Thought I'd start off a thread to see what people think is a good payout percentage for a staker in different scenarios as I see wildly varying returns offered on here, and was curious to see what other people think. I've seen a few threads from strong players I would normally stake, but with the poor payout on offer I just felt like it was a bad investment.
Here's my thoughts to start things off anyway.....
After running several stakings in my 10xSTT thread I've come to the conclusion that 50/50 is about right for a strong player in a series of STTs, although I think in general (i.e. for not so strong players) the staker should get a slightly higher return, maybe 55% or 60% (although I might be biased as a staker
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MTTs IMO are a different kettle of fish. The variance in these is massive compared to STTs, and when you start talking about fields of 1000+, the staker is taking on a very large risk of getting no return. After my short foray into staking, I don't think I would stake anyone in a MTT for less then 80% return, and if it's a 1000+ field I'm not sure I'd even be interested, but would certainly be looking for >90%. It obviously of course depends on the strength of the player, not just the number of entries.
Is this too harsh on the stakees given the time they have to put in? I don't know, that's why I started the thread, that's what I currently think, but could be persuaded otherwise........