Leading online casino UltimateBet.com has announced that players Gregg Mardirosian and Justin Leichter have won its Craziest Last Longer Bet promotion and will compete in the main event of the World Series Of Poker (WSOP) on July 1.
The Craziest Last Longer Bet encouraged players to send in their ideas for the wackiest side wager imaginable with the winners receiving two seats to compete in the $1,000 buy-in no-limit hold ‘em event alongside hotel accommodation and airfare.
The winning idea will mean that the player getting knocked out first will have UltimateBet.com’s logo alongside the losing hand tattooed on his body. In addition, the unfortunate competitor will also have to meet and marry a woman in Las Vegas before returning home to Florida.
Mardirosian, a 31-year-old disc jockey that also uses the moniker DJ Maniac Magee, revealed that Leitchter was the one who alerted him to the promotion from UltimateBet.com.
“It is a dream of his to be playing in the WSOP and, when he heard about the contest, he knew good and well that I was crazy enough to be in it with him,” said Mardirosian.
“We initially thought to risk walking home and then realised everyone and their mother would suggest that bet and tried hard to think of something so out there that we’d be sure to win.”
Thirty-two-year-old entrepreneur Leichter stated that the idea of marrying someone out of the blue was influenced by a recent Hollywood blockbuster.
“I thought some more and, while watching The Hangover, I thought what is better than an impromptu Vegas wedding,” said Leichter.
“And, just for good measure, you have to get tattooed so you will always remember this and you’ll always be reminded when someone asks you what the tattoo means.”
Leichter is the more experienced of the two players and stated that he has been competing online ‘nearly every day’ for about seven years. He finished in second spot in one his first tournaments to take home about $1,600 and revealed that he has been ‘reading up on large tournament play’.
“I am confident I will be the winner,” said Leichter.
“I believe I am the better card player with more experience but, then again, you never know what can happen. I think if I just stick to my game plan and play how I usually play I will come out victorious.”
