20th event?  not sure...

I don't think the exchange rate needs to be an issue, Simon can lock it in at today's rate or let it float and stand the fluctuation for himself ~ either way you get 1/60th for £100 ?

 ;noflopshomer;

when does registration open? can't you just put in a proviso that the rate on that day will be taken as the rate and any fluctuations post that rest on simons shoulders.

http://www.crowncurrencyexchange.com/

will sell you dollars today for delivery in june at a rate of 1.38

Can i suggest you just do it in $? Would be a lot easier.

In response to Flushys suggestion and a previous shareholder who has requested 5% if i drop the premium to 1.3 the cost per share is now $130 and 67 will be available.

Also following on from Flushys question to Richard Triggs i would like to confirm with tongue firmly in cheek that i am a previous winner of Late Night Poker , oh and also here are my stats from the Hendon Mob. Somehow , even though i have hardly played the last 3 years i am still in the top 30 all time English money winners with $1,079,000. Now if i could only remember where i put it lol .

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=232

Cheers

ACES

:D

hey trumpers, plz invest in me yo, ill make you crazy dimez!

So far 20 shares gone.

Evil Pie Matt 8

Woodsey Andrew 5

Stuart 2

Tony 2

Tikay 2

Scott 1

Thanks guys only 47 left .

ACES

2 Shares for me, please, Simon.

Your "Top 30 Money Winners" Stat cuts no ice with us Kidz, mind, - you are Od Skool. & thus hopeless. Tongue firmly in cheek, of course. ;)

My flight is booked and so is my hotel .

Should i not sell sufficient shares FOR THE $10,000 PLO , at least 50 ( 20 gone so far ) . i will still go and try to satellite my way in and sell some shares at the WSOP as i did in 2005.

Worse case i will just play STT's and one or two of the No Limit events .

Thanks to those that have requested shares so far.

ACES

I always think that if you are selling shares it is better to be paying something yourself as this instills more confidence in your backers.

Eg , if i sell a minimum of 50 shares at $130 each i will still have to pay $3500 to play and if i sell all 67 i would have to add $1290

I see the most common request on this thread is selling 100% for 70% return ie in this case shares would be $100 each but i would sell 100 and each one would be worth 0.7% this means whereas i am selling shares at 1.3 that are like for like , you buy 5% , you will receive 5% of any return . Selling all 100 shares is equivalent to 1.4 although in most threads the stake is returned first which makes up for the 0.1 difference.

Anyway , would i sell more shares than the current 20 if i switched to selling 100 at $100 each , adding no money but offering to return the stake before any return ?

It is an unusual one as Woodsey who has requested 5% costing $650 would now get 6.5 x 0.7 = 4.55% but would get his stake returned first .

Please discuss .

Cheers

ACES

PS I must be the only player Flushy doesn't offer to stake lol

Stick to how you're doing it now imo.

I personally won't back any 100% stakees unless there are exceptional circumstances. (Flat broke but with very good track record springs to mind).

Putting up cash yourself shows confidence in your own ability which can only be a good thing.

Anybody who can afford some of the buy in themselves but doesn't want to fork out a single penny makes me nervous.

Stick to Plan A Simon.

Simple is best.

Thanks for the advice guys

Tony's advice seems sensible. It probably does inspire me a bit more to stake if your have some of your own hard earned cash on the line.

I only really Stake close personal friends, so I'm not your typical Staker. But If I were a regular "proper" staker, I'd want to see.....

1) A properly presented, & well thought out, Staking Proposal.

2) The Staker to have a "significant" Stake him/herself. It HAS to matter to her/him, it HAS to hurt her/him if we don't Cash. For Stakers to put the lot up, & the Player to get all the fun for free, makes no sense at all to me.

3) A proper "Tourney Report" afterwards. "I messed up" is fine, "I got unlucky again" does not count for much.

4) It has to be realistic as to what level/buy-in the staker requests.

I want to be part of the whole thing, so, as I am, effectively, a Shareholder in the Player, those would be my ideals.

I'd really like a few "Template" Staking Proposals to be proposed & agreed, by folks like Flushy, & Simon. This would benefit many, who currently get "no interest".

Yes, I'm a tight, grumpy, miserable so & so. But the truth is, the stakees need to make a "pitch" to the stakers to stand the best chance of success.

