You want to back me??? Good deal?

Something odd happened to me the other day. A tournament was breaking up, at the same time a new ring game was trying to start. I asked a guy I know who just got knocked out of the tournament to join our game.


Now I don't know him that well. He and I are very friendly when we see eachother at the casino, but that's all. I only met him a few months ago.


I ask him to join us since we are short on players. He says he's not in the mood for a ring game, but he'll back me. He'd give me half of my buy in and said we'd split whatever I had when I left the game, assuming I didn't have to rebuy.


I've never even thought about this type of thing, so I was a little unsure. Should I always jump at this deal if it's offered in the future? At one point is this a good or bad deal for me?


I took him up on the offer, since I didn't feel like playing for much anyway.


I made $14 before the game broke half an hour later for a solid $7 profit. [img]/images/smile.gif[/img]

I don't like the idea of being backed because I always feel compelled to take a piece of my backer's action when he's running bad.


Best of luck to you. LTL

deal if U are the favorite over the field but U don't have a comfortable buy-in for the limit game U are interested in playing.

A backer can provide enough fuel for a comfortable buy-in.

But if U already have enough fuel,Y accept a "partner"?


Sitting Bull

you're just playing at half the limit everyone else is. Your $10 bet risks only $5, your $50 pot is only $25 yours.


Good for you if you can do better at that table than the other available table of 1/2 the limits of your game (or if no such table exists and you're a winning player at this one). But if you're winning at that table, and you can afford to buy in yourself, then you oughtta keep the profit for yourself.


And I imagine that when you are the only one responsible for your finances, life is less complicated.


2ndGoat