At the homegames I usually play at you can't cashout winnings and remain in the game. Usually we play until someone busts out a few times and they rebuy (using spare chips). Once a few rebuys have occurred and there are enough chips on the table, only then can people "cashout" profits by selling chips to another player. If you want to take chips off the table, it means your done for the night. You can cashout for the night or play with whats in front of you (or buy chips off of the bigstack).

And partially I was annoyed with the guy because he *wasn't* the big stack at the table and he had no leverage over me. I was sitting with over 8 buyins at the table. If he's not comfortable playing there -- he shouldn't. There are plenty of other tables to play at. If I'm playing at a table like that (well, I'm pretty sure I wouldn't even sit down at that table, especially online where there are so many more options) and I double up and I don't feel like letting it ride, I leave. I don't take half of it off and continue playing. You'd never get away with that at a B&M, which is partially why I was mad about it. (Plus the fact that the guy was a complete jackass, but that's another story).