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Hi all,

I am heading to Melbourne, Australia tomorrow for the 2013 Aussie Millions. I will be playing some sides, some cash and then also trying my hand in the main event again this year. I have made 2 previous attempts to win this tournament, both ultimately ending in failure, but rewarding failures nonetheless, with a 65th and a 2nd for $15,000 and $1,100,000 respectively. However as the main event buyin is ten Australian kilodollars and I don't like to spend so much on one tournament, I am looking to sell 35% of my action. I will be auctioning my action as I have done before in many different threads, however I will post the auction rules again in a separate post below in case anyone has forgotten. The main points potential buyers need to consider are:

• The buyin is $10,000+600 in Australian dollars, which are much the same as normal dollars except they're made out of plastic, have a see-through bit in them and are not generally accepted as payment for goods and services in the USA. 1AUD roughly equals 0.66GBP or 1.05USD, so the buyin in those currencies is roughly £7000 or $11k respectively.
• I can accept payment via almost any route, Australian dollars cash, stars dollars, UK bank transfer, moneybookers or other payment options are available on request, however the sender will have to cover my costs of converting the money if necessary, although I can usually keep these small. I have listed those payment options in order of preference btw.
• Any returns will be due in Australian dollars and stakers will have to pay the costs of conversion into other currencies. However as stated before I am pretty good at keeping these costs low.
• Only bid what you can afford to lose. Buying pieces in individual tournaments, you will lose more often than not.
• I didn't go to this festival in 2012 due to exchanging contracts on a house on the exact date of day 1b, so technically, in the Southern Hemisphere, I am still on a heater from 2011.
• In my opinion, Australian tournaments are softer than most.
• My tournament record:
  http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=s&n=91657
  http://www.sharkscope.com/#Player-Statistics//networks/Player%20Group/players/skolsuper_all?filter=Class:SCHEDULED
• I am pretty expert at money conversion, minimizing associated costs, and paying returns promptly and accurately without hassle. I am about as close to zero risk from theft/shenanigans as you will ever find on blonde. There are many references in this thread: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=51221.msg1335389#msg1335395

Finally, I will also be auctioning off 1% of former champion David Gorr to the highest bidder. I don't have a piece of him, this is just my way of clawing a little value back, and hopefully I'll fetch a higher price than him and feel better about everything (although possibly not...) I'm pretty sure I can afford to pay out if he somehow wins it again, although be aware that there is a slight extra risk that, in the event of a repeat victory, I may take a running jump from the roof of the Crown.

Happy bidding people, and fingers crossed I can go one better this year :)

I am selling 35% of my gross prize money in the 2013 Aussie Millions main event. Anything outside of the prizepool $ is not included.
I am also selling 1% of the gross prize money of former champion David Gorr. If he doesn't play I will refund this in full. I'm not sure if there will be a list of entrants published by the casino, if there isn't then by bidding you agree to take my word for it if I say he played and lost, even if I can't verify it.
The auctions will close at 15:00:00 forum time on Saturday 19th January. Late bids will not be counted out of fairness to the people that bid on time.
I must publish any bids sent to me by PM at least 1hr before the end of the auction, otherwise they will not be counted.
Payment for my action must be sent before I sit down to play or the percentage will be voided and either resold or kept by me.
Payment for the 1% of David Gorr must be sent before the start of play on Day 1A on 27th January or the bet is off.
Everyone who is interested in buying a piece should make a bid for a certain percentage with the maximum price they would be prepared to pay for that piece. e.g. pleno 5% @ 1.3
All the bids are arranged in descending order by price* and the top 35 percentiles** at the close of the auction win the auction.
Every winner pays the price of the lowest winning bid.

*In the event of a tie, the bid made first chronologically will take precedence
**This may involve one person receiving only part of the percentage that they bid for.

