Would it make any sense for an investor to back a solo card counter who would play once a week for 6 months at roughly 5 hours/trip? The card counter's style is strictly WiWo and would play to around 0.5 kelly. The table minimum is $25. AC rules would apply.

26 weeks of play boils down to 130 hrs of backcounting at around 60 hands dealt per hour. Do you think that there is a reasonable chance for the wonger to be ahead after 6 months of play?

Once the bank is broken, is a 50/50 split for player/investor fair once expenses have been deducted? Take a case where the investor puts up $20k. Let us say that it takes 40 trips to the casino to win $10k (break bank). Expenses work out to be $2k. $10k - $2k = $8k. NOW, does it make sense for the player and investor to each receive $4k? If you think about it, the investor's ROI = 40%, not bad. If it required 80 trips to break bank, then the expenses would be doubled and the ROI for the investor would be 30%.

Some might say that the investor should be compensated based upon the Gross win rather then Net win; he should receive 50% of 10k rather than 50% of 8k. What do you think?

Is it better to break bank based upon a designated time period, after a goal has been reached, or whichever comes first?

Of course, all of this assumes the wonger will be ahead after 130 hours of wonging. I am uncertain what N0 would be for this particular situation. Is this even worthwhile or is it more or less gambling for the investor due to the limited time factor?

Thanks,
MJ