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So, if someone decided to give 30 good players $200 each to play a table of $10-$20 each for him for the next four hours, that would be a fairly good low-risk idea to make a quick $5,000 or so?

We should form a mutual society and take turns in reaping such a cash bonus for one member every week.

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The basic idea is sound. The ability to play higher stakes with a shared bankroll is one reason it is so powerful to have a team of card counters in blackjack (even without the team tactics). This has also been done successfully in other forms of advantage gambling from sports betting to backgammon to the stock market.

In practice, there are a few problems.

[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] It's hard to identify the players who are actually winning on average rather than just claiming to win or on a hot streak.

[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] People might not play as well when they are playing with someone else's money.

[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] Someone who is an established winner for a level usually has built up his own bankroll, and doesn't need to play on a team.