$150+12 tourney on stars

herschelw · August 9th, 2006, 07:18 AM

Shares
I'm selling shares for the daily 9:10pm $150+12 on pokerstars. I will register for the tourney when all shares are sold. That is 16 shares total. I will cover the two dollars difference. Funds to be shipped either when shares are purchased or when all shares are commited at buyer's discretion.

Split is 50/50 with stakeback

Credentials
Played yesterday for stakers and finished 34th for a $422 pay out.
Up over $1k on SnG's as verified by sharkscope. I have won 5 satelittes in the last month or so(all cashed out for T$ or sold). This can be verified on tournament reporter since pokerdb doesnt track satellites. Satellites won in the last month or so are as follows: $535 to the sunday million, $215 to the sunday million, $370 to the WSOP 150 main event seats guaranteed satellite, $215 to the wccop rebuy event, another $215 to the sunday million. I am ranked in the top 2.5% of all online players by tournament reporter. Please note I have played few online mtt's until very recently and I have focused on satellites because I can usually dominate them. Thus you will find few stats on me at thepokerdb. Check tournamentreporter.com for best info on my mtt game.
Prior to recently turning my attention to MTT's. I spent from the middle of last year until about 3 months ago focused on developing my cash stud game, starting from a $200 bankroll I moved from 2/4 to 3/6 to 5/10 and then to 10/20 making and cashing out almost $6,000 in the process.

Moneymaker Million
Most importantly in terms of credentials, I have qualified for the live final of the Moneymaker Million in the Bahamas. I beat out a field or almost 8,000 players in round one(top 50 get round 2 seats), then 1,000 in round 2(top 240 get round 3 seats), then 500 in round 3(top 5 get seats in final) to get to the final.

Playing style
My style of play is very unorthodox. What most would term loose aggressive, although I adapt to the table I am on. In terms of name players it is similar to an Ivey or Negreanu type of style. I offer this description so that those who buy shares understand that my style of play focuses on building a big stack early rather than playing the traditional tight aggressive style. This means great finishes or early busts. Staked players will over the long run lose their backers money if their style of play puts them in a position where they are just barely in the money most of the time. One final table will easily pay for a couple early busts. This is why my style is +ev for backers.

Why take backers?
If a player has a consistently winning style and a reasonable bankroll then why take backers? In my case this is a move up a level for me to a larger buy-in. I have played in tourneys with players who consistently play at these levels(gank, johnnybax, etc.) and I know from that experience that I can hang with them. Secondly, when I take cash out of my bankroll I never put it back in. Therefore my bankroll isn't that large. I also have moved money to a staking fund I have set up with a few other players that we will use to stake solid up and coming players here at neverbeg.

Questions?
I'm pretty sure I have been very thorough, but if there are any questions I am happy to answer them on this thread or by pm. For moderators: Yes, I sent the $5 to neverbeg to post here.

herschelw · August 9th, 2006, 07:19 AM

Shares are $10 each.

california_dreamin · August 9th, 2006, 08:13 AM

I am new to the forum and I am interested in purchasing a few shares. how are funds exchanged?

Mr_Shorti · August 9th, 2006, 09:06 AM

1 Share sent $

ColonelPoker · August 9th, 2006, 05:21 PM

I'm going back to the well on this one, you did me right last night. Taking 1 again, CP27316 (Hendersonville).

gaoutlaw13 · August 9th, 2006, 09:16 PM

I would like 1 share. Shipping now

EternalTilt · August 9th, 2006, 11:07 PM

hes a great player if i had enuf to stake right now, I would buy multiple shares

AmazingSully · August 9th, 2006, 11:07 PM

I'll jump on the wagon and buy a share, although my money is cursed. Please try to break the curse.

HEWong · August 9th, 2006, 11:21 PM

sent. took 1 share. gl

*wildpaw* · August 9th, 2006, 11:47 PM

3 more coming again... *wildpaw* wilmington, go got em

herschelw · August 9th, 2006, 11:58 PM

Curses have no effect on me. I got jesus baby. Got $110 commited so far it looks like. 2 shares sold to a firend here. 5 left. get em while they're hot!

howdog · August 10th, 2006, 12:32 AM

i will go for 1 share sending now

*wildpaw* · August 10th, 2006, 02:29 AM

Are you playing the one right now on your own or through stakes?

herschelw · August 10th, 2006, 03:00 AM

stakes are closed as of tourney start. If you werent in by then you missed it.

herschelw · August 10th, 2006, 05:33 AM

Finished 198 of 600 this time. Top third of the field. Played amazing the first hour. 5500 in chips at the break. Was in third at 45minutes. Got raised out of a couple pots and got rivered twice for 2500 total. Had a decent stack and made a horrible semi-bluff and got called. Tourneys always end on one mistake though. Overall I learned a ton from the tournament and my play will improve tremendously. Feel fre to ask those who watched my early play. I was at the top of my game. I'm planning on playing this everyday and will be looking for backers.

thanks for all the support,
herschelw

AmazingSully · August 10th, 2006, 06:25 AM

I told you my money is cursed.

Tigerscott · August 10th, 2006, 07:12 AM

You using a different stars name other then herschelw??

Looking at Pokerdb on herschelw and don't see the 400$+ 34th place..

AmazingSully · August 10th, 2006, 07:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tigerscott

You using a different stars name other then herschelw??

Looking at Pokerdb on herschelw and don't see the 400$+ 34th place..

thepokerdb takes time to update, usually a couple days, i was railing this and he did place.

Tigerscott · August 11th, 2006, 02:45 AM

Ahh cool I wasn't sure when you played..

I appologize if I sounded bad was just curious..