a relatively basic question regarding the main event

[Foucault]

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what makes you believe that if someone you have backed wins a big amount will he give you that as you agreed? is any way to make a contract for that or something else? otherwise i think there is no way to get your money except if he is your brother and again i doubt....

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well, there goes any chance you ever had.

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hahahahaha

[8Adam8]

1) 1-50, 1% for someone who can beat $1 online FO's, 50% for aejones
2) 0%

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what makes you believe that if someone you have backed wins a big amount will he give you that as you agreed? is any way to make a contract for that or something else? otherwise i think there is no way to get your money except if he is your brother and again i doubt....

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well, there goes any chance you ever had.

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gobbomom - 1
rest of world - 0

[NHFunkii]

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what makes you believe that if someone you have backed wins a big amount will he give you that as you agreed? is any way to make a contract for that or something else? otherwise i think there is no way to get your money except if he is your brother and again i doubt....

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you wouldn't trust your brother to pay you if you staked him? wow =/

[Mondogarage]

I suppose if I were totally backed, I'd be fine with 25-30%, if it's my first time in the ME or a $10k WPT (which it surely would be). If I were bankrolled to play at that level, I probably wouldn't accept full backing, and I wouldn't buy myself in unless I were probably bankrolled. So it stands to reason I'd give a back a huge premium just for the opportunity to play an event at that level.

If I were confident enough in someone's abilities to fully back them in a one shot? I'd probably offer them 30-40%. I have to figure, if I'm confident enough in you to fully stake you, I'd have to be pretty damn confident that you'd pay dividends on my investment, and it's worth more to me to have a reasonably sure thing. (That is, as reasonably sure as poker allows, which ain't much.)

Anyway, good thread -- interesting questions.

[Bantam222]

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A lot of variables here (like who he is/what $10K is to me/him, etc.)

I'd offer him a sliding scale designed to encourage him playing correctly, something like 10% of first half-million and 40% of every thing above that.

I'd play it for a deal like that, too, or 20% flat.

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The sliding scale thing seems like a good idea...more so for large tourneys with great potential pay out