If it hasn"t become obvious yet, I clearly have never done the whole staking thing before, and I will now respond to all of the advice have received (many thanks all).
I am Michael Perry, I certainly don"t get to play as much live PLO as I would like, as the game just isn"t there yet this side of the pond. One of my main reasons for coming to APAT is the opportunity to play all these mixed games in a really relaxed atmosphere (again shout out to all the APAT organizers and core APAT crowd).
My results in the live PLO events I have played are as follows,
Aug 2012 - bubbled (I think 12th) the PLO at the APAT nationals - never really got going and got to a spot where I just had to go with big pairs.
Mar 2013 - won it - was never really at risk though I was fortunate that I managed to get in two decent size pots in the run up to final table with my opponent drawing dead.
Aug 2013 - didn"t go deep - can"t recall exactly, but I think I get it in with top set against a wrap and don"t fade.
Mar 2013 - 9th in the PLO8 - lose a massive hand with 3 tables left where I have repotted pre with AAQJ (ds) into AQ109 (os) though I have his suit dominated - board comes 997 - I have a flush draw and he moves in for I think about 2/3 pot. That crippled me and to be honest I was fortunate to hit final table, but some sickness on the other table saw a 4 way all in with 2 people hitting the rail.
- 2nd in the PLO - had a fairly decent chip lead throughout - critical hand for me was getting it in with top set vs bottom 2 pair vs aces +fd - I held there and moved to like 4/5 times average. Get to heads up with a 2 to 1 chip lead and immediately get it in with two pair vs. miniwrap - he hits the turn and I miss my redraw - swung the momentum in the guys favor, again no complaints about second.
The only reason I am looking for staking is that I will be self funding in to a bunch of other comps, and so would rather take a variance reducing approach to the WSOP event.
Hope this helps and if someone wiser than me could insert a picture of me below this post (cue the hilarity) I would be grateful.
Cheers,
Mike