How Do I Tell my friend I DO NOT Want to stake him

[T-God]

You think he'll take it personally surf? There aren't many people I would stake for that much $, especially if they play a volatile style. You gave him 500 already, let him get the money from somewhere else and build up again to regain the grinder mentality. Just say you aren't comfortable lending that much $, end of story.

[Ribsauce]

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Tell him you already gave him money for a stake at 1/2. He blew it. How can you think he'll do well with 5k?

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"I DO NOT want to stake you."

[LetsPlay1969]

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be, For loan oft loses both itself and friend, And borrowing dulleth edge of husbandry."

Author: William Shakespeare
Source: Hamlet Prince of Denmark (Polonius at I, iii)

[Annulus]

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Thirddan,

he's not 2+2

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why don't you introduce him to 2p2? is he really a friend or would you rather not see him improve?

[sublime]

simply tell him you dont to staking deals. i made this decision a while ago so it makes it easy to answer anybody that asks for one.

[MicroBob]

I would suggest almost any of the responses in this thread.

It seems he's pretty irresponsible with money.
And regardless of his sick beats, he very possibly isn't a winning player anyway (your concern over the quality of his play at 1/2).

He sounds like a super steamer/tilter.


Copy and paste your original post.
Copy all the other quotes in this thread (including just laughing at him).
Something like, "$5k dude?!? No way. Can't do it. Not comfortable at all and your discipline has been a bit lacking lately so I'm not sure you would successfully grind your way back."


I suspect you might lose a friend over this since you seem to be feeling some pressure. But that leads one to wonder how good a friend he really is.
I would hope that my friends would remain my friends if I had to turn them down for such an offer (although I really don't have any close friends who are poker players)

[Victor]

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Thirddan,

he's not 2+2

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so? he has internet right? and can read?

[Meezer]

Tell him you'll give him the money in exchange for sexual favors. If he hopefully refuses, no cash. If he agrees, tell him he's a sick bastard and you refuse to pay for that sort of thing. Personally, if I had the 5k just sitting around and this was a good friend, I'd give it to him. I'd make it clear that I wanted to be paid back within a certain time frame and suggest he tighten up his game a little. If you really don't want to loan him the money, just say no or come up with some mysterious huge bill and whine about not having any cash.

[Vern]

Stake him, play against him and win your money back from him as he donks it off playing every hand. Then you A) Staked your friend, B) Still have your money, and C) He owes you. A +EV situation.