Sponsor ( poker )

1) Someone buying you a drink or meal. If someone offers you a drink at the table, when you call the cocktail waitress, you can say, "Bring me a drink; I've got a sponsor." 2) Someone who puts up a player's buy-in, usually to a tournament, in exchange for a portion of the profits, if any. 3) Pay someone's buy-in to a game or entry to a tournament, in exchange for a portion of the profits, if any.