Poker Prop Bet Ideas

• Go Vegetarian for 1 Million Dollars In season 6 of High Stakes Poker, Phil Ivey mentioned that he would give up eating meat for an entire year and he needs an extra incentive in the form of a bet. He initially asked for 5 million dollars, while Tom Dwan was only willing to bet $500,000. After more negotiations, they agreed to bet 1 million.
• Poker player Mike Noori’s bet to supersize himself on McDonald’s this weekend is part of a long tradition of outrageous prop bets. From Paul Ivey to Dan Bilzerian, Paul Phua picks out 10 favourites Starting from today (Friday May 19), poker player Mike Noori has just 36 hours in which to eat $1,000 of McDonald’s food. Many people believe.

Poker player Mike Noori’s bet to supersize himself on McDonald’s this weekend is part of a long tradition of outrageous prop bets. From Paul Ivey to Dan Bilzerian, Paul Phua picks out 10 favourites Starting from today (Friday May 19), poker player Mike Noori has just 36 hours in which to eat $1,000 of McDonald’s food. Many people believe.

With the results now in of Mike Noori’s prop bet to eat $1,000 of McDonald’s in just 36 hours, Paul Phua lists five more poker prop bets that were even crazier

In the first part of my top 10, I wrote that poker player Mike Noori would be attempting to eat $1,000 of McDonald’s food in just 36 hours for a prop bet. The results of the weekend’s food-fest are in, and… he failed. To be fair, most people thought it was physically impossible!
Mike Noori entered the event in good spirit, dressed up as McDonald’s character the Hamburglar, and Tweeting video clips and updates as @McHamburgler1k. However, the writing was on the wall when he Tweeted: “10 hours in, $90 worth of food consumed. Mental state = shaky”. The final Tweet conceding defeat said that it had been “a fun time” and that the event had raised $14k for charity.
Will poker players go to any lengths for a prop bet? Judge for yourself, with the final five entries in my top 10, below.

Ashton Griffin and the ultra marathon

Poker players don’t always take the greatest care of themselves, which makes Ashton Griffin’s prop bet feat particularly impressive. In 2011, he claimed he could run 70 miles on a treadmill within 24 hours, and got enough people interested in the action to have $300,000 riding on success. Griffin was just 22, and hugely fit; he must have known he could do it, because he went out partying the night before his physical ordeal. Despite concerns for his health – his own parents turned up halfway through to plead with him to stop – he completed the 70 miles with 45 minutes to spare. Talk about “running good”!

Dan Bilzerian and the Vegas bike challenge

You might more readily associate Dan Bilzerian with private jets than bicycles, but the poker-playing playboy also completed an impressive physical challenge for a prop bet. He was bet $600,000 that he couldn’t cycle from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in less than 48 hours. Bilzerian had hardly touched a bicycle in years, so he left nothing to chance. He says he spent nearly $150,000 on preparing for the feat of endurance, including getting coaching from Lance Armstrong. In the end, it wasn’t even close: Bilzerian aced it in just 33 hours.

Joe Sebek and the face tattoos

Many prop bets involve tattoos, or haircuts. After being eliminated from the 2002 WSOP Main Event by Robert Varkonyi, Phil Hellmuth said he would shave his head if Varkonyi went on to win. He did, and Hellmuth honoured the bet. But the one the players likely regret most was a “last longer” bet between Joe Sebok, Jeff Madsen, and Gavin Smith: the loser had to get tattooed with the others’ faces. Sebok is the one with a permanent ink reminder on his skin of both men, while Jeff Madsen, who busted out next, “only” had to have a tattoo of Gavin Smith.

Ted Forrest, Mike Matusow and the crash diet

In 2008, Mike “The Mouth” Matusow won a $100,000 bet from Ted Forrest by losing 60lbs in a year. Two years later, the tables were turned: this time it was Forrest who had to get down to a trim 140lbs, by losing 48lbs. Forrest bet $50,000 at 10:1 he could do it in just four months, and another $100,000 at 20:1 he could do it in two. Two months to lose 40lbs is a tall order, but with $2 million riding on his crash diet, Forrest literally starved himself for the last ten days and made it just before the shorter deadline.

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John Hennigan and the exile to Iowa

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One of the most telling of all prop bet stories is told by Howard Lederer. Poker player John Hennigan was once bet that he couldn’t spend a quiet six weeks in casino-free Des Moines, Iowa. Some say the bet was $50,000, some say it was $100,000, but it certainly sounds like an easy enough bet to win. Hennigan even said he was looking forward to working on his golf. But after just two days he bought out of the bet and returned sheepishly to Vegas. It seems like the only prop bet a dedicated gambler can’t possibly win is a bet not to gamble!

Proposition bets seem to have become ingrained into the very core of poker culture itself, both at and away from the tables. Phil Ivey, for instance, decided to go vegetarian for a million dollars of Tom Dwan’s money; while Ashton Griffin ran 70 miles on his treadmill over a 24 hour period for $300,000.

Now, in the latest example of extreme poker player related prop betting, 26-year-old high-stakes cash-game player Jeff Gross has had a rainbow tattoo put on his back for a cool $550,000. Apparently, back in August Jeff Gross was on vacation in Amsterdam with billionaire businessman Bill Perkins and his family when the unusual tattoo prop bet was agreed.

At the time, part of the bet was that Gross would not know which tattoo he would be getting, although certain images were out, including swastikas or private parts. In the end, though, Gross had to get a rainbow tattoo, a symbol of gay pride, in order to win his lucrative bet. In the past, Jeff Gross said one day he would like to settle down with a wife and family, and discussing his $550,000 prop bet, explained to Pokernews.com:

“I am not homophobic, obviously. Anyone who knows me knows I’m not gay for sure, but I’m totally cool with it. I support gay marriage, gay rights, I have friends who are gay. So yeah, it could have been worse, it could have been better.”

The news, however, first came to light on twitter after fellow poker player Dan Bilzerian posted a photo of Gross online, with the following message:

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“Holy fuck @bp22 lost bet Jeff got paid 550,000$ to get a gay rainbow tattoo on his back, and can’t… http://instagram.com/p/fIypWPoDp1/”

Meanwhile, members of the poker community have been weighing in with their opinion on the latest prop bet and, not surprisingly, a great deal of envy was expressed at the huge bet. Here are a couple of examples of some of the reactions to Jeff Gross’ rainbow tattoo:

Scott Sherman

“@DanBilzerian @bp22 am I missing something. Isn’t even that big and easily covered. 1/2 million should’ve been on his face.”

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Jonas Entin
“@DanBilzerian @bp22 um will someone pls pay me half a mil to get something gay tattooed on my body? i’ll get “i am gay” f**k the rainbow.”