Hey, poker playas!
Tournaments are coming up soon and they will be one after another. it will almost. belike a month of non-stop poker tournaments.
And when we talk about tournaments. of course, there are talks about stake and buying percent.
The pandemic did affect a lot of poker players and there are many good poker players out there who are just down on their luck.
But is it worth it?
The payout
The most basic of course is the actual payout. after all, if you are betting on something it must have a good return.
There is actual simple math that most poker rooms do follow. Example assuming the guarantee is 2 million. most likely the champion will get 20%-25%. more or less a minimum of 600,000.
If the buy-in is around 5,500, if he becomes the champion you get 100 times your investment.
So in terms of payout, then yes. but there is more to the story than just the payout.
The investment
The payout sample was based on the that there is a guaranteed pot. now if there is no guarantee, and only a few players joined. then the math is different. If assuming only 20 players joined. then it might not be worth it. The horse or the stake because the money and time he would need. to spend.
Even if there is a guarantee it is still related to the buy-in.
For example, two big tournaments are coming in
PHP 12 million with a buy-in of 40,000 and then there is the APC, Which will have a PHP 20 million guarantee for PHP 44,000.
If the budget is limited, then the better choice is the APC.
The Structure
There is a major difference when you are talking about structure. If the structure of a tournament is bad. then it is nothing more than a bingo game.
but if it is a real poker structure. then. it becomes a skill game.
Luck can only carry you so far in a tournament. not to say there is no skill in the fast pace structure. but the balance between skill and luck is upset and favors luck.
So if you are staking a player who won multiple events online or small tournaments without any prior major tournament experience. And pushing them in a major tournament. the chance. of winning is not that good. It is possible but the odds are not good.
The player
This is also a major factor to consider. in reality, it is not the player but the character of the player.
Is the player trustworthy? is the player good morals?
Will the player take care of your investment even if you are not around?
Does the player care more about the financier than himself?
quite recently we have an incident where a staked player made a decision against the stakers wishes and had disastrous results.
Must read
The incident
