30 Days, 1 Bathroom
Jan 22nd 2008eGambling & Poker
We’ve all spent a night of our lives asleep on the floor of a bathroom, the toilet and sink our only companions. It’s generally something you don’t want to do again, but professional poker player Jay Kwik is about to do it for 30 nights—all in the name of prop betting.
It all started following a Kanye West concert on New Year’s Eve. Kwik, who is known as “Bellagio Jay” for having spent a majority of the past 10 years on the hotel’s premises, mentioned that he believed he could live in a bathroom for 30 days without a problem. Andrew “Good2CU” Robl and Alec “traheho” Torelli quickly jumped all over the errant comment and challenged him to put his money where his mouth is.
The bet will be monitored by video cameras and Kwik must adhere to a strict set of rules. He may not have a computer with him, but he is allowed to have a portable DVD player (porn?) and 400 cell phone minutes (phone sex?) He can open the door for room service (hookers?), but he is not permitted to speak to anyone under normal circumstances (no strippers). Although the exact amount of money at stake is a secret, “reports” say it’s as high as six figures plus the hotel bill.
Some people out there are sure to call Kwik a degenerate gambler. I prefer to call him a modern day Thoreau. Secluding himself from society for 30 days is an extremely difficult task that will surely elevate him to that higher psychological plane where Britney Spears’ day-to-day activities are no longer important.
I hear that Kwik’s time in the bathroom has even impressed Roger Clemens. The controversial Mitchell man once spent 4 straight hours in the bathroom for a massive steroid injecting session, but that was as much as he could take.
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