I don't know the numbers, but for pretend sake:
Chris won a $40 satellite to get a $10,000 WSOP main event seat. Rather than risk going home with nothing (I heard he didn't even have the money t oget there at the time), he sold 50% of himself to friends/family/whoever for $5000. In doing so, he agreed to pay out 50% of his winnings to the buyers.
Again, I do not know the accuracy of any of the above numbers, but hopefully you get the idea.
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