Anyone can now buy shares of famous poker players
Backing is the most used way of investing money in a player at the poker table, through which a percentage of their future winnings is acquired. But even in such a seemingly innocuous way of investing, there are pitfalls and complicated dynamics between the parties. Previously, it was customary to realise backing without signing any papers, but now there are special websites where anyone can buy or sell a pro’s share.
On the PocketFives portal, there are shares of popular pros for gambling tournaments in the public domain. Today we will tell you which gamblers have put up their action and whether you should bet on them.
Global stars
KidPoker and ElkY have only partnered with private investors for a few years and it’s very difficult to acquire their stakes because it’s a sort of exclusive. PocketFives has rather modest offers from them and acquired them very quickly. The rabid popularity is due to good recognition and a 1.0 odds.
But do not feel bad that their shares are not on sale, because very soon the celebrities will want to put a small part of the shares up for sale.
Right now it is still possible to buy shares of Kachalov, who is a successful poker player in Nezalezha. He played his last WSOP game four years ago and has now decided to come back to help his country by donating 20% of his winnings.
They can play the game beautifully
Let’s talk about some equally popular professionals who can play a large number of games, first on our list is Julien Martini.
He’s from France and takes part in all the tournaments. Last year at the WSOPE he won two trophies. But in spite of this, Julien at the same event this year managed to offer his shares in tournaments with a small mark-up to 1.1x.
Dietrich Fast is the next gambler to fall into the ‘Grinders of long standing’ category. He’s from Austria and has been playing off-line for a long time, holding EPT and WPT titles and one WSOPE gold bracelet.
On PocketFives, Dietrich has staked out stakes in five events with odds ranging from 1.08x to 1.40x.
We have on our list a very young professional who broke into poker 4 years ago and continues his career to this day.
He generally plays small high roller events from $10000 and his best result was 2nd place at the Patty Poker Live Million in the Bahamas 3 years ago where he won $619,000.
Time is of the essence.
David Williams is a striking representative of professional poker players. He was on the crest of his career in the noughties when he managed to win $3.3 million for 2nd place at the 2004 WSOP. He has been competing at the WSOP and WPT for several years now.
David has put up 20% stakes in 5 tournaments in the first week of the WSOP, hinting that he will be putting up more soon. The odds range from 1.10x to 1.20x.
Sean Deeb is a very promising player who can lure solid funds out of your wallet. Why? Because he’s got a lot of experience in online format games, he’s also got five WSOP gold bracelets and he’s aiming to become the best player in the series. Among other things, he’s had consistent results over the last 10 years.
Mike Matusow is a player with 26 years of experience, realising his shares of 25% action in 3 tournaments.
