Chipped Up at ChipMeUp

As the calender ticked over into 2009 PokerNews purchased poker staking website ChipMeUp, and following in the foot steps of good mates Andrew 'Adgee' Jeffreys, Michael 'TheBigSiCkO' Guzzardi and Heath 'TassieDevil' Chick I decided to jump on the ChipMeUp bandwagon!

Players worldwide can buy and sell shares of themselves in all poker disciplines, a variety of buy-in amounts and from the online felt to live events such as the Joe Hachem Deep Stack Series, ANZPT and WSOP. Players sign up for free and create their own user profile. To purchase a stake in a player; simply browse through the extensive list of events, choose the amount or percentage you wish to stake, and then transfer the funds accordingly. All the funds used to purchase a particular stake will go towards the player’s buy-in. While ChipMeUp does not charge for shares purchased, they do however charge a listing fee for when you sell a percentage of yourself.

With the strong online community that ChipMeUp and PokerNews now attracts - along with the ChipMeUp feedback service, all transactions are legitimate and actioned properly ensuring players receive their entitled share.

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With the Joe Hachem Deep Stack Series only a week away I thought it would a good time to create a profile and post some events where people can buy a piece of me. I've decided to only play four events totalling a very affordable $1,460 as we have the ANZPT Sydney, Melbourne Champs and the WSOP ahead of us in the next few months.

On ChipMeUp it is expected that you sell shares of yourself for over market value, but it was very common to see people selling a share at 130-140% plus. So consequently I decided to sell mine cheaper varying from 112-120% so I can start creating a profile on a site that heavily relies on statistics and community support.

To grab a piece of me during the JHDSS or any future events check out my profile before all my shares are snapped up!

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For those that are interested The Race To 10k is still kicking strong with Heath logging the first (official - as my PLO final table occurred before the full conditions were finalised) final table of the race winning a $22 PLO tourney on PokerStars for a little over $370 to take the current results to:

thkcduckworth: $2,970
Tassie Devil: $2,749.35 (1 FT bonus)

To catch any further action jump on Facebook: The Race To 10k, Tassie Devil Poker and Tilted Behaviour for every little score and brag!