Weight Loss Prop Bets

The $2k shorthanded tourney didn't go all that well. I lasted 3 levels and then busted after my squeeze with QJs was called by 99 after my opponent "didn't see" my extra 5k chip that I had put in the middle with the rest of my stack. He thought I had barely minraised him so he snapcalled, then admitted he never would have called if he had seen my stack correctly. Whatever, at least I didn't waste too much time with the tourney.

We got tickets for another night of tennis as well so we got to see Venus Williams crush someone from China and then see the killer match between Marcos Baghdatis and Lleyton Hewitt. The match inevitably went into 5 sets (like every match that I've bet on so far) and lasted almost 5 hours! They weren't finished until 4:30am which was pretty crazy. Unfortunately, Hewitt won the 5th set and so all of us lost our bets :( I took a couple pictures, which I'll post when I get back home.

Now onto the weight loss prop bets... Poker players live relatively unhealthy and it's no wonder that so many are overweight (thank God for my genes). I made a couple bets to motivate two friends to lose some weight before the WSOP Main Event. The bets are as follows:

1. Hans Martin Vogl needs to drop from 88kg to 80kg before the WSOP ME, the bet is for $500 and 5% of the Main Event. 80,0 is even, anything over or under wins the bet.
2. Stefan Jedlicka needs to drop from 100kg to 90kg in the same time span and the bet is for $3000 and 10% of the Main Event.

Though I obviously hope that they can lose weight and get healthy, I'm pretty confident that I'll win at least one bet. The interesting thing is that each bet involves percentages of the ME, making the bets potentially worth up to a million dollars. GL me!

My flight to Hong Kong -> London -> Berlin leaves this evening. I've had a really good time here and will definitely be coming back next year!