#250L - London Journal #16L - Million Dollar Cash Game #26 - Take This Job and Bet on It

At about 8:20 PM, after the action restarted, it took a few hands but the huge hand seemed to loosen everybody up. Lindgren asked Ivey, “How much would it take for you to get a desk job for a year?”

This was defined pretty vaguely but Erick explained, “You have to get a desk job and hold it for a year. What’s your price?”

Howard adds in, “And you can’t bet on anything at that job.”

Phil asks, “How much money, Erick, or how much of YOUR MONEY?”

Erick: “Yeah, how much money of mine that I wish I had? But you won’t have any trouble getting a job. You ever hear of affirmative action?”

Phil: “I’d need it. How about this? You write down the number on a sheet of paper but if I say yes, it’s action.”

Erick: “Pencil and paper, Table One!”

Lindgren predicted the handicapping of such a bet. “I think your number would be $20 million. You’d say $10 million but you wouldn’t be able to for $10 million.

Ivey: “What if I get fired?” After thinking about it, he added, “I wouldn’t do it for $100 million. I like my life too much.”

That’s actually kind of cool when you think about it, isn’t it?