A staking deal is where a poker player gives another poker player some money to play poker with, in return for a percentage of the profits if they win. If Player A pays for Player B to play in a $100 tournament they might agree a 50% split.

Ihsan "Sam" Farha (Arabic: %-3'F A1-); born 23 February 1959 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese professional poker player.

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