Crazy bets by pro gamblers

[Kyo Souma II]

“How long do you think it takes to drink a professional Frisbee full of beer? People say, like, one or two minutes. So I bet them they can’t do it in 15 minutes. Try it. You can’t do it. You can fit about five cans of beer in there.”

You can fit 3 beers in a frisbee. This is known as a 'full tilt' among frisbee players.

I have seen it done in 45 seconds.

-kyo

[Daliman]

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For 10 grand, I'd live in downtown Baghdad for a month wearing I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] GW Bush t-shirts everyday.

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I doubt it.

Not that you'd do it, which i DO doubt, actually, but that you'd live.

[Scott_Baio]

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This just in: wealthy people sometimes spend money frivolously!

After the break: water wet, sky blue.

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well played

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For 10 grand, I'd live in downtown Baghdad for a month wearing I [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] GW Bush t-shirts everyday.

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That's because you are poor.
-James

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LOL <---and I mean it, really laughed out loud. Good one James, prick.

[MCS]

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He'd lose if he offered that bet to anyone who was genuinely an athlete.

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You are out of your mind.

[Skipbidder]

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Any serious runner should be able to run a mile in 4.30 ... the world record is 3.43! And 26 x 4 1/2 = 1h 57m which is under the marathon record.

He'd lose if he offered that bet to anyone who was genuinely an athlete.

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Wow.
Wow.
All I can say is--Wow.

[Danenania]

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Any serious runner should be able to run a mile in 4.30 ... the world record is 3.43! And 26 x 4 1/2 = 1h 57m which is under the marathon record.

He'd lose if he offered that bet to anyone who was genuinely an athlete.

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I think it would be pretty difficult for even an elite runner to go out and run a 4:30 every day for 26 days. Back when I was in good shape I ran a 4:01 1500 which equates to about a 4:20 mile, and doing a 4:30 definitely wasn't easy for me. It was almost as tough and exhausting as doing a 4:20. Even if the criterion for me were upped to 4:45 I probably couldn't have lasted much more than week at this without major fatigue and serious risk of injury.

[VeryTnA]

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Any serious runner should be able to run a mile in 4.30 ... the world record is 3.43! And 26 x 4 1/2 = 1h 57m which is under the marathon record.

He'd lose if he offered that bet to anyone who was genuinely an athlete.


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If you believe this you are very naive.

EDIT: Huck Seed once accepted a bet that he could not run a 4:30 mile with a year of training. He ran 4:36. That is both impressive and a lot farther from 4:30 than you think.




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I'm sure Huck has some extensive running experience.
If Huck bet that he could NOT run a mile under 4:30 THEN he would NOT. He would make it look good, but get paid off everytime.

If the bet was he COULD break 4:30 I think he would have found a way.
You are correct 4:30 is a long way from 4:36. It would probably take more training time than most would / could invest to shave off another 6 seconds. Of course the size of the bet probably has lots to do with the outcome.

[RoundTower]

How about 400m at 7 am, 400m at 12 noon, 400m at 4pm and 400m before going to bed? 1 minute 7 seconds to do each? That sounds a lot more doable, and Hansen could split it up even further than that.

That's why it's a good bet. It looks too easy.

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How about 400m at 7 am, 400m at 12 noon, 400m at 4pm and 400m before going to bed? 1 minute 7 seconds to do each? That sounds a lot more doable, and Hansen could split it up even further than that.

That's why it's a good bet. It looks too easy.

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yeah,starting from a standstill 16 times a day is going to wear the body down hard, and it also hurts the times more than people realize. 8 instalments of 200 or 4 installments of 400/day would be a lot easier

Gary