Makeup vs Selling %

Posted 7 years ago

I recently made a list of around 20 events which I am planning to play over the summer. Most of these are £80 live events with the average prizepool around £3k. Although there are some bigger events around £90-100 in Dublin with 10-20k gtd. These are pretty soft fields and I have a pretty good profit in them although I never sat down and recorded as it was more of a casual thing to get a break from university or else I worked as a dealer instead of playing.
So the total buyins have came to £1k. And I've mentioned to a few of my friends if they've any interest in staking me for all events and it got me wondering whether I should just selling a straight % of my games or if I should sell 100% to cover all the buyins and split 50/50 after makeup.
Obviously I know the differences to both, and I believe that 50/50 after makeup would be handier as it would allow me to essentially freeroll all the events and cover my own expenses/travel. I'm also not particularly comfortable with my friends giving me a few hundred each and then having zero returns after 3 months (this may just be a massive leak on my part though), most of them play poker and know the risks/variance.

So basically I'm curious if anyone has any thoughts/preferences to either sell 100% with makeup or just sell a straight % of yourself. Also - regardless of what I do I'll be selling with zero markup if this makes any difference.

killjoy1987

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Posted 7 years ago
I think it all just comes down to your situation and how much money you have.

50/50 after make up is a pretty insane deal nowadays even for proven players so you should probably snap their hands off and just go enjoy yourself.

Posted 7 years ago
Oh and you should never feel bad about losing people's money when they stake you or buy pieces.....it is just part of the game and as long as you do everything correctly then that is all they can ask for!
Posted 7 years ago
Sweet thanks Jon!
I've gone with the 50/50 after makeup, first event was yesterday and finished 10/157 so off to a small winning start for the summer!
Posted 7 years ago
I would snap off the 50/50 deal! Nice result the other day, keep us updated with how you get on!