For professionals and recreational players alike, the World Series of Poker can be a stressful and busy time. Dealing with travel plans, accommodations, setting a tournament schedule and on top of all that, dealing with backers and piece buyers that are going to make playing in some of the world’s most prestigious events possible. Not that Canada’s Mike Leah feels any of those pressures, as he’s amassed over $5,000,000 in live tournament earnings, along with a well respected online resume to boot while being a mainstay at the WSOP since 2011.

Leah clearly has it figured out from a WSOP perspective, with his breakout performances coming last year. He cashed nine times, including two final table appearances, in the $10,000 Seven Card Razz Championship and then the $1,500 2-7 Draw Lowball No-Limit event. Add in a deep run in the first ever ‘The Colossus’ event, a 39th place finish, and Leah pulled out all the stops in 2015.

This year, he’s looking to have more success in those bigger buy-in ‘Championship’ events and through the first few weeks of the WSOP, he’s been doing most of his selling on YouStake.com’s online marketplace. Leah opened the summer selling 50% to the $10,000 Limit Hold’em Championship, at a mark-up of 1.05. Sixteen players got a piece of that tournament, including a few that booked action for as little as $20.

This week, Leah again went to YouStake to sell action to the $10,000 Omaha Hi-Low Split 8/B Championship. This time, the mark-up was a little higher, 1.10, but he again sold 50% of his action. Only three players got a piece of that tournament, with some big buyers coming in to almost immediately scoop up the available stakes.

So, why does a player of Leah’s caliber and success offer action on YouStake.com? Simply put, it’s simple.

“It’s just a simple and easy way to sell action and it also gives fans, friends and anyone else a chance to buy a piece of my action,” he says, adding, “I also don’t have to worry about collecting payments, paying out multiple pieces or sending out tax forms, YouStake.com takes care of everything.”

For someone who is playing a full schedule and will, like he did last year, be making plenty of deep runs, the ease and simplicity of YouStake.com makes the summer less busy and stressful for Leah. Other players have also been seen selling on the marketplace so far this summer, including former WSOP Main Event Champions Greg Raymer and Jamie Gold, along with three-time World Poker Tour champion Anthony Zinno.

A majority of those players, Leah included, usually don’t sell that much action.

“I haven’t sold much over the last year, as I’ve been taking all of my own action for a while now,” says Leah.

He did sell to last year’s WSOP, his most successful yet, and he plans to continue to sell this year, adding, “It’s just a good tool to lower my own risk in a few of the larger buy-in events.”

Leah admits that he’s gotten off to a slow start in 2016, failing to record scores in both of the $10,000 Championship events referenced above. But with four cashes through the first three weeks of the WSOP, that just shows how high the bar is set for the former bracelet winner. If Leah is able to add another piece of jewelry to his wrist this summer, we imagine he’ll be keeping it for himself but anyone can get a piece of his action on YouStake.com.