Dwan and Ivey’s Vegetarian Prop Bet

Mike Stephens
Tuesday 9th March 2010

hamburger Poker has had it’s fair share of crazy prop’ bets down the years. Everything, from racing a racehorse to growing facial hear, has been on the agenda for some of the more fun-loving poker players. The latest prop’ bet is certainly a new one on us here at Poker News Headlines.

The bet in question came up on the latest edition of High Stakes Poker. Tom Dwan suggested to meat loving Phil Ivey that if he didn’t eat any meat (including fish) for the next year then he would pay him $1 million.

Now, Ivey likes a burger or two, but the $1 million on the table proved too much to resist for the recent divorcee. Ivey accepted the bet and must now live as a vegetarian for one year.

“I’m going to become a vegetarian for a year for a million dollars,” Ivey declared to HSP’s cohost, Kara Scott. “I was thinking about doing it for a while, so this is kind of like an added incentive.”

Dwan scoffed; “I’m used to having million dollar sweats with you, Phil.” In reference to Ivey paying Dwan $1 million after losing a prop bet at the 2009 WSOP.

Ed note: Tom Dwan and Phil Ivey play at Full Tilt Poker. Join Full Tilt today and get a huge $600 deposit bonus as well as 27% rakeback!