People staking for live cash games

[WotRTheChances]

Just though I'd post a quick thread to ask people who they know (businesses or others) who are out there providing staking to live cash game players?

I've managed to dig myself into a bit of a whole with my current MTT staking. Tournament variance is insane and I've found myself living from savings for a while now.... apparently they run out after a while, who knew?!

Not really a direct request for staking, I'm just interested in where I might go or who I might be able to discuss this with. I used to be a reg in the 1/2 and 2/5 games at DTD, but I'm at a point where I can't justify playing 1/1 without high risk.

Not really sure what other solutions I have as I am currently pretty skint and although getting a job could work.. I feel I'd have a far greater hourly doing this. I guess there aren't a lot of jobs floating around either!

Anyway any ideas welcome. Would rather not have to leave the Goulder/Stato/PJ household and move back to NORFOLK... sigh haha

[titaniumbean]

the thing is that there are so many utter shitters around the poker scene that are backed, that there must be a tonne of muggles with money from outside the poker world somewhere, just gotta find them.

[KarmaDope]

K&K? Are they still staking?

[WotRTheChances]

K&K? Are they still staking?

Yeh they stake me for MTTs. Not really into cash game staking.

I'll have to read my OP again, it's probably awful. Tilt wrote it when my car decided to break down. #WhenWillItEnd !

[titaniumbean]

K&K? Are they still staking?

Yeh they stake me for MTTs. Not really into cash game staking.

I'll have to read my OP again, it's probably awful. Tilt wrote it when my car decided to break down. #WhenWillItEnd !

downswonging then having ridic high and unexpected outgoings is THE UTTER TILT.

[GreekStein]

The only way you will be staked for live cash is if you find someone who knows and trusts you 100%.

There are no staking companies etc that do it.

[WotRTheChances]

the thing is that there are so many utter shitters around the poker scene that are backed, that there must be a tonne of muggles with money from outside the poker world somewhere, just gotta find them.

Lol yer this is very true. I don't even really want to sit deep in 1/2 or play 2/5 either. Happy grinding it out. Just tough from a br in the negative numbers.

[titaniumbean]

the thing is that there are so many utter shitters around the poker scene that are backed, that there must be a tonne of muggles with money from outside the poker world somewhere, just gotta find them.

Lol yer this is very true. I don't even really want to sit deep in 1/2 or play 2/5 either. Happy grinding it out. Just tough from a br in the negative numbers.

I feel yo pain.

cant count the number of times I've played with someone been chatting and then they've said 'xyz because i'm backed or w/e' and I just do a double take, watch them play a bit more and just facepalm that there are that many stupid people with money.

some of the utter chumps that are staked for mtts blows my mind.

[WotRTheChances]

The only way you will be staked for live cash is if you find someone who knows and trusts you 100%.

There are no staking companies etc that do it.

Yeh thought this might be the case. Hopefully I'll find someone.

Thankfully the mother is lending me her car so I can get home and justice bink all the Sundays tomorrow.

[LonOhRay]

Unless your backer is going to sit in the same games as you to monitor wins/losses its going to be really rare as it relies on huge trust, only know of one staker/stakee who have had really successful relationship thus far.

Job time for a month or 2 to get some £s back in the bank? Horrible timing with mtts being as soft as they ever are but might have to be done.

Either that or get 100nl stake on the side if MTT backers will allow it until you have enough to take shots in 1/1 1/2 games and cut your outgoings in the mean time.

[pleno1]

Get an online stake for 2 months, then with your profit play live? seems like a no brainer can also play on the side when youre 1-4 tabling mtts

[rfgqqabc]

Don't Alex/Stato/Mitch all go to Vegas shortly? Sounds like DTD games will be ok and there is a slice of pie for them and you there. Unless I'm missing something here they have all the requirements a live backer would want?

[PathFinder]

ive staked for live cash in the past with great success, but it only works because the person i staked was a close friend and someone i trusted 100%.

The only way you will get a stake is by getting it off someone who trusts you 100%

[WotRTheChances]

Don't Alex/Stato/Mitch all go to Vegas shortly? Sounds like DTD games will be ok and there is a slice of pie for them and you there. Unless I'm missing something here they have all the requirements a live backer would want?

I guess, but would obv never ask anyone like that directly... seems quite rude and would be putting them in an awkward situation if they wanted to say no. Yeah ideally i'll sort something along those line... or take the route of online->live as pleno suggested. It'd be nice to be able to do something (like playing cash) where I can do that for a few days of the week and still have Sun/Mon at least to grind MTTs while the WSOP is on.

Thinking about it, it really does take a great deal of trust to enter into something like this. It's why I think doing something like this and just putting my name in the ring is best, rather than appoaching individuals. Hopefully I can work something out with someone and fade getting a job (not sure how easy that would be), but if I have to then i obv will.

It's been pretty tough cutting outgoings too. Really don't want to get my parents involved or let them know things are tough... they'd snap just do everything they could and offer to pay for everything (even though they don't have loads), but there's no way I want that... they've done it for my brother before and I know how tough it was for them. So continuing to travel home for cricket every weekend over summer, costing me ~£50 a pop in petrol etc.

If anything this has taught me a lot about appreciation of money. I've always been a saver of money and thus always had plenty. Being in this position you realise just how much every little thing costs even when you're a nit like me and spend very little.

[pleno1]

fantastic start to the diary though.

i heard theres a very tall guy in notts who just won abit of money and is a live poker specialist and knows eveybody who would play on the same tables as you.

altenatively you could do a blonde cash "roll" where you update each day, like I say very unlike you to do anything untoward because people who are on your table will read your staking thread too.