More Crazy Prop Bets
March 23, 2010
One Legged Race
Huck Seed once boasted to Howard Lederer that he was a shoo-in to beat him in a 50-yard dash… hopping only on one foot. With $5,000 on the line, Lederer took him up on the offer and the two men hit the track. After watching Lederer execute a preliminary “run,” it became glaringly apparent to Seed that he was on the losing end of this wager, and he promptly paid off the five grand.
Mike Matusow Loses 60 Pounds for $100,000
During a tournament at the 2007 WSOP, Mike Matusow, then tipping the scales at 241 pounds, was chatting to his tablemates about how he longed for the days when he weighed in at a svelte 181. Ted Forrest overheard the conversation and challenged Matusow to a $100,000 weight bet. In order to collect, Matusow would have to weigh in at 181 pounds exactly one year later, on June 3, 2008. Though Matusow was eating healthily and running up to 12 miles a day, he still found himself 15 pounds short of his goal only nine days before the weigh-in. Thanks to the “Master Cleanse” (which involves consuming only a maple syrup, lemon and cayenne pepper concoction for a week) and many hours in the steam room, Matusow managed to weigh in at 179 pounds and collected his winnings.
Ted Forrest Runs a Marathon
Another prop-betting all-star, Ted Forrest, has engaged in some wacky wagers in his lifetime but this one takes the cake. Forrest once bet a cadre of gamblers $7,000 that he could complete a marathon in under six hours. Not only did Forrest hit the track at UNLV to gut out the 26.2 miles, but he did it on the hottest day of that year in Las Vegas, the mercury hitting 115 degrees as Forrest crossed the finish line and collected his winnings.
Huck Seed Does a Standing Back Flip
Standing six feet, seven inches tall, you’d think that it would be nearly impossible for Huck Seed not only to complete a standing back flip, but to learn the manuever in only two days time. Once again, Howard Lederer was Huck’s challenger, and they settled on a $10,000 wager. Little did Lederer know, Seed’s uncle was a former acrobat who taught his nephew the move by hooking him up to a harness suspended over a swimming pool so he could practice. 48 hours later, Seed executed a perfect standing backflip emerging $10,000 richer.
Jay Kwik Lives In A Bellagio Bathroom For 30 Days
Only last year, high-stakes online cash gamer Andrew “good2cu” Robi challenged his pal Jay Kwik to spend 30 days living in a bathroom at the Bellagio hotel in Las Vegas. Numerous parameters were established, including his access to food, a DVD players, and a strictly limited number of cell phone minutes. A webcam was even mounted outside the bathroom to supervise the wager. Kwik, though, was so successful at bathroom living that Robi bought him out of the wager early for a reported $40,000
Amarillo Slim Drives a Golf Ball over a Mile
The folks at Amarillo Slim’s country club were utterly baffled when Slim declared that he could drive a golf ball a distance of one mile or more and backed up his claim with a $40,000 wager. After establishing that Slim would attempt the feat hitting from a regulation tee with a PGA-approved golf club (and not hitting it off a mountain, dropping it from an airplane or actually “driving” the ball for one mile inside his car) he got a slew of takers, most of whom thought it would be easy money. Finally, the method to Slim’s madness emerged. A crowd of onlookers followed Slim as he drove across town, parked next to a huge frozen lake, and teed up. Slim swung his club and the ball skipped across the ice, not stopping for over a mile and a half.
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