Life Savings on Red
 

http://www.pokertube.com/ShowMovie.a...4-0b2f45d02093

Anyone know the backstory on this? Rigged (for marketing)?
I imagine he was on a freeroll, even if he lost I suspect the Casino would return the money and make a big deal about it.

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ofn

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this has new and exciting implications

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This is all true.

He is a poker pro as well FWIW.

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I had heard about this when it happened. Don't know how valid the movie is but the story is true.

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yea, there was a thread about this a while back...just wow...

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This is all true.

He is a degenerate gambler as well FWIW.

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I expect he got a fee for making the show which wasn't gambled (even if it was gambled it turned it into a +EV bet). He probably could have profited alot more from selling his story to the newspapers/potential to write a book/go on Z list celebrity reality shows etc.
All in all I think it was a +EV bet way outside his bankroll.

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There's no way in hell the casino would publicly give him his money back

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it would have been classic if it came up 0 or 00. ZOMG! what the fick just happened?