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Sorel Mizzi vs Bertand Grospellier kickboxing match?
Posted by: James Carter. - Sat, 2009-03-07 06:40
I know what you’re thinking: we just have to see that...
Now then, I’m not sure what athletic abilities poker requires (as far as I know, a beer belly parked on your laps is a standard requirement), but whatever they are, Sorel Mizzi and Bertrand Grospellier are going to bring it all.
Sorel Mizzi has recently announced on his blog-site that he will be undertaking a prop bet, a fitness challenge prop bet in fact, against French poker professional Bertrand Grospellier, one that will feature some pretty out of this world stakes, but then again did you really expect anything less from “ElkY”?
The two will apparently compete in no fewer than 17 different sports events, at the end of which an overall winner will be decided. The winner has the chance to walk away with $230,000 and 15% of the loser’s winnings for his next $300,000 buyins worth of tournament action.
Considering that a WSOP Main Event costs “only” $10,000 and knowing the abilities of the contestants, that sum could potentially amount to millions of dollars. With the WSOP fast approaching, the tournament action the challenge refers to will probably come via various WSOP events.
The sporting events the two will be competing in will be comprised of various weight lifting exercises, arm wrestling, a short tennis match, various agility and coordination tests, rowing, different endurance exercises and the Main Event: a 9-round kickboxing match.
After every event, the loser will give the winner $10,000. The Main Event will earn the winner $20,000. After the series is over, the participant who wins over 80% of the events gets an extra $50,000.
Because both Grospellier and Mizzi aim to improve their health through the challenge, they agreed to ban the use of all sorts of performance enhancing drugs in the challenge events. Each player will have the right to request a drug test on his opponent if suspicions arise. The player caught with performance-enhancing drugs in his system will not only automatically lose the challenge, but will also have to cough up an extra $50,000 as a penalty.
Though a date for the start of the challenge has not yet been announced, it is likely to begin before the
WSOP starts in May.
