Backing deal - what's fair?

[badblood44]

To be completely fair (playing Devil's Advocate here), how much of a factor to your performance was the fact that you had no risk in this situation? If you lost, you were out nothing. Could this have led to you making properly aggressive plays that you wouldn't have normally made if the $650 investment were 100% your own?

Now please don't get me wrong, I'm confident that winning that seat in 7 hours of play is quite an accomplishment. In fact, if it were me, I'd flat out give you AT LEAST 50% since you did most of the work. I'm just asking out of curiosity.

PS: Hope you at least got $2k

[Windbreaker]

I played very aggressive in the tourney not because of the zero risk element....I played aggressive because it's a satellite that pays equal to the top. My resteals came with proper timing - eg. loose raiser and I have position or my reraise push was so deep that only a monster hand could call me. I play the situation more than the cards. I was never called all in for the entire tourney. I was lucky no one ever had aces or kings in those spots. I would not have played as aggressively if this were a normal paying structure.

Before this tourney started, I was 10 tabling low limit tables to clear a bonus. I abandoned that when I took over. I only played this tourney the rest of the night.

And no, I did not even get 2k. It makes me a bit pissed...but there's nothing I can do but learn from this.

[Talking Poker]

Ugh.

That's just brutal. Some people are so greedy.