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Originally Posted by Binbs
Hey all,
Here's the scenario.
Staking arrangement has been going on for about 6 months. Been playing two sites normally. Every month accounting is done. This month the stakee is down 20k in make up.
Stakee gets a new poker account on a site, knowingly, under another persons name.
7k is deposited on the website. Stakee ends up making 16k in profit leaving the balance at 23k. After a month of playing the account gets suspended and later banned and all the money is lost. Reason by the site is that the account is affiliated with someone else who colluded prior to staker/stakee obtaining the account.
How should this situation be dealt with money wise.
bad luck!
to me, this comes down to who's idea it was to open the second account.
if i picture myself in both scenarios, when floating the idea to my partner, for me part of the deal would be that i would assume the risk of being caught and losing the money. courts deal with it similarly when two people commit a crime together the sidekick usually gets a lesser sentence, right?
if i were the judge in this scenario i would need to hear testimony from both sides about exactly what was said when the deal was made. because there is a whole spectrum of culpability. i can imagine a scenario where the backer brings up opening the second account and the horse reluctantly agrees. i can also see it on the flip side, the horse bringing up opening a new account and the backer reluctantly agreeing. the two sides could have also discussed it at length before ever making a decision to actually open a second account, which would be closer to an even split of culpability.
my default judgement without hearing any testimony would be the originator of the idea assumes 80% of the liability and the sidekick assumes 20%. this could be shifted to as much as a 60/40 split or possibly even 50/50 depending on exactly how the deal went down.
so, if this was the backer's idea, 1.4k is added to makeup and horse is now at 21.4k makeup.
if this was the horse's idea, 5.6k is added to makeup and horse is now at 25.6k makeup.