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As a serious, longtime poker player & avid watcher of anything poker on television, I've had the opportunity to view the Game Show Network's High Stakes Poker.  One of the things I've found most intriguing are the proposition bets.  After seeing the bets offered and accepted with what seems like relative abandon, I couldn't get out of my mind the size of the bets that, at times, climbed as high as some people earn in a year, or even a lifetime!   The bet that caught my imagination was the Dwan/Ivey $1Million vegetarian bet.  This bet was, Phil could eat, "nothing that moves" for a year.

Most of the people I play poker with, and many of the online poker community were cheering for Ivey and thought that he would easily win the bet.  I must announce that CakePoker.com (click for story below) & Ace Magazine have since reported that Ivey bought out of the bet for $150,000 after sitting down with friends to a chicken dinner. Ivey kaput? Now that's disconcerting!

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Since Ivey's buyout of the bet, I propose to Tom Dwan my own bet:

The Bet:
I'll take the same Phil Ivey "eat nothing that moves" for a year conditions.  In addition, I will lose ONE HUNDRED LBS in the same time period.

The Wager: 
If Tom loses:  $1,000,000 for the vegetarian part of the bet & an additional $1,000,000 for the hundred lbs.
If Mike loses:  I must work at the local MacDonalds (or any fast food restaurant that will hire me) for a year, & GIVE UP POKER & BBQ,  FOR A YEAR. AND MY CHOPPER goes to the winner, TOO!!

Additional Conditions:  If I lose either part of the bet, I lose the entire bet, &
                                  If I win, I'll donate $1,000,000 to my favorite charity:  the Williamsburg, Iowa Public Library Fund.

Some relevant facts:

*I've never considered a vegetarian diet.
*My diet has included Meats & Dairy my whole life.
*I'm a current Kansas City Barbeque Society Certified BBQ Master Judge.
*I judged 25 contests in the 2009 BBQ season alone.
*I've played poker for over 25 years.
*I've played poker virtually EVERY Wednesday and Friday for the last 5 years, including at least two tourneys a night & cash games that followed.
*I won the Iowa County Poker Club 2008 Championship, and the 2005 & 2008 ICPC Player of the Year awards.
*I will undergo no medical treatments or operations to lose the 100lbs., (diet only!)
*I'll weigh-in prior to and following the year time period and have it notarized by a Physician.
*I'll verify by video everything I eat & drink (except water)!!!

                                                                            NOW THAT'S A PROP BET!!