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Originally Posted by GotaFancy? 
If we can build up some winnings and a pot, then we would love to use the prize pool and expand it to be more frequent/cover more players 
In general, staking someone for a 50/50 split is pretty large negative expectation, even if they are a class player with a significant edge - that edge cannot normally be enough - however the value added in this poker trillion game probably does give us an opportunity to build a fund,a nd have a positive ev |
i think this is a great idea in principle but as you have pointed out gaf ,with a 50/50 split its gonna be awfully tough to get a profit out of it.
after all i'm sure nobody wants this to run out in 3 months time if the first 3 buyins end up as no cashes
no matter who plays it is always possible.
i would love to see this grow into something really big that not only helps players move up to higher stakes games and the chance of a nice big win
but also strenghens the great spirit of the lounge
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which is why i thought of another idea which i think has some big pluses but also a couple of negatives(which hopefully someone might be able to think up a way round
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what about a fund that will buy in 50% and take 50% profit.
i think this would have a real chance of growing to a point where it could be helping a lot of players instead of maybe 12/24 a year and could turn a really healthy profit.
it would be helping players gain entry into a higher buy in than they can normally afford that has good added value ,but not put to much pressure on each player.
i know from personal experiance that playing a lot bigger buy in games than your used to can effect your game ,and as dodger said you will be under a bit of extra pressure playing for everybody else anyway .
i myself would feel a bit less worried playing for half my money, half someone elses ,than all someone elses.
doing it this way you could maybe have 4 buy in levels $10/$20/$50/$100
each month a 50/50buy in is offered in a value added tourney at each level, which shouldnt be to difficult to find a decent tourney at each level in a month
during the month put a poll up asking which level you want to buy in at, whoever gets highest bpp in each poll is offered a seat ,if declined next in line gets it etc.
i think this would actually give a fairer chance to those who cant regularly buy in for $10 because they cant play all the focus games and so are less likely to be able to be top .
i could see a point in the not too distant future where you could 50/50buy in 5 people a month at each level
after all in most value added games the field is usually large and having 5 players in is no bad thing ,and it gives more people the opportunity to gain and contribute
maybe if the bankroll really took off you could give a free seat to the players who come first in each level with 50% of any win going back in the kitty, but only once its a bit safer to do so.
the only bad points i can think of is a little extra work putting up the poll and working out who comes top of each poll,and working a good system of moving the money around between the lounge and the players and back again.
after all it seems a lot of successfull pros stake /offer shares with each other so there must be something to it
anyway my little poker eutopia might just be a crazy impossible pipe dream but i'm hoping someone might say its possible and even workable and maybe even makes some sense