 WSOP: Ivey loses $200,000 bet with Negreanu at the World Series of Poker
19th June, 2008
As if the action at the World Series of Poker wasn’t enough, poker professionals Phil Ivey and Daniel Negreanu have a running bet on any tournament they play together, if one of them wins the other has to cough up $200,000.
In addition to winning his fourth bracelet in the $2,000 limit hold’em WSOP event, worth almost $205,000, Negreanu will also be adding a payment from Ivey making good on their bet.
“I have a standing bet with Ivey that anytime we both play in the same tournament, we have $200,000 bet on it,” Negreanu said. “It’s interesting, though, because we also have a rule that if you show up late and the other guy is short, it doesn’t count. Well, I showed up with a fresh stack, and he had lost half his stack already, so we were off. Then, he got up to 3,200, and I had 3,600. He said, ‘OK, we’re back on.’ Ha!”
Making side bets on winning a bracelet at the WSOP is actually quite common among the pros who actually have a good shot.
“I hear that no one is better than 5-1 to win one, so I’m going to try to prove them wrong and win some money at the same time,” said Ivey. “I have a lot of big bets on winning a bracelet, so I really don’t have a choice. I have to play every event now. Hopefully, I can win a bracelet in the next couple of weeks, that way I don’t have to play every event.”
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06-19-2008, 05:33 PM
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