opinions please

[dousche]

posted a staking request, shipped some dimes, cancelled staking request: full version can be found here http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=43356.0

some people thought what i did was wrong. iv decided to honour the stakes as the last thing that i wanted to do was annoy/insult people (especially cos and blatch), but im not convinced that theres anything wrong in what i did. why did/do people disagree? and as an extension, what is/isnt fair game on the staking boards?

[jezza777]

A deal is a deal. Pulling the plug is poor form.

[celtic]

i think if people stake you when you need it then you should honour it, despite having a win in between (assuming the stakers are still happy to stake you)

[gatso]

backing out of a stake because you can't play the tourney for whatever reason is fine

backing out of a stake and then playing the tourney anyway is pretty bad form

[NoflopsHomer]

Mike's a good guy. Seems like a simple mistake, people shouldn't be too harsh on him.

[RED-DOG]

You're bang out of order.

Where do people get the notion that they can just go back in their word as the fancy takes them?

You made a deal, stick to it, your word is the most valuable commodity you have.

[celtic]

LOL @ Greekstein's response on the staking thread when you said you were pulling out. Don't think he was very impressed :-)

[Longy]

You should stick to the original agreement, but as flops said I think this is an honest mistake.

[Drain Alien]

I personally think it's bad form to pull the plug, but "DIE" is probably too harsh a response!
8-)

[mondatoo]

Imo benefit of the doubt should be giving,from reading your post on the thread i think you genuinely have just made bad error of judgement.Lots of people have made different kind of errors with regards to requesting to be staked obviously this is different but you've said your happy to go ahead with what was agreed so that should be it left.

[dousche]

LOL @ Greekstein's response on the staking thread when you said you were pulling out. Don't think he was very impressed :-)

pm'd cos a coupla times, twas sarcasm (i hope  ).

thanks for the understanding flops and longy, if id thought i was being out of order then i wouldnt have gone through with it - and i challenge anyone who knows me to differ. so is it equally unacceptable for a staker to pledge a stake and then withdraw the offer? (assuming adequate time allowances)

[Woodsey]

Bad form really. If I'd staked you originally I wouldn't have done again in the future. Sure you have some cash now, but you never know when you might need staking again.

[George2Loose]

Like flops said Mike I'm sure it was a genuine mistake but look at from the stakers point of view.

They have backed you at a premium cos you cannot afford the full buy in of a tourney

Now taht you can you want to play for yourself- if you bink it, would be pretty gutting.

Also what if Blatch or Cos had pulled out because they ship mad dimes and decide staking you isn't worth it?

Like I said at the top of the post- sure it was a genuine error of judgement but as most peeps have said- a deal is a deal.

[GreekStein]

I've known Mike since before anyone on blonde apart from Tom Rutter and I know him to be one of the nicest blokes you'll meet round the table so I have no qualms that Mike made an honest mistake here, through perhaps not really seeing the bigger picture. Though in my opinion it would be a slightly poor judgement.

I don't want to stake anyone who will resent it (can't think of a better word even though that's not quite right) so will leave it completely up to Mike as to what he wants to do in this case and I don't mind either way. It's no big deal for me.

[Sack it off]

You could have just went with the stakes and played another event with your own money?