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Investing in Poker is becoming extremely popular across online poker rooms.  Chip Me Up is a platform that brings players and potential investors together.  Chip Me Up stems from PokerNews.com.  You can stake players in big tournaments and take a percentage of their winnings if they make it to the money.  Also, you, as a player can seek investors to help you afford buyins that you either cant afford the stake in or you want to lessen your exposure to risk.  One of the great features of this site is the fact that you can look very carefully at a players current form.  You can see how much money they have made for others through Chip Me Up.  Also the way you pay is quite diverse.  Some players ask you to make player to player transactions in the poker rooms.  For example a poker player may be seeking investors for a Full Tilt Mini Tops events and requires investors to send funds to their account.  You can buy Chip Me Up Dollars which is a safe way to buy shares in a players tournament buyin.

TonyG is very prominant on the poker investing site, he has played in 35 events on Chip Me Up since 2008 when he joined.  He has made over $1,000,000 in cash winnings.  Something that his shareholders are very pleased with.  The great thing is that anybody can buy shares in TonyG's events if you purchase them quick enough.  You can expect that Tony will be seeking investors for his WSOP campaign very soon.

If you want to make that step from amateur poker player to professional it is very difficult getting the money together to enter the Big Money Poker tournaments.  Chip Me Up gives you an opportunity to get to the next level.  Remember that you may lose your money investing in a player.  Even the Pro Players don't get it right every time. 

Check out this video that shows you exactly how you can get people to invest in your poker game

If you want a good platform to play poker on we suggest Full Tilt as they have some great tournaments all year round that you may benefit from some investment with.  If you want to sign up to Chip Me Up for free please remember to put poker-shark as your referrer :)