I mainly stake people who I know on here.
I only vaguely know Simon from playing at DTD.
He seems like a great bloke at DTD and a genuinely nice bloke on this forum.
Plus im V jealous of some of the envelopes Matt has received!  ;D

I think the way your selling the percentage on here is the way it should be done. You have to have some faith in your ability to win or why would anyone else.

I much prefer someone selling 50-70% of themselves at a small premium to someone selling 100% for a cut of the winnings.

Theres a lot of time yet and im sure you will sell a lot more before the deadline. I for one may buy a bit more closer to the time.  ;)

Good post Tikay was thinking exactly the same earlier especially regarding point 1, as soon as i see a sloppy proposal it puts me off. Point 2 i don't think is necessarily true, and each stakee has their own personal circumstances.

Regarding internet staking Tanks original post is still one of the best i have seen and his backers(myself included) put the whole stake up.

Current Shareholders.

The Mob 10

Evil Pie Matt 8

Woodsey Andrew 5

Stuart 2

Tony 2

Tikay 2

Noel 2

Scott 1

Madasahatstand 1

Pieman 1

Tank 1

So 35 gone , maximum 32 left and at 50 i play whatever happens , cheers

ACES

1 share for me plz

Putting the whole lot up on a longer term stake is very different to a one off though.

Like Tikay says they get all the fun for no risk at all.

I can confirm, I am having no fun. :)

10 shares please

Current Shareholders.

The Mob 10               Paid thanks.

Pab 10                     Paid thanks.

Evil Pie Matt 8            Paid thanks.

Woodsey Andrew 7     Paid thanks .

David 3                      Paid thanks.

Stuart 2                     Paid thanks.

Carlos 2                     Paid thanks.

Tony 2                   Paid thanks.

Tikay 2                   Paid thanks.

Noel 2                    Paid thanks.

Bendigo 2               Paid thanks.

Charlie 2                 Paid thanks.

Stephen 2              Paid thanks.

Chris 2                    Paid thanks.

Darren 2                 Paid thanks.

Scott 1                  Paid thanks.

Madasahatstand 1    Paid thanks.

Pieman 1                Paid thanks.

Tank 1                  Paid thanks.



ACES

2 shares for me please Simon

Now taking payment for shares.

Thanks to those that have already paid.


ACES

Catch me at the club this weekend Simon.....before I get to the dealers choice game........

I wish you'd caught me last night before I got to the dealers choice game.

I could have paid you if above incident didnt involve my money!

Will pay within the next few days if Matt doesnt grim me.  ;)

Thanks

Ok

In total i have 19 shareholders with 62%.

I fly out Tuesday 16th and will be updating this thread after day 1 of the $10,000 PLO.

Cheers

ACES

gl Simon.

If we had to chose one person and one person only that we would love to see take a WSOP down my choice would without a doubt be you Simon. GL xx

Good luck Simon!

 :)up

This is Simon & his Son, & they have gone to Vegas together for the WSOP.

Proud Father, & Proud son, or what?

Simon was absolutely made up that his lad was going with him.

Good Luck them.

Nicest guy in poker IMHO. Hope he wins big.

Not far wrong there.

Has anyone heard how Simon is getting on?

I saw him still in right at the end of play tonight, don't know his count

Brilliant he got a count! :)

107   Trumper, Simon   Nottingham   United Kingdom   16,100   68   7

Found on the WSOP thread.

Hi All

The good news is i am still in on day 2 with 16,000

Bad news is average is 73,000

However i have a good table draw , 6 of the 9 players have less than 52,000 so one double up and i may have a chance.

Got big hands early on without getting paid then from level 3 built up to a peak of 74,000 , last 3 levels were a nightmare especially when Freddy Deeb arrived on my right with 110,000 raising every other pot. AA got cracked , top two got out drawn and KKds ran into a short stack with rag AA , both of us flopped a set.

