Posted by Editor | Filed under 2010 WSOP, Ted Forrest, Weight Loss
At 7:14pm, on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, Ted Forrest won one of the biggest bets in the history of wagering when he stepped on a scale on the stage at the Pavilion Room at the Rio Convention Center in Las Vegas and the number staring back at him was 138.0 pounds. The moment was numbing: exciting, exhilarating, alarming, anticlamactic. But Forrest swears he didn’t do it for the two million dollars. “Somebody I care about very much needed to see that the impossible is possible.”
I just finished spending 3 1/2 hours with Ted, his girlfriend Pui, his trainer Mike Santoro, and Mike Matusow. I’m going to write up as much of it as I can, as fast as I can.
As soon as I get something to eat.
See below for the picture of Ted on the scale. I was alarmed when I saw him there.
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Steve Grob Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 1:35 amAmazing. How tall is Ted, & how much weight did he lose over what time span?
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NaWeZ Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 1:36 amThat’s unbelievable but it show that everything is possible here on earth so who know maybe I can win a main event one day lol
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Haroon Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 1:37 amWow he looks so unhealthy…ok now with the 2 million he can eat a bunch of steaks and get all that back.
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Delta_Di Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 1:43 amWay to go Ted. How do we sign up for the freeroll?
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chris Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 1:49 amwow what a sick bet
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susan west Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 1:56 amdang it lost again,IM on a row.FTP:cupcake1010
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tank Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 2:23 amshiiiit, i weigh 300 lbs n if if somebody puts 2 million up i can lose any amt of weight
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mike Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 3:51 amhe lost it in 6 weeks still dont know how
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Eddie Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 7:16 amBut how much did he lose? x)
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Herb Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 7:36 amHe looks way too thin and unhealthy. Hope it was worth it for him.
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Shawn Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 11:55 amtoo bad he has no shot of getting paid by Matusow….
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Poker Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 1:40 pm$2 mil? Where is Mike going to get $2mil?
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sajeffe Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 2:03 pmHe looked better (healthier even) at 188 pounds. He needs to gain about 20 of it back.
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runittwice Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 2:37 pmI think he looks great. And no way he was going to lose that bet.
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the truth Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 4:51 pmfor those that say they could lose too if they take that bet… lol. the truth is you could lose the weight now, expect no reward, and see drastic positive changes in other areas of your life besides your body. That’s worth more than a few million.
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the truth Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 4:51 pmso are you gonna take that bet with yourself?
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Mike Sanchez Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 9:53 pmHe lost 50 pounds in 2months+10 days
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Paigowtommy Says:
July 14th, 2010 at 10:33 pmA buddy and I had a $100 bet last year to see who could Lise the most in 2 months. We both started at 240. I lost 45 and he lost 52 lbs. I didn’t even work out, just ate smart, a lot of protein and fiber and low carbs. Very easy to lose 50 lbs in 70 days like Ted did. May be a little tougher weighing less though, but still pretty easy.
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india Says:
July 15th, 2010 at 9:13 am5 pounds a week is not healthy. After 2 pounds a week you lose muscle. The heart is a muscle.
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trunkline Says:
July 15th, 2010 at 3:06 pmNice rack. Looks like he has “A” cups.
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PAUULSOL Says:
July 15th, 2010 at 3:57 pmYep… paigowtommy, people don’t realize weight loss has more to do with diet than working out.
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dadsrusonline Says:
July 16th, 2010 at 1:10 amlol not very attractive have to prop bet him a bra lol
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F'nCAT Says:
July 16th, 2010 at 6:13 amMike, I’m look’n foward to ya Felt’n the next 20 players you face, & Tripling Up that 2 Million….Good Luck !
Ted Forrest is one sick Dude, starve for 2M…..
PEACE F’n =^..^=
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udontnomeyet Says:
July 17th, 2010 at 10:41 amI remember reading about the bet between Ted and Mike a few months ago. At the time I thought there was no way Ted would ever win, he wasnt even fat. Amazingly he pulled it off and I’m still tipping the scales at the same 300+ lbs I weