Prop bet thread

[TxRedMan]

i am willing to make the following bet if anyone is interested. not that it matters to the person who might accept the bet, but i've never done this nor tried it, and i train pretty much the exact opposite.

bench press my body weight 300 times in one day, even money.

bench press my body weight 500 times in one day with odds.

to be performed in either dallas or LV for substantial dollars.

[ImsaKidd]

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i am willing to make the following bet if anyone is interested. not that it matters to the person who might accept the bet, but i've never done this nor tried it, and i train pretty much the exact opposite.

bench press my body weight 300 times in one day, even money.

bench press my body weight 500 times in one day with odds.

to be performed in either dallas or LV for substantial dollars.

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Doesnt this get harder and harder as body weight increases? I assume since you train (and iirc from pics) you are pretty bulky.

I think you need odds on 300 tbh.

[shaniac]

x-1 that my 2007 gross cashes will be better than BOTH Alan S and Justin B? Or, vs. either individually.

Not saying I will want the action (though maybe), but I'm curious what line people would set. I assume we'll play a similar amount of tourneys for the rest of 2007. (Also, I do not consider myself one of the 10 best tournament players).

2007 so far according to Hendon Mob:

Alan: 323K
ZJ: 384K
Me: 435K

[James Boston]

Here's a missed opportunity from this afternoon, that I'm still upset I didn't get to wager.

I have 2 bosses - 1 immediate boss and that person's boss. I frequently have to deal with both of them. My immediate boss, that person's boss, another person, and I were on a conference call today. The big boss and I were disagreeing on something. He bet me my job that I was wrong. At that point my immediate boss intervened.

My counter bet was going to be:

1) I'm tired of your crap
2) If you want to gamble, let's gamble.
3) I'll bet my mortgage against yours (his house is really nice - higher mortgage than I have)
4) You can fire me today and I can find another job, with better pay, where I don't have to take s**t from you, and I can do it in under 3 weeks.

I was genuinelly ready to make this bet, but calmer heads spoke up. I would have won FWIW.

[guids]

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i am willing to make the following bet if anyone is interested. not that it matters to the person who might accept the bet, but i've never done this nor tried it, and i train pretty much the exact opposite.

bench press my body weight 300 times in one day, even money.

bench press my body weight 500 times in one day with odds.

to be performed in either dallas or LV for substantial dollars.

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Whats your bw? I think Id be willing to give you 1.5:1 500 times in 24 hours, no shirt, bench press, not competition style, for up to 5k.

[Badger]

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All,

Tourney prop bet fodder:

ZJ: i think im one of the 10 best live tourney players on the planet...
ZJ: but i think alan [sass aka usher -ED] is better than me

That should be good to generate something.

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That's ludicrous, he's six of the 10 best tourney players.

Seriously though, aba has a prop bet with Barry G. relating to this. Brian pays Barry 20% of Barry's tourney cashes and Barry pays Brian 10% of ZJs cashes and 10% Imperium's cashes.

I'm not sure of much more of the details, I'm assuming it'd be limited to tourneys that all three are playing in. Brian mentioned it in his blog, I'm sure someone will chime in with more or let me know if I got something wrong.

[2461Badugi]

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Seriously though, aba has a prop bet with Barry G. relating to this. Brian pays Barry 20% of Barry's tourney cashes and Barry pays Brian 10% of ZJs cashes and 10% Imperium's cashes.

I'm not sure of much more of the details, I'm assuming it'd be limited to tourneys that all three are playing in. Brian mentioned it in his blog, I'm sure someone will chime in with more or let me know if I got something wrong.

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Barry's posted about it a bit in NVG.

[Emperor]

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i am willing to make the following bet if anyone is interested. not that it matters to the person who might accept the bet, but i've never done this nor tried it, and i train pretty much the exact opposite.

bench press my body weight 300 times in one day, even money.

bench press my body weight 500 times in one day with odds.

to be performed in either dallas or LV for substantial dollars.

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Since you said you train for opposite, it means you train for strength. Which means if you weigh 225, then benching 225lbs 13times an hour for 24 hrs (300x) is cake, (unless you can only bench like 240max)

500x is harder but I'd say thats about the point muscle stamina is going to come into play.

Knowing your bench max would make this more likely to happen.

I think I could do this with 75% of my max bench.

[guids]

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i am willing to make the following bet if anyone is interested. not that it matters to the person who might accept the bet, but i've never done this nor tried it, and i train pretty much the exact opposite.

bench press my body weight 300 times in one day, even money.

bench press my body weight 500 times in one day with odds.

to be performed in either dallas or LV for substantial dollars.

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Since you said you train for opposite, it means you train for strength. Which means if you weigh 225, then benching 225lbs 13times an hour for 24 hrs (300x) is cake, (unless you can only bench like 240max)

500x is harder but I'd say thats about the point muscle stamina is going to come into play.

Knowing your bench max would make this more likely to happen.

I think I could do this with 75% of my max bench.

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current- 415 @ 215 this is what he maxes, and weighs.


Im pretty sure i remember seeing those pro challenges with nfl players, benching 225 as many times as possible before giving out, and Im pretty sure I never saw anyone hit 30. I think this is much much tougher than you are thinking it is. 20 times per hour, for 24 hours @ 215?

[Howard Treesong]

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x-1 that my 2007 gross cashes will be better than BOTH Alan S and Justin B? Or, vs. either individually.

Not saying I will want the action (though maybe), but I'm curious what line people would set. I assume we'll play a similar amount of tourneys for the rest of 2007. (Also, I do not consider myself one of the 10 best tournament players).

2007 so far according to Hendon Mob:

Alan: 323K
ZJ: 384K
Me: 435K

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Remember, though, ZJ has managed to get it all in with KK twice against AA in what, like the final fifteen in a couple of huge tournaments? He's gotten grossly cold-decked in a couple of major, major spots as I recall it.

Perhaps you have as well; obviously, I've followed your action somewhat less than I've followed ZJ's.