I "think" having a "sugar mama may have been what got St. Louis "Louie" Roberts killed.
You got that right!
I "think" having a "sugar mama may have been what got St. Louis "Louie" Roberts killed.
The last 2 players that I send a little to.
One player decided that it was a better idea to get drunk with the boys the night before his first match and missed it.
He burned a few guys.
The second player walked into a pool in Vegas wearing a funny suit and put the video on UTube.
The video was worth the money. The first player, not so much. If I had have known that would happen, I would have spent the money on myself.
Folks,
If anyone would like to get in on the action at Derby by being a stake-horse the opportunity is there. With the dearth of pool ahead players are looking to save on expenses any way possible. If you would like to stake a player at DCC please just post here or PM me with the following info:
1) What player or players would be of interest for you to stake?
2) What do you offer them? A) Hotel room B) Entry Fee C) Travel Expense D) ALL of this.
3) What do you want in return? For instance, do you want to stake a player to all of his expenses in exchange for 40% of his winnings in the event? That sort of thing. Just let me know the risk you are willing to take and what reward you wish for taking that risk.
I will contact the player and let them examine your answer and reply. Neither AZBilliards nor myself will expect or accept a fee for this service. It is free, just an opportunity for a willing buyer to meet a willing seller in an open marketplace.
PM me.
Bottom line is this.
If you can't afford to get yourself to events and pay your own way and reap all the benefits then it's time to look for something else to do full time and make pool your 2nd part time job. Because if you can't afford it, it's because your not good enough to compete in those events, sorry. Just the facts.
There's only a handful of guys perhaps 10, that can win at these events, the rest are at best hoping to break even. And the ones that can win are not asking to be staked in the tournaments usually. Gambling, yes they want staked.
is this a joke?
let them dumping sob pro's fend for themselves.
Not all pros dump
Esp the ones that packspray...!!
yes they are the good ones
1 man no aiming system with packspray
What person in their right mind would stake a player and not take ALL the expenses off the top and split 50/50 what's ever left over after that?
One way this could work would be if a third party or someone like Greg Sullivan, would act as an escrow service. A stake horse could be sent an itemized bill for expenses such as entry fee, room cost, Per Diem, and such then they would tell this person what the % cut is or provide a contract that spells out how the money would be chopped up. In return the stake horse would me mailed a check directly from the tournament payout. No cash for the player to blow in the casino and no chasing them down for the split after they get their check. I understand this would be a large amount of work but it could take some of the chance of getting bit.
I would also put in a stipulation in the agreement or contract that there would be a penalty if the play didn't show for a match or stayed up all night or got loaded and couldn't play right for the tournament.
Lol.
This happens if your not there to babysit them.
The penalty is, YOU lose your dough. Pro moves on to the next stakehorse. It's been this way for 50 years.
... Take a talent like Stevie Moore, he's smart enough to know pool isn't going to cut it.
I agree with Jumping Joe. If you can't afford to pay your own way in tourns don't beg someone to put you in. Have some pride !! Get your life together and make your own $$$.If your a full time pool player and your not a pro ( like all those players in N Orls trying to hustle each other every night. LMAO what a FU life). you are all idiots . And, if your a full time Pro, good luck with that also, but very very few of you are going to make a meger 30k a year. that's not even taking to account expenses of traveling. SVB Alex, Darren, Dennis O,Busty Efren and a few of the euro players are accually making a living worth talking about. The rest of you need to wake up because your prolly next to being broke. Take a talent like Stevie Moore, he's smart enough to know pool isn't going to cut it.
This is an ideal way of achieving a positive outcome. The problem I've seen in the past is players that do ask for sponsorship end up getting analyzed on issues other than their playing record/history......this ends up being an unnecessary "character review".
character review is huge. I would not stake someone I did not trust or someone i suspect would be up all night drinking or on drugs. And if your an ass you dont deserve a stake anyway.