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VBC was an investment consortium, where a group of senior Surfers Poker members invested in horses. It would often make investments in the region of 20-30 different Buy-a-shares. It made a profit 14 times out of the first 15 attempts! Each time it generally ran for 4 months, and then all the investments would be wrapped up and money paid out to the investors. VBC stood for "Venice's Buy-a-share Consortium" but it was an open consortium that various members invested in: Here is an example of the format:
Investors
Venice 400
Details:
1. VBC only invests in Buy-a-shares
Overall performance of VBC
VBC1: $205.63 profit
Overall profit of $4822.23
Riverwheel 300
DrJustice 348.04
BlueRain 350
tomano 144.7
Leafsfan1122 197.26
char 20
jappie007 100
NightTrain 500
PB-SP-SC 42
Spungo 200
2. No more than $260.00 will be invested in any 1 BAS (~10% of the fund)
3. The horse's backed must have an STR of 100% or above, or have a +ROI on OPR Full Tracking (for MTT orientated BAS) or a +ROI on Scope Full Tracking (for SNG orientated BAS)
4. We will have a strong focus on horses who have been successful for the VBC in the past, and also horses which offer good deals on ASB, Make-up grinds, etc. We will not back any single tourney buy-a-shares without ASB or some form of Make-up grind/plan being offered. We will focus primarily on sets of at least 10 tourneys and HEEBs.
5. VBC9 will run for 4 months (until July 23rd). After that the wrap process will be begin and shares fully paid out. There will only be 1 mid-run cash-out opportunity. This will be at the 2 month mark, and it will be for 100% of your stock only, not a proportion. Send a PM to Venice between May 9th and May 23rd if you need to liquidize at this point, otherwise the investment will be for the full ride.
VBC2: $733.41 profit
VBC3: $506.48 profit
VBC4: $394.09 profit
VBC5: $1210.48 profit
VBC6: $10.67 profit
VBC7: $322.33 profit
VBC8: $322.25 profit
VBC9: $111.04 profit
VBC10: $36.81 profit
VBC11: $125.14 profit
VBC12: $1142.72 profit
VBC13: $193.03 profit
VBC14: $208.69 loss
VBC15: $186.72 profit
VBC16: $23.15 loss
VBC17: $389.21 loss
VBC18: $57.60 loss