Good site imo...found a backer right away, but I've got 24k in profit after 1000+ mtts played. If your a profitable player you shouldnt really have a problem...kind of confusing at first figuring everything out, but if you take a minute and explore the site you'll catch on quickly

 

Originally Posted by URI_Stunna

lol...well im banned cause some german deuche bag thought i rolled him for 40 bucks.. i paid him the extra $ and then they banned me lol.. couldn't even pay my actual backer at the moment. gl getting some 1-2$ 12,000 mtt stakes and hope u cash for 4$

Haha! This is kinda why I started this thread. I was +$50K in profit for 2009 with an average buy in of $45. I've been backed by friends in the past and made them a lot of money. We all pulled everything off at the end of last November beacause we were scared the UIGEA was going to not allow us to. Now I can't get any money back on without using Western Union or paying ridiculous fees. I can't find any decent stakes because I am still a new member and have no player points. It seems like most of the stakes being offered are for $1 and under MTT/SnG's at 60/40 or worse with makeup. And most of the players being rewarded stakes are losing or barely winning players.

 

Originally Posted by Suitedace87

sht site IMO, if you dont find a serious backer fast then enjoy the 1$ mtts wit 1231293u1293792173917239817293 runners

Ya I think I would rather clean toilets than play those stakes for some idiot who thinks staking these buy ins is profitable. I'd probably make more money cleaning toilets anyway.

 

Originally Posted by rocksolid124

Honestly, there's more and more people who are putting up BAPs(buy a piece) who are new to the site as long as their stats are good. The people that are getting $1 stakes either suck balls, or it is simply for gaining trust on the site. I mean, not too many people want to just give money away to people with no history.

Also helps if you put money into the site and invest and not just look for stakes.

No doubt if your stats are good enough, you can find backing on ptp without having to spend too much time. It's a good site, and the people who tell you otherwise were already banned for doing something against the rules(which are not hard to follow; but some people are not capable of reading, so it's a lose/lose situation.)

My stats aren't the greatest but they are pretty good. I was ranked 720 on OPR for 2009 out of 1.7 some odd million people. I've been on the site for 3 days now and I'm still not allowed to create a BAP. I understand that people aren't just going to pass money out to unknowns but I do see people getting stakes when they are barely in the black with no volume. How do I put money into the site if I have no money in my poker accounts? Can you help a playa out? Here are my stats...

http://officialpokerrankings.com/pok...18916.html?t=2

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I can't personally help you out with my funds Huddy, but I promise that once you get the 'new player' tag off, and play a few stakes for people, I don't think you would have a problem selling out a BAP. What you'd have to do (I suggest playing a few stakes first, even if it's low limits) is get an escrow on the site(plenty of people willing...just gotta ask around) to hold part of the money as you play since you don't have anything invested atm and are new to the site. After a while, you'll gain trust and be able to play whatever your strongest games are.

It does take some time, but trust me, everyone on the site for the most part has had to go through and play the lower games, build some trust, and then they eventually move to where they can play higher games. It's well worth it though long run if you can deal with the short-run frustration.

Read all the rules though...I give this advice to everyone...so many mistakes that are made on site are simply from not reading the rules.

Advisable to be a part of the community as well; make contacts; be friendly...and when you get some extra cash, stake some people....all things that people look at. It's a process, but well worth it in the long term.

 

Originally Posted by BigHuddy

I do understand that people get ripped off all the time. And that's what makes this such a hard thing to get accomplished. One of my backers finished in the TLB top 100 last year on stars. I'm not about to go ripping people off. The poker community is really not that big. I do this for a living now and have no desire to have my name bashed all throughout this site and 2P2. I live by the Golden Rule, "Do unto others..." and "Don't bite the hand that feeds you".

I have no reason to believe you are untrustworthy. I just don't have the funds to stake people right now except for the few hundred that I have invested in BAPs right now.

I can say that once you are active on the site; complete a few successful stakes, etc...your BAPs would probably sell out fairly quickly.

 

Originally Posted by rocksolid124

I can't personally help you out with my funds Huddy, but I promise that once you get the 'new player' tag off, and play a few stakes for people, I don't think you would have a problem selling out a BAP. What you'd have to do (I suggest playing a few stakes first, even if it's low limits) is get an escrow on the site(plenty of people willing...just gotta ask around) to hold part of the money as you play since you don't have anything invested atm and are new to the site. After a while, you'll gain trust and be able to play whatever your strongest games are.

It does take some time, but trust me, everyone on the site for the most part has had to go through and play the lower games, build some trust, and then they eventually move to where they can play higher games. It's well worth it though long run if you can deal with the short-run frustration.

Read all the rules though...I give this advice to everyone...so many mistakes that are made on site are simply from not reading the rules.

Advisable to be a part of the community as well; make contacts; be friendly...and when you get some extra cash, stake some people....all things that people look at. It's a process, but well worth it in the long term.

Ok. I will try this. Do you go by the same name on PTP? Would it be cool to ask advice while I'm trying to figure it all out? It seems like there is a lot of red tape and some of the stufff is kinda confusing

 

Originally Posted by BigHuddy

Ok. I will try this. Do you go by the same name on PTP? Would it be cool to ask advice while I'm trying to figure it all out? It seems like there is a lot of red tape and some of the stufff is kinda confusing

Yeah man, just shoot me a pm if you get confused about something or have some questions. No problem. I'll get to them ASAP.

just open a bap. you've got good stats and you probably won't have trouble selling out at all if you agree to use an escrow. good luck!

 

Originally Posted by rocksolid124

Yes...you won't have a prob with an escrow. I think all you have to do is get your new player tag removed...which...I'm not exactly sure how to do that since they didn't have it when I joined...but it's in the rules somewhere lol.

all you have to do for that is post OPR links in the "new member applications" section and wait for a mod to remove it. really simple!

I posted my OPR stats in the new member section about 12 hours ago. I guess I just wait. Hopefully this is lifted by the time I wake up. What is this escrow and how does that work?

 

Originally Posted by rocksolid124

Should be looked at sometime tomorrow(later today)...mods have to sleep too even though some of them aren't human.

An escrow basically serves as someone who holds the money for someone, usually someone who is newer to the site or doesn't have all that much invested in the site...this escrow should have more than the amount you are looking for invested in the site so that if something goes wrong and the escrow rolls(unusual), his investments will pay off the debt, leaving the investors with minimal risk. Additionally, because this supposed trusted escrow will be holding on to the funds, it makes investors more confident in giving money to someone they don't know.

So basically, I transfer money out of my stars account into someone else's account to be held in case shit happens? BTW thanks for all the advice.

 

Originally Posted by rocksolid124

No.

What'll happen is when you end up setting up a BAP, instead of funds being shipped to you from various investors, they would be shipped to the escrow, who would then ship you a portion of the funds as necessary.

By the way, you're off to a good start on ptp...wisconsinfan already started a thread promoting you in shooting off.

Nice! Thanks for of the help brada. I gotta check out. If it's not a problem I might have more questions in the morning/afternoon. Hopefully I can get the ball rolling and get back on the grind.

ptp is def fine if you don't have another option, but having done ptp for about 6 months last year and then being staked privately, private>>>>>ptp or at least it can be....just annoying to have to update 934857398475 people about everything, and tho they dont take much ptp is just another middleman taking a cut

 

Originally Posted by pokerproplaya08

chipmeup.com

this... ptp is homo