He's only outwitting the Prisoner's Dilemma in the sense that he's shifted his main goal to get some money (instead of everything). There are more certain stra

He's only outwitting the Prisoner's Dilemma in the sense that he's shifted his main goal to get some money (instead of everything). There are more certain strategies if that's your goal though: You can get the other part to join a mutual agreement: if one of you steals (while the other splits) you agree to share the money. If the other part doesn't agree, you say you'll steal and take all the money (if he splits). The other part can only get money if he agrees with you, and every choice except for (steal, steal) is going to split the money between you two. Split is the only choice that makes sense. It would be much more interesting if they changes the stakes a bit: Stealing money gives you more than the sum of splitting.