Lately, I had a very good poker buddy of mine offer to stake me in the WSOP. I kinda laughed until I realized he was dead serious. We worked together for a few years and talked about poker almost every day at lunch.

Recently, I took a peek at my tournament statistics over the past 3 years and indeed they are above average and even impressive for an online tournament player. I cash in a little over 18% of the large Multi-Table tournaments with 180 or more players . A “good” player cashes anywhere from 10 – 12%. So, I am above the curve for sure. Out of those cashes I make the Final Table around 5% of the time which is an outstanding rate considering I do not play that often.

A few of the staking sites are appealing to me although I am still doing my homework on them. The biggest thing for me though is that my statistics prove out my ability and are easily seen online for any potential stakers. I am primarily looking to enter the larger $200+ buy-in tournaments with a 50/50 split to the backer.

Only time will tell if I decide to get staked or not but I am definitely up to the challenge. I will keep you posted as I move forward on my journey into the world of being a staked player. In the mean time I have an interview with www.westakeyou.com that I will be posting very soon.

Take care,

CIII