I would like some opinions on the following as a means of bankroll sharing/staking/shot-taking.
It grows out of my frustration with being stuck at the micros because, essentially, I'm a bankroll nit and I don't have time to play full-time.
8 players who can't afford to play the sunday million alone each put up $30.
They play a heads up bracket event.
4 bust in 'fourth', 2 in 'third', 1 is second and 1 wins it all.
1st place player goes on to play the sunday million with the $240. He keeps the extra $25.
He also keeps 50% of whatever he cashes for.
The second place player gets 25% of whatever the winner cashes for.
The two thirds get 12.5% each.
The four fourths get 6.25% each.
My thought here is that it allows the players to play higher, it shares bankroll, it develops skill (you're playing) and there's no argument in a group about who should take the shot with the group money.
It could be done for any tournament. I'd like to play the $50 progressive knockout on party every sunday morning but I don't like to risk that much on one tournament a week. A group (2 or more) could do this to target that. Or the sunday million. Or the Tuesday $1000 one. For live events or even for a group bankroll into a specific cash game.
Any one else have an opinion?
It could be done as a single table sit-n-go as well with essentially the same stakes to the same finishes but that creates a lot of weird bubbles so I don't really like it. Even linear percentages in that sort of event create weird bubble effects.
