Looking for a Poker backer

[wtf]

one thing for sho , this guy is a real gambler, three kids, one income and not a large one at that

[andywend]

Cobalt, if you truly had exceptional poker skills, you would NOT need someone to back you in a tournament.

Do you truly expect to find someone dumb enough to pay your entire entry fee into a tournament in exchange for 50% of the profit?

It would be -EV even if Phil Ivey offered this proposition.

Truly unbelieveable!!!

[cobalt king]

ok ok I ******* get it, im an idiot for having kids, im an idiot for asking you guys for advice, im an idiot for starting this thread, i got it. if a mod sees this thread please take it out of PT apparently its pissing people off

[Cap dat 4ss]

Cobalt, consider the audience here guy. The fukking nitwits have never accomplished a damn thing in life so they get on here and hide behind anonymity. Do your thing but don't ever say you're an idiot for having kids to appease these college age fukks.

[HauntingTheHoly]

Cobalt, if you truly had exceptional poker skills, you would NOT need someone to back you in a tournament.

Do you truly expect to find someone dumb enough to pay your entire entry fee into a tournament in exchange for 50% of the profit?

It would be -EV even if Phil Ivey offered this proposition.

Truly unbelieveable!!!

Ert? Hoorj! Is 50% of profit not the standard charge for backers? Your telling me if I backed Phil Ivey for $500 tourney's that I would lose money only collecting half of what he's able to win long term? I must have read that incorrectly, right?

[Cap dat 4ss]

you said you CHOSE to have all of your kids... yet make $15 an hour... why would you choose to have family of 5 on those kind of wages ? a sharp guy wouldnt do that.

As long as this guy is being a good father and supporting his family then let him do his thing without you riding his ass. What a dikk

[HauntingTheHoly]

Some questions to answer:

You have QQ UTG 9 handed in the early levels of the tournament. You raise, and get re-raised from a laggy, drunk player who has been playing every hand and raising everything. How do you act pre-flop (facing the 3-bet), and how to you act on the flop when the flop comes: AT5 rainbow, J89 rainbow, K83 spades, or 369 rainbow?

How would you play Q5 on the button in the early stages?

Describe the concept of the "M number".

When would you do if you were down to your last 5BB with Q8 offsuit and someone pushed all in from the button?

Why are you pretending that you're some hot-shot who is going to back him if he answers these questions correctly? Isn't it true that what you're really doing is being a pretentious douche bag hoping to impress a hot, lurking, piece of ass who will send you a PM asking you if you wanna fly to Milan to bang? Since he created this thread looking for a backer, if you entered the thread asking all this Sh!t *without* the possibility that you'll back him, then I think I've busted your ass.

[Cap dat 4ss]

Why are you pretending that you're some hot-shot who is going to back him if he answers these questions correctly? Isn't it true that what you're really doing is being a pretentious douche bag hoping to impress a hot, lurking, piece of ass who will send you a PM asking you if you wanna fly to Milan to bang? Since he created this thread looking for a backer, if you entered the thread asking all this Sh!t *without* the possibility that you'll back him, then I think I've busted your ass.

[cobalt king]

thanks for coming to the rescue fellas

[EmpireMaker]

How much do you want someone to stake you ?
I'm not going to do it just curious though.

[cobalt king]

it all depends on if they were local and what I was playing, obviously you have to start fairly small and prove yourself, if they wanted me to play live cash games than it could be on a trip by trip basis, i.e. we go play 4-8 they buy me in for 200 and i cash out 500 I walk with 150, Im hoping to play a decent sized guarenteed tournie in ac the buy ins are ussually in the 350-450 range.

[cobalt king]

I play cash now and I play tournies live as often as I can but Id like to play higher limits and higher buy-ins much more frequently and I just feel I would do well after years of learning the game. thats all I didnt claim to be phil Ivey and I didnt guarentee I'd win. It was just an idea.

[CollegeOverUnder]

Cobalt, consider the audience here guy. The fukking nitwits have never accomplished a damn thing in life so they get on here and hide behind anonymity. Do your thing but don't ever say you're an idiot for having kids to appease these college age fukks.

pretty much this. Im in college but I get pissed off about a lot of dumb shit I see happen every day.


I have yet to play poker on the east coast. I grew up in the midwest and now live on the west coast. Two extremely different styles of play.

[BarkingToad]

We'd all wish to have a backer.

Pretty much this! EVERYONE has read Harrington and other poker books. Have you read anything to prepare you for the cheating that goes on in tourneys? Does your radar go on when a player at your table has to go to the toilet every 25 minutes, keep track of all your opponents chip counts to see if chips were passed during a scheduled break, card switching, or players working as a team?

