Question on structuring a staking deal

[JKratzer]

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Why don't you just take half of his action?

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This occurred to me also, but it doesn't make sense for him EV wise.

Lets say a player has an 8 PTBB winrate at 1-2 and a 6 PTBB winrate at 2-4. Why would he ever let anyone take half of his action at 2-4 if he is already rolled for 1-2?

In other words, it seems like taking a percentage of someone's action really only works out for them when they are taking a shot at a particularly juicy game.

If you stake someone and put up 100% of the money, it benefits both parties (assuming the one being staked is a winning player). In the case of taking a piece of someone, it really only benefits both parties if the person being staked has a better EV than at the stakes he is already playing. That wouldn't be the case here if I just simply took half of his action.

Does this make sense?

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maybe just turn it into a loan with interest being charged for # of hands instead of time.