I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

additionaly staked. First of all I hope this type of thread isnt against 2+2 policies, if it is im sorry and please delete the thread....

No i didnt lose the prize money or blow it on somehting stupid. My prize consists of a $3000 pokernews cup tournaament entry, 6 nights at a hotel and $1500 for airfare and expenses. The problem is that any flight is going to be over $2000 (the lowest i've searched is $2200 roundtrip st louis-melbourne). Being a poor college kid, it will be tough to fork over an additional $700-$1200 for flight, food, and sight seeing the days the tourney is not taking place.

I'm looking for someone to cover my flight costs and then split any possible winnings i make with them, but i dont know how to go about this. If anyone knows much about finding a staker and the process, i would like to hear there opinions. I couldn't imagine asking someone i knew if they wanted to do this and i'm baffled as to what i should do.
If i cant find a staker i guess my credit card will end up being charged for the left over cost but this is a worst case senario. Any ideas?

Re: I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

Are you allowed to sell your package? Theres always that option seeing as it would appear that amount of money would be huge for you.

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First off, congrats on the win!

My best recommendation is to try to seek a cheaper flight. $2000 sounds awfully hefty for a flight that is over 2 months away. The PokerNews Cup is in late October, right?

Try some of these links:

http://www.fatwallet.com/t/63/312271/
http://www.travelhub.com/airfares/intl.html

Re: I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

If you're that poor then sell your prize for a reasonable price. I'm sure you're more likely to find a buyer than a backer.

Plus unless you are exceptional at live poker the odds you will cash will be -EV compared to selling your place.

Just my two cents to get you a bit of cash, sometimes these prizes (as you have found out) aren't what you expect them to be.

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Are you allowed to sell your package? Theres always that option seeing as it would appear that amount of money would be huge for you.

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god damn, it took me longer to write my post than it took for me to check for replies [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

very slick Mr Bond!

Re: I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

You can simply choose not to go at all and just keep $1500 you got as cash.

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Thanks for the well wishes...Acutually the site says the package is non-transferable. My parents and others have suggested that i just keep the $1500 too and not go but i figure in 20 years i will care more about a free trip and poker tourney in Austraila than the little bit a cash that seems like a lot right now. I dont go on vacations very often so this seems like a good experiece even if i get knocked out the first hand (i'd have 5 days of free vaction left).

Re: I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

live life young blood live life!

Re: I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

Why don't you just sell a couple of % of your seat. Say you can sell 50%, $30 per %, that gives you an additional $1500 cash.

Re: I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

"Why don't you just sell a couple of % of your seat. Say you can sell 50%, $30 per %, that gives you an additional $1500 cash. "

so you're saying try to get a bunch of people to put up a small amount of money each, right?

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"Why don't you just sell a couple of % of your seat. Say you can sell 50%, $30 per %, that gives you an additional $1500 cash. "

so you're saying try to get a bunch of people to put up a small amount of money each, right?

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Yeah. That's what he meant, but you're best off selling the seat for $2500(?)and keeping the $1500. That's a nice chunk of change for free.

Re: I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

no no no no no... staking threads arent allowed here guys. (insert bad guy insults about me here)

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Re: I won a 5k freeroll and now may need
 

The real solution here is, assuming you have time, go to www.neverbeg.com and establish a good reputation there then sell the shares in the "buy a piece" forum. That should very probably work and if you need help with this PM me.

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The real solution here is, assuming you have time, go to www.neverbeg.com and establish a good reputation there then sell the shares in the "buy a piece" forum. That should very probably work and if you need help with this PM me.

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You could PM me as well. Bond knows an admin well and I'm a mod there.