News / Imper1um / 04 February 2009 / 3 Comments

Seems like it's the Prop Bet season and last year's weight loss bet with Rolande De Wolfe now seems pretty tame compared to what I have in store once the WSOP starts.

"It's a pretty sick schedule, I know, but I'm keen to do it. I said last year that having a healthy lifestyle can only improve your poker game as it has knock on effects for your mind and overall well-being."

The following bet is between me and fellow pro ElkY (Bertrand Grospellier). It's a bit of an Iron Man challenge to say the least.

At $10,000 per event ($20,000 for the kick boxing) plus a cut of any WSOP winnings up to $300,000 - it could prove an expensive and will definitely prove a punishing experience.

Here's the preliminary event schedule with the payouts and rules.

$10,000 per exercise, $20,000 for kick boxing

Overall winner (person who wins most bets) gets 15% of the other to a maximum of $300,000 in tournament buy-ins most of which will be throughout the duration of the WSOP

50k bonus if one of us wins 80% of the individual bets.

ZERO Tolerance for taking any performance enhancing drugs illegal in the US (including steroids) if one person is suspicious he has the right to get the other person drug tested. If the person fails the drug test, the person who failed loses the bet and has to pay a 50k penalty.

All weight lifting exercises will be on a basis of maximum weight for 3 repetitions

Each contestant will get 3 attempts to achieve his maximum weight

The competition will begin over 3 days sometime around the beginning of the WSOP. Date will be decided by both parties when WSOP schedule is released.

The contests will take place according to the following schedule:

Day 1

Upper Body

Bench Press

Bicep Curl

Shoulder Press

Triceps Pull Down

Chin-ups

Day 2

Lower Body

Angled Leg Press

Leg Extension

Squats

Other

Day 3

Tennis: best of 3 sets match

Day 4

Jump rope: maximum number of consecutive jumps without missing

Arm Wrestle (best of 3)

Day 5

Kick Boxing (9 rounds in the ring)

Day 6

Swimming (who can stay in the centre of the pool the longest without touching walls or without putting their feet on the ground)

Day 7

Rowing (who can row the furthest on the rowing machine in 15 minutes)

It's a pretty sick schedule, I know, but I'm keen to do it. I said last year that having a healthy lifestyle can only improve your poker game as it has knock on effects for your mind and overall well-being. This should be great motivation to get me out of any comfort zone I've slipped into.

I'll try and update on this page if there are any changes to the final line-up but I'm pretty happy with what's on here. I'm looking forward to the tennis as I enjoyed playing a bit when out in Australia for the Millions - even played next to Roger Federer one day.....though supported Nadal in the final....got great odds:)....GOOOOOOOOOOOOO NADAL!

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