I have been here many times before and will still give 100%

Table consisted of Tom Mcevoy , 1983 WSOP champ , Nik Persaud and a late arrival Chris Ferguson , we played 6 handed for an hour and in the first 12 hands i had AA 4 times and KK twice and joked it was too early. After 2 levels i still had 30,000 then in level 3 i called a raise from Chris on the button with Q987ds , flop was Q 4 6 and he led out for 2000 which i raised to 4800 , i had 2700 left as i hadn't used my two 10,000 rebuy chips , he thought for a while and i knew he had AA or KK and decide to reraise , i called and sucked out finishing the level with 36,100.

In level 4 i won a nice pot off Nik by check calling the flop , firing on the turn 3100 into 4000 and when he called firing again on the river 5100 with one pair , he asked for a count but folded , i ended that level with 46,950 just playing poker.

Level 5 i raised to 1225 two off the button with 4578ds , John o'shea on the button flatted and the SB reraised to 5375 , i like my hand v AA and called expecting John to fold as if he had a strong hand i would have thought he would have been the reraiser in position , he called . Flop was A 6 9 rainbow , SB was all in for 1000 , we both called , turn was a 5 , i bet the pot and John folded the SB was drawing dead and i ended this level with 74,725 about 30,000 over average.

Level 6 i raised Tom after he had limped under the gun with AA9Tss , he called 2200 , flop was  K J 4 two hearts , we both checked , i dont like the texture of this flop against a UTG limper , turn and river were 8 8 , Tom showed down Q Q 8 2 to win and this pot seemed to be the catalyst for everything going wrong , ie the flopped top 2 where i called a 6000 bet only for the flush to come , another top two on a Q T 5 flop with a heart flush draw that i folded after Chris bet 2000 and Nik called , turn was a Q and Chris bet 5000 showing KJ of hearts when Nik folded. Then when i finally got KK95ds and raised on the button to 2250 the SB reraised all in for 7800 with AAxx , i called and first card was a K followed by an A lol.

By level 7 i was down to 26,600 and waiting for a hand that never came , with 15 minutes to go all the short stacks were pushing but i decided to wait as you can't win on day 1 and maybe today i will run hot , it's easy to do in PLO and i was in exactly the same situation at one point in Amsterdam the year i came 2nd of 243 so don't give up !

Cheers

ACES

GL Simon......still in it....anything can happen

All the best Simon, you can do it!!!

Nice Report Simon, some memory recall, too.

Thanks. Enjoy Day Two, no matter how long it lasts.

PS - Check your PM's when you get chance, no rush.

If anyone can do it you can Simon. XX

Hi All

I got through the 600 1200 level still with 16,100 then our table was broke and i got moved to Ben Grundys where 5 players had over 100,000 and i was inbetween 240,000 and 130,000 !

I won two pots ending level 10 with 21,500 .

Level 11 was 1000 2000 and after blinding away to 15,500 i called with KK97ss after Ben and one other limper , it was pointless raising as i would get at least 2 callers , in one hand Ben had reraised to 14,000 pre and been called by Q964 in the SB that check raised his 11000 bet on a J 5 2 board and hit runnner runner for a higher two pair so you get an idea how crazy this table was.

The pot was raised to 11,000 and Ben and the chip leader called , pot was 38,000 so i called 9000 more , flop was Q T T and Ben bet 19000 , chip leader folded and i called for my last 2500 , the preflop raiser showed AKQJ and folded .

Ben had T 6 5 3 , turn was a J  to give me a straight but river a 5.

Average chips was approx 115,000 so this pot gave me a shot at 52,000 .

I think i was 109th of 116 coming back and ended up 71st or 72nd.

Thanks to all my shareholders.

Cheers

ACES

Thanks for reports Simon. It was good having some interest in Vegas for the WSOP.

Better luck next year and enjoy the rest of your stay.

Unlucky Simon, wp nonetheless.

Good effort Simon, that's the way the cards run sometimes.

I am a very rare staker of players, because I like maximum value for my investment, including, at the very least, some form of Touney Report.

You prepare properly, take it seriously, have the game, & give us all a Tournament Report - & even a "thanks to all my Shareholders".

If you ever want Staking in future, stick my name down first, please.

Why don't you stay over in Vegas & play the Main Event? I'd take a few % if you did, & I'm sure the blondes would soon soak up most of what you offered.

Well played Simon you gave it your best shot with the cards you were dealt.

Good luck in Vegas

If you want to sell any stakes while you are there I am happy to take a small percentage from you.