Nah I don't think I am the one who was clueless here and many in the chat agreed with meOriginally Posted by ShadyJ
As soon as the guy cancels the action for the main event it is CANCELED. He owes them cashes leading up the main + the 10k buyin.
The fact that he got staked from someone else is a BRAND NEW DEAL. I am not condoning what he did but at this point in time he is not playing with the backers money anymore. But I def agree the backers got stolen from.
Now IMO if he cashes big on the main guy should pay them back what he owes them. Which is cashes up to the main + the 10k stake. He is not playing on the original backers money anymore and he informed them that.
Here is another way to look at this. Let's say a group of people staked Phil Ivey in cash games for 10k
Phil runs the roll up to $15k. He blows all the money playing craps. He tells backers "guys I blew all your money" I will have to pay you back.
Then he finds a backer to let him play the same stakes. He runs a new 10k roll to 50k. Original backers are not in on this deal. It is the same thing for the main event.
The fact that the guy cashed made all of these backers start crying. Had he busted they prob would have said he still owes them the 10k.
Bottom line is it was super duper scummy that he did steal but once he terminates the action and moves on to a new staker they no longer have a deal.
What if this guys new backer said you can play for 2 % and I keep 98%. Should he still be responsible for paying back the backing group of of his cashes? Answer is no because they no longer are part of this deal. he rolled them and he owes them whatever.
But he is not using their money to play the main event.
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