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Originally Posted by KiloMan468
But let's say I win $300. Then I give them back each their $50, plus 50% of my winnings, right? So if I give them back their stake, that leaves $150 leftover or $75 for myself and $15 each for them, right?
This doesn't actually sound right, at all. If you end up with $300, then you have broken even. Everyone gets their money back and you get nothing. If you win $300, then you are ending up with $600. From that $600, you give back the original $300 ($50 to each person). From the winnings, you get half, $150, and each of the others split the other $150 ($25 each).
I might be interpreting something wrong, but I don't see where you come up with the $150 left over, since you are supposing you won $300. Even in your math, you are giving 6 people $15 ($90), and yourself $75, which adds to $165, not $150.
I can understand people wanting staking in a large buy-in tournament where the risk is large but the potential gain is considerably larger. But for something like this I think you might find that it actually effects your decision making in the game. You might be more conservative, because you don't want to lose other people's money; or you might be too aggressive, because you don't care about losing other people's money. So if you really "came into a lot of money" you are probably better off just playing at stakes you can afford.