Seriously Cobalt, the best way to get backing is to show you don't need the money. It looks like you can get backing from your government, though. With your income and exemptions, looking at the irs.gov website and 1040 instructions, you would have little or no tax liablity, but a refund of about $4,000 due to the Earned Income Tax Credit. You're lucky you'll be getting a hefty refund most only dream of getting without having to contribute any of your own money to get it. Rather than bashing people for not wanting to stake you, just convince your wife to use the upcoming windfall for your poker endeavors. I'm sure you could get a bank loan and pay it off in a few months with your sizeable refund check you'll be getting, or even sooner with your poker winnings. BOL

[daneblazer]

I'm not saying not to ask to be staked, especially if you have other expenses in life. There are people who can play good poker and probably make a living from it if they so chose, but they also have jobs and life expenses that take away the time and resources needed to play at a non small stakes level. If I were to back you I'd want to know this. You say you have a family, job, and kids.

1. Are you going to have enough time to put in the hours of play to make it worth me backing you? How many hours a week are you going to to put in? As a tournament player you are going to have to grind out a lot of hours of play. If you have a family, will that take hours you spend with them away? Is that fair to your family?

2. You're going to have to show me a lot more than doing well in what amounts to freeroll turbo SBR tournaments vs a questionable player pool. If you've been playing online for 7 years, you have to have some record for your results. PT3, HEM, Sharkscope, PTR, OPR, personal spread sheet, etc etc. You're going to have to sell yourself.

Whatever happens good luck, I wish you the best.

[bettilimbroke999]

it all depends on if they were local and what I was playing, obviously you have to start fairly small and prove yourself, if they wanted me to play live cash games than it could be on a trip by trip basis, i.e. we go play 4-8 they buy me in for 200 and i cash out 500 I walk with 150, Im hoping to play a decent sized guarenteed tournie in ac the buy ins are ussually in the 350-450 range.

Go have another kid, maybe itll mow lawns and make 200 to back you

[cobalt king]

hey bet limit do you by any chance live in the tri state area because I would very much like to meet you

[bettilimbroke999]

I dont swing that way bro sorry

[bettilimbroke999]

Best thing to do would be have more kids, if you get to 200 kids they only gotta make a dollar a piece to back you, hell 50 bucks a piece and your in the WSOP main event

[daneblazer]

Best thing to do would be have more kids, if you get to 200 kids they only gotta make a dollar a piece to back you, hell 50 bucks a piece and your in the WSOP main event

[CollegeOverUnder]

Best thing to do would be have more kids, if you get to 200 kids they only gotta make a dollar a piece to back you, hell 50 bucks a piece and your in the WSOP main event

your a true d i c k wad. A true tool attacking some guy trying to make himself feel better. Have you no heart. He gets it man know one is going to back him.

[bettilimbroke999]

your a true d i c k wad. A true tool attacking some guy trying to make himself feel better. Have you no heart. He gets it man know one is going to back him.

Lol

If I started a thread and said hey Im a great sports gambler everybody send me 200 bucks and I'll give you half the winnings do you think my paypal account would just overflow with 200 dollar payments?

Start an unrealistic thread and youll prolly get a few slightly sarcastic responses, its not attacks by heartless dickwads as you call it

[Naz18]

People bash him because he clearly isn't smart....so you gamble to pay your bills....

[Ernie Mccracken]

I will consider if you post your sharkscope graph. Serious.

[ncat12]

THE Gentleman ,to me , sounds like he is bi-polar, I have had feelings of 'grandeur' where I would think all I have to do is ask for something and people will give it to me without any serious info/explanation of why they should, and if you have been on this forum for any length of time you would realize it does not take much blood for the sharks to come out and light you up....I feel for you bro and many well wishes to your family..take care and good luck

[Glitch]

just wait a couple years then you can have a REAL home game at the dinner table.

your responsibility level makes potential backers think you'd go all-in preflop with jack-ten suited.

[Glitch]

ok ok I ******* get it, im an idiot for having kids, im an idiot for asking you guys for advice, im an idiot for starting this thread, i got it. if a mod sees this thread please take it out of PT apparently its pissing people off

whoops. didnt see this post. goodluck to you sir in your future endeavors. you are lucky to have a family despite what we say. its just -ev like someone said.

[Covy]

You don't need to play in the Borgata series....Personally you need to set aside a few hundred which would be used strictly for poker and just grind it out.

So basically work 9-5 and take care of the kids in the evening and grind out some cash games a few times a week. Sure you've been playing for 7 years, but how often is the key. I don't have kids but I've made the mistake of not having a dedicated poker bankroll. I would usually just spend my winnings or put it in my bank account instead of building it up for higher stakes. I wouldn't worry too much about the shit talkers. Most of them are probably single men without kids and haven't experienced the joys that you have had.

GL to you

[bettilimbroke999]

Hard to believe no ones sending you 1000s to play in the Borgata tournament series....hard...to...believe