You can make as many bids as you like, e.g. if you would buy 10% at 1.1 but only 5% at 1.2, you can make 2 bids, 5@1.1 and 5@1.2, if the strike price finishes 1.1 or below you will have 10%, between 1.1 and 1.2 you will get 5% and over 1.2 you won't buy any.
Bids will be rounded to 2 decimal places, i.e. 1.333 will be considered the same as 1.33 and ranked chronologically
Bids are binding and cannot be withdrawn, I am ending the auctions in plenty of time to chase everyone up for payment before the event.
To prevent any <0.5 shenanigans, the minimum price will be 1.0
In the event of some unforeseen dispute arising the referee's* decision will be final.

*me

Just had it pointed out to me that I left out some important information from my OP, such as the exact buyin and how to pay. Will edit it in now...

Amateur staking peoples eh what you gonna do.  TL;DR


buyin is 10.6 aussie foreigns.


I'll get ball rolling with 5% @ 1.1 :D

Booked tyvm you massive ball-roller.

if I thought there was even 0.1% chance of getting any at 1.1 i'd have taken 35% and then got a loan......


Nice try on your OP, nearly all the info eh........ you can have your staking thread policing job back now ;)

This is what you will be investing your hard earned money in. Good luck!


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Lol ty.

@Amatay, what's wrong with pizza? Or is it my shirt? Is there something on my face?

Now, i am not sure you want this bid after my dinner party story of 2011 led to you winning and me not being on....

So, I will take 2.5% at 1.2 please.  Gl - I'll ship you what I owe later for GSOP unless you want to take a Karma swap in UKIPT at weekend at 1.1 :)

5%@ spot

Booked ty mate. Not sure what a Karma swap is but yeah I will take UKIPT action in lieu of the cash if you prefer, GL :)


fml, ok booked ty

Ok - deal, I'll post here as not selling obviosuly.....you have 8% of me at UKIPT Edinburgh in lieu of the £67.50, I will deliver it in readies to Phuket for a night out when we win.

Karma swap.....I am giving action in something Id never sell in in the hope of receiving some karma run good and I can moan about it forver as I hand you 8k lololol

Gl in Oz, hope my 1.2 secures 2.5%

10% at 1.1

2.5% @ 1.2

35%@spot

20%@1.25

1% of gorr at 0.8

Chnage mine to 1.26 as I dont want to be "ruperted" for my small %

Just about to board my KL-Melbourne flight, will update the list when I arrive in 10hrs or so.

2.5%@1.29please

As it stands:

Me:

tonytats: 2.5 @ 1.29
claypole: 2.5 @ 1.26
rupert: 20 @ 1.25
RedFox (via PM): 2.5 @ 1.25
nirvana: 2.5 @ 1.2
Titbean: 5 @ 1.1


pleno1: 10 @ 1.1
Fett: 35 @ 1.0

Current price = 1.1, 1% = AU$116.60

DG:

Rupert 0.8 (reserve not met)

2.5% at 1.26 pls

3 @ 1.3

Both booked ty, going for 1.2 now

i'll have the same m8

Booked ty amatay.

This closes in about 12 hours, will try to post a list now and then but am playing the 1k at the minute so might not be able to keep it updated.

4% at 1.3

Booked ty Stu

Me:

Honeybadger: 4 @ 1.3
Scotty77: 3 @ 1.3
tonytats: 2.5 @ 1.29
claypole: 2.5 @ 1.26
Ripple11: 2.5 @ 1.26
Amatay: 2.5 @ 1.26
rupert: 18 @ 1.25

rupert: 2 @ 1.25
RedFox (via PM): 2.5 @ 1.25
nirvana: 2.5 @ 1.2
Titbean: 5 @ 1.1
pleno1: 10 @ 1.1
Fett: 35 @ 1.0

Current price = 1.25, 1% = AU$132.50

DG:

Rupert 0.8 (reserve not met)

About 3hrs left I reckon, probs won't be on again before it ends, getting an early night before day 2 of the 1k tomorrow. Shame to see nobody's interested in the Dave Gorr action :(

1% @ 1.27

0.123% of DG @ 1.01

(or Whatever % of DG that rounds to £100 for BT pls)

5% @ 1.28

i reckon there is a closing date for bids for a reason.

I know you are not stupid so can only assume Keys has had a double upfront David Gorr first hand or something.

I was on phone and couldn't see times. always get confused with the blonde times aswell as they are always so off.

ty for your internet policing though :)up

lol. No probs. getting another bollocking from Tikay at the minute and really can't wait for Greekstein to comeback and take some of the workload off me.

Did you stay with Cos in Thailand James? Could he not be talked into a few days in Australia

It was not a "bollocking", it was a private exchange, by PM. Or was.

i know you are not allowed to reveal pm's but it defo feels like a bollocking again :(

You wrote to me, several times, I replied politely on each occasion.

This is James Keys staking thread, can we move on now please?

details of tikay bollocking jason way more interesting than some tourney Keys' is playing.

Just saying.

yeah will move on Tikay but just to point out you asked me to pm you in your thread. I have just looked back at our pm's and I have never initiated the pming. It always starts with you pming me to tell me off.
Some of the pearlers I remember are "anyone over the age of 5" or "you must really hate me and tighty". Lol none of them are true.

Rest please James

:) wish my arch enemy of the internet Mr Sykes all the best for today please Dave. Could not bring myself to do it on Facebook

how the fk is sykes anyones enemy. you massive dousche herbert. and play nice with Rich and Tikay!!

he used to frequently get the better of me in the internet wars. The kids far too sharp and intelligent to have a war of words with. Then LilDave told me that him n Jamie used to wake up and the first thing they did was checkouts my Facebook page to see who I'd given both barrels to that day. I know this is true because I opened a link that said "check who is reading your wall" just before my laptop went down with a virus.

I love Tighty  n   Tikay.  The pair of em together are dynamite

James, please PM me your bank details and how much exactly I owe you when all admin is sorted etc.

James - me too, def want this and sort of lost track of when auction closes / starts; Ive got your bank details and will send as soon as confirmed.  In even better news I didnt make it to Edinburgh so you get an extra £67.50

pm me deets too pls fish

lol what an absolute steal. is cash ok?

sic sic brag

Guess I'd better sort this. Auction winners were as follows:

Me:

Honeybadger: 4 @ 1.3 PAID BT
Scotty77: 3 @ 1.3 PAID BT
tonytats: 2.5 @ 1.29 PAID BT
neeko: 1 @ 1.27 PAID BT
claypole: 2.5 @ 1.26 PAID BT
Ripple11: 2.5 @ 1.26 PAID BT
Amatay: 2.5 @ 1.26 PAID BT
rupert: 17 @ 1.25 PAID cash


Price = 1.25, 1% = AU$132.50

DG:

neeko: 0.xxx 1.01 (pretty happy that this isn't the full 1% as he might even be +EV at this price) PAID BT

Preferred payment methods are aussie dollars, then stars/tilt, then moneybookers/bank transfer, then anything else.

1% = AUD 132.50 = USD 140 = GBP 88.25 using xe.com rates

For neeko, £11.75 = 0.165% of David Gorr :)

Let me know how you want to pay, will pm those who have already requested bank details.

220.63£ sent by bacs gl

I will send you money as soon as you send me bank details.

Sending £220 + 67.5o owed = £287.50 by band Xfer now.  Glgl

Hey.  Is it okay if I send on Monday?

Received ty Tony and Shaun. Yeah Monday is fine ty Ryan. Amatay + Honeybadger, pm will be on its way shortly.

Payment sent to your bank account. Reference 'from Stu Barnett'.

GL James!

Sent - Good Luck DG JK

Can confirm DG is playing, currently sharing a table with Toby Lewis.

I plan on playing 1c

Our hero DG doubled to 26k after flopping a flush vs Aces with the NFD

£220.63 sent by bank transfer

gl gl

Shipped ty

1.01 was overpaying for DG then

1% of me is worth the same as 1% of DG now :-(

Sorry guys, thanks for buying.

Unlucky James