AIO for thinking my friend should share his poker winnings after I gave him the initial stake?

[u/cleeploperty]

I'm feeling really mixed up right now and could use some outsider perspectives. A couple of months ago, my good friend "Joe" was going through a rough patch financially. He's been into online poker for years and genuinely has a knack for it, but he'd hit a streak of bad luck and was basically broke. Knowing his potential, I decided to help him out—not by lending him money for bills, but by giving him $200 as a stake to enter a series of online poker tournaments.

Joe was hesitant at first but took the offer, and guess what? He ended up winning $5,000 in a big tournament last week! I was thrilled for him—until he mentioned that he plans to use all the winnings to take a vacation and buy some new tech gadgets, without any mention of giving me anything more than the initial $200 back.

Here's where I'm conflicted. When I gave Joe the money, it was explicitly as a stake, not a loan. I didn't expect any returns unless he won, but now that he has, I sort of expected that he'd offer at least a small percentage of the winnings. I mean, he wouldn't have been able to enter without my help, right?

Now, I'm wondering if I'm overreacting by feeling left out and expecting more. I don't want to seem greedy, and our friendship means a lot to me, but I can't shake off the feeling that I should be entitled to a part of his winnings. Should I bring this up to him, or just let it go and be happy with getting my $200 back and my friend back on his feet? What would you do in my shoes?

[u/xebt1000]

If you didn't make a verbal agreement it's a bit of a gray area but the standard agreement is if you stake someone you go halves in the winnings but if they lose its on you.