Post your "surebets"

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This one isn't really a "bet," but it's unreal how often it works. You take out a $100 bill (you can use any denom, I normally use a $20) and ask the mark to take out a bill of the same denomination. So now you have two $100 bills. Now this is the part that has to be sold- you take an envelope or matchbox (or a card deck box), and hand it to the mark while putting in both bills. You need to hint at the possibility of some sleight of hand (there is none.) You then "allow" him to buy the box and its contents for $150.

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there was something similar to this at the end of an episode of Hustle, but it was faster and there were other exchanges to make it more complicated. I had to watch it a few times to get it [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[anklebreaker]

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origin of a ceasar salad came up

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Hmm.. let's see if I can work this in tonight at dinner.

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You have 2 pints of beer, the mark has 2 shots.

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I've seen this with 3 glasses of beer and 3 shots. Easier.

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there was something similar to this at the end of an episode of Hustle

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Do you know which episode?

[BigPoppa]

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One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the seal is not yet broken, and this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the Jack of Spades jump out of the deck and squirt cider in your ear. But, son, do not bet this man, for as sure as you are standing there, you are going to end up with an earful of cider.

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- Damon Runyon

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Ok maybe I am wrong and it's a minute. I'm almost sure it is two minutes though. It's been awhile since we did it.

Dude, I mean fully swallow them all and everything. It is hella harder than it sounds.

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go ahead and try this, I offered to make this bet and 2 people both ate 10 crackers each in less than 2 minutes for 50 each

[Assani Fisher]

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The ending of that coinflip story was the most disappointing thing I have ever read in my life. Shame because the rest of it was the best story I've ever read.

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[siccjay]

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Ok maybe I am wrong and it's a minute. I'm almost sure it is two minutes though. It's been awhile since we did it.

Dude, I mean fully swallow them all and everything. It is hella harder than it sounds.

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go ahead and try this, I offered to make this bet and 2 people both ate 10 crackers each in less than 2 minutes for 50 each

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Lies

[Assani Fisher]

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"Hey bartender, I bet you fifty bucks I can bite my eye." Bartender looks at the guy and lays fifty bucks on the bar. The drunk pops out his artificial eye and bites it, then takes the fifty bucks. The bartender realizes he should have seen that coming.
"Hey bartender, I bet you fifty bucks I can bite my other eye."
Bartender saw the guy park his car and walk in the bar and thinks to himself that there's no way the guy has two artificial eyes, and accepts the bet.
The drunk takes out his false teeth and bites his other eye and grabs the fifty bucks while chuckling under his breath. The bartender again realizes he should have seen that coming.
The drunk then gets up from the bar and seems to be quite secretive about talking to the other people sitting around at the tables. Once again, the drunk steps up to the bar and says, "Hey, bartender? Do you want a chance to win your $100 back?" Hesitantly, the bartender asks what he has in mind.
"Well, it's like this. I bet you I can get up on one end of the bar and place a shot glass at the other end. I can pee from the end I'm standing on and get it in the shot glass at the other end without spilling one drop."
The bartender looks at the length of the bar and decides that no one could pee that far and accepts the bet. The drunk hops up on the bar and begins to pee. He pees all over the bar not even coming close to the shot glass. The bartender begins to laugh and happily scoops up the $100 quite proud that he has won the bet.
The drunk hops off the bar and smiles at the other people which makes the bartender suspicious so he asks the drunk, "Hey! You come in here and bite your eye and win fifty bucks, then you bite your other eye and win another fifty bucks. Now you knew before you bet me that you couldn't pee the length of this bar. Why are you so happy about losing????"
The drunk says, "Before I bet you about the shot glass, I went around the bar and bet everyone in here $100 that I could get up on your bar and pee all over it..... and you'd be happy about it!"

[/ QUOTE ]I've heard this story a few different ways, but does anyone know if it's in any movies (either acted out or told as a story in the movie)?

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Its in that one Antonio Banderas(sp?) movie...Desparado maybe?

[Assani Fisher]

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ankle,

Wouldn't hinting at the possibility of sleight of hand lead the victim to say 'hahah no way am i paying that man, i bet there's only one note in there'? I do like the rest of it though, and can see how an idiot would fall for it.

[/ QUOTE ]No, you have to make it seem as if theres some other reason you're offering the bet and the possibility of "slight of hand" does just that. Otherwise he'd obviously be too suspicious to take it.

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Ya, desperado, steve buschemi tells it.

[Big Poppa Smurf]

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ankle,

Wouldn't hinting at the possibility of sleight of hand lead the victim to say 'hahah no way am i paying that man, i bet there's only one note in there'? I do like the rest of it though, and can see how an idiot would fall for it.

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I'll admit it, when I read his descirption, my first reaction was: 150 for 200, that's a good deal!

I could definitely see that working a lot if its done quickly so the other guy doesnt have time to think about it.

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it took me like 2 minutes to figure this out, because for some reason i assumed that the one guy then owned the $200