The Donkey Farm www.thedonkeyfarm.com
This staking site was started from a group of players that wanted a site which focused on Bugsy
Club Poker Room (also stakes PokerStars and some others). The site became successful, but
recently had a change of ownership and a redesign that had the site closed for a short time.
They are just getting back on their feet. Nice group of people, we will see if they can come back
strong.
Poker Staking.com www.pokerstaking.com
A newer site that is run by a sharp, experienced online staking administrator. Unlike most sites,
Poker Staking.com attempts to provide the highest quality poker players to Stakers by only
allowing players who have a positive ROI% and pay a membership fee. The site believes the fee
shows the commitment of the player.
Staking
January 2009 New Year Update:
Since WECpoker.com began operations, Online Staking has been BOOMING in popularity and
many high quality Staking Sites have established themselves. This section has been
expanded to give readers many more options for the online staking experience.
What is Staking?
Poker staking is the act of one person putting up cash for a poker player to play with in hopes
that the player wins. Staking is just about as old as playing poker for money and has made its
way online. Staking is simple – a backer (person providing the stake) finds a horse (a player to
be staked) and agrees to give the horse a stake (an amount of money to be put into play). The
backer and the horse come to an agreement on how the stake will be used (play in a poker
tournament or ring game) and they’ll split the winnings (50/50 is a fairly standard arrangement).
The horse plays the game that’s been agreed upon, and that’s the end of that.
Another option, Buy A Piece (on many sites) allows you to sell shares of your action to groups of
individual investors at whatever rate you choose, and completely automates the process of profit
distribution
Before online staking forums came about everyone believed online staking was just not
feasible. It turns out that staking has grown into big business and these online poker staking
forums generate hundreds of new members every week. The use of poker staking to distribute
risk among professional players is discussed extensively in the book The Professor, the Banker,
and the Suicide King by Michael Craig.
Why would I want to stake someone?
Why someone stakes someone really depends on the person. Some people to do it to help
others, other people do it for entertainment or amusement, other people do it for pure profit.
When you stake someone you are giving them a chance to make you both money.
Are there Organized Staking Sites that put a Staker and Horse Together?
Yes, there are several sites that provide a forum for stakers and players to meet up. Each site
has its own system for the stake process which involves putting together the two parties.
Typically, someone who wants to Stake, lists a game he wants a Horse to play, and players
make applications to play that game. The Staker then chooses the player that will receive the
stake from all the applications.
Also, the Staking boom has gone beyond organized staking sites. You will find staking
springing up even in individual threads in some Poker Forums.
WEC Recommended Staking Sites
Part Time Poker (formerly Neverbeg) staking.parttimepoker.com
The largest staking site, oldest staking site and highest staking amounts available on the web.
It can be a pretty tough place to be a member so leave your thin skin at the door.
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ChipMeUp www.chipmeup.com
An active staking site that offers stakes at the most diverse group of poker sites. This site has
the most highly automated staking system with easy to use staking screens. Also, ChipMeUp
offers the most extensive statistics on its players of all the staking sites. JUST purchased by
PokerNews.
PokerByTrade www.pokerbytrade.com
Card Shark Frenzy has partnered with this sharp looking, newly designed site to provide a new
staking experience. The site is run by players with extensive experience in staking. One of the
tightest security procedures on the net used to check players staking backgrounds and prevent
theft. Nice friendly site.
StakeAShark www.stakeashark.com
Connected with popular UK poker forum EatMyStack. Stakes available for PokerStars and Full
Tilt players.
Donkey Stakes donkeystakes.com
At DonkeyStakes, they aim to host a friendly and comfortable hub for Stakers and Stakees to
meet, greet, learn more and earn some cash playing poker! If you are New to poker or even
have some Strategy to share, DonkeyStakes welcomes you! This is a very nice community.
Two Plus Two
Two Plus Two Forum had such a response to the initial staking thread that was developed, that
they made a separate Staking Section in the Forum. This is the largest and most active Forum
based staking. To participate you must register with the Section and there are an extensive list
of rules that must be followed. Also, the section is heavily moderated to provide protection from
wrongdoers.
WEC Recommended Staking Threads within Forums
Surfers Poker www.surferspoker.com
A complete Online Poker site that includes an active, extensive staking section.