Crazy bets by pro gamblers

#1 10-28-2005, 10:57 AM

I have heard of these bets made by and amongst pro gamblers like, 1. paying Howard Lederer, who is a vegan $10K to eat a cheeseburger. 2. betting that John Hennigan couldn't live a month in Des Moines, Iowa.
I don't get it, these seem to me easy ways to make money, I doubt it was that hard for Lederer even after years of being a vegan to eat a cheeseburger for TEN GRAND. Is it really worth ten grand to the people that made the bet to have hennigan live in Iowa for a month?
Thoughts?

KaneKungFu123 · #2 10-28-2005, 11:02 AM

IOWA [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

life is too short.

#3 10-28-2005, 01:31 PM

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.

any2cards · #4 10-28-2005, 04:41 PM

The best part is that Hennigan didn't make the month. He quit and paid up.

MyMindIsGoing · #5 10-28-2005, 05:23 PM

The other person paid him to cancel the bet.

Perseus · #6 10-28-2005, 05:38 PM

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The other person paid him to cancel the bet.

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#7 10-28-2005, 06:42 PM

Brian Zembic, the man who cashed in on a $100,000 dare by getting breast implants for a year, made a bet with Gus Hansen.

“I bet poker champ Gus Hansen $10K he couldn’t beat the marathon record over 26 days. He had to run 16 100-meter dashes a day, at like, 16 seconds each. Gus is an athlete, but after a day he decided it was too hard and settled for $3K.”

http://www.maximonline.com/grit/arti...icle_6641.html

xorbie · #8 10-28-2005, 08:25 PM

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Brian Zembic, the man who cashed in on a $100,000 dare by getting breast implants for a year, made a bet with Gus Hansen.

“I bet poker champ Gus Hansen $10K he couldn’t beat the marathon record over 26 days. He had to run 16 100-meter dashes a day, at like, 16 seconds each. Gus is an athlete, but after a day he decided it was too hard and settled for $3K.”

http://www.maximonline.com/grit/arti...icle_6641.html

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That's really, really, really, really pathetic.

Overdrive · #9 10-28-2005, 09:34 PM

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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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This is a very -ev wager. You would be dead long before your month was up.

benkahuna · #10 10-29-2005, 12:40 AM

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That's really, really, really, really pathetic.

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I'd love to take some of these prop bets especially for the prices at which they were made.