Bet life savings on one roulettte spin!!
 

Guy bets everything in Las Vegas..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGCdBsOIKYA

WOW!!
P.S Don't look at replies below until you view clip if you don't want to know if he wins or loses!

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that was insane, i was kinda hoping he lost tho it woulda been better video

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I heard about this ages ago and thought he did lose.

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I'm glad he won though. He deserved it. He must have won over $200 000!

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Wow. That is incredibly stupid. Life rewards stupidity though, so good for him.

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That guy looks 20-ish, the term "life savings" wouldn't really apply to him.

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I'm glad he won though. He deserved it. He must have won over $200 000!

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He "deserved" it?

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that was kinda fun; only expected to lose $7157.89

Also in the tag it says world's largest televised bet. There's gotta be a larger poker bet, no?

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That guy looks 20-ish, the term "life savings" wouldn't really apply to him.

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I think he was 32

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holy sh*t GO BIG OR GO KILL YOURSELF

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Wow. That is incredibly stupid. Life rewards stupidity though, so good for him.

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Not at all. It became +EV w/ all the press etc involved.

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I highly doubt this was his life savings.

Nice publicity stunt though, for his poker website.

Whatever.

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that was kinda fun; only expected to lose $7157.89

Also in the tag it says world's largest televised bet. There's gotta be a larger poker bet, no?

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$ 65k river bet. $167k river raise and call. $575k total pot:

http://www.billrini.com/2006/08/28/high-...n-amazing-hand/

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LOL spam

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that was insane, i was kinda hoping he lost tho it woulda been better video

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Losing would have been funny only if he kept changing his mind between red and black and the ball ended up landing on green (0 or 00).

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I highly doubt this was his life savings.

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The story is he sold just about every single thing he could except for pretty much the clothes he was wearing and put it on the line. So, it was more than life savings, it was everything he had of value.

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I highly doubt this was his life savings.

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The story is he sold just about every single thing he could except for pretty much the clothes he was wearing and put it on the line. So, it was more than life savings, it was everything he had of value.

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Of course that's the story .

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I highly doubt this was his life savings.

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The story is he sold just about every single thing he could except for pretty much the clothes he was wearing and put it on the line. So, it was more than life savings, it was everything he had of value.

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Of course that's the story .

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Yeah, that's why I put story in there. That's what's been reported, but it seems sort of far fetched that someone would take a near 50-50 shot at homeless or twice as rich without some sort of out or this being some made up backstory. I'm skeptical, but whatever, it doesn't change my life if it is real or not. The story is pretty interesting either way.

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This is a concept for a new game show. The contestant liquidates his collective assets, flies to vegas, and puts it all on either one hand of blackjack or one spin of roulette. My friend, who had inquired about becoming a contestant, was contacted for the show.

He was seriously considering it and I was putting the pressure on him to do it. He owns a flooring business and two houses so it would have been a considerable sum. His reasoning for doing the show: He believed that they'd never allow someone to ruin themselves finacially on television, and that he'd be reimbursed.

He bitched out in the end


edit I'll find out the name of the show from him tomorrow if anybody cares [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]

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This is a concept for a new game show. The contestant liquidates his collective assets, flies to vegas, and puts it all on either one hand of blackjack or one spin of roulette. My friend, who had inquired about becoming a contestant, was contacted for the show.

He was seriously considering it and I was putting the pressure on him to do it. He owns a flooring business and two houses so it would have been a considerable sum. His reasoning for doing the show: He believed that they'd never allow someone to ruin themselves finacially on television, and that he'd be reimbursed.

He bitched out in the end


edit I'll find out the name of the show from him tomorrow if anybody cares [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]

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WTF, why would someone do this?

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i would have been impressed if he bet on a number.

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that was kinda fun; only expected to lose $7157.89

Also in the tag it says world's largest televised bet. There's gotta be a larger poker bet, no?

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$ 65k river bet. $167k river raise and call. $575k total pot:

http://www.billrini.com/2006/08/28/high-...n-amazing-hand/

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I love Doyle's commment @ 6:32 on this clip [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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i would have been impressed if he bet on a number.

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I think this is fiction. It is a clever way to promote a new poker site. That is my suspicion. They wouldn't have gotten all those shots taping a 'real' event.

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I think this is fiction. It is a clever way to promote a new poker site. That is my suspicion. They wouldn't have gotten all those shots taping a 'real' event.

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wow ya think?

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This is a concept for a new game show. The contestant liquidates his collective assets, flies to vegas, and puts it all on either one hand of blackjack or one spin of roulette. My friend, who had inquired about becoming a contestant, was contacted for the show.



He was seriously considering it and I was putting the pressure on him to do it. He owns a flooring business and two houses so it would have been a considerable sum. His reasoning for doing the show: He believed that they'd never allow someone to ruin themselves finacially on television, and that he'd be reimbursed.

He bitched out in the end


edit I'll find out the name of the show from him tomorrow if anybody cares [img]/images/graemlins/ooo.gif[/img]

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It was called 'double or nothing' i think

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that was kinda fun; only expected to lose $7157.89

Also in the tag it says world's largest televised bet. There's gotta be a larger poker bet, no?

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$ 65k river bet. $167k river raise and call. $575k total pot:

http://www.billrini.com/2006/08/28/high-...n-amazing-hand/

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This happened like 2 years ago, even before the first season of HSP, so probably at the time, it was the largest televised.

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My claim to fame is I played poker with the guy. Think he plays poker regularly played the WSOP last year i think.

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My claim to fame is I played poker with the guy. Think he plays poker regularly played the WSOP last year i think.

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cool
I bet he wasn't afraid of any coin flip situations!!

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I am not impressed at all.

Now if he had not only bet his life savings, but put himself into debt for the same amount and put it all on a colour...

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I am not impressed at all.

Now if he had not only bet his life savings, but put himself into debt for the same amount and put it all on a colour...

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After you.....

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Now if he had not only bet his life savings, but put himself into debt for the same amount and put it all on a colour...

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Wouldn't that be +EV w/ a near 50% shot at quadrupling your net worth (betting 2x your net worth) vs. the downside of declaring bankruptcy? I see very little difference between bring busto and being bankrupt...compared to the difference of doubling to quadrupling your upside.

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After he won, I was hoping he was going to yell-
"Let it ride baby!"

that would have been sweet...

benny

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gamboooooool

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Now if he had not only bet his life savings, but put himself into debt for the same amount and put it all on a colour...

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It is hard to get someone to loan you money when you don't have anything left to put up against the loan. Banks aren't stupid.

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Now if he had not only bet his life savings, but put himself into debt for the same amount and put it all on a colour...

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It is hard to get someone to loan you money when you don't have anything left to put up against the loan. Banks aren't stupid.

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Very true. To borrow money then gamble it is very stoopid

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i would have been impressed if he bet on a number.

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I heard that he wanted to bet it all on a number and the casino refused!

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i would have been impressed if he bet on a number.

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QFT

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You think to go that far he would have the sense to have played euro or french roulette both with a much lower house edge..

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He should have put it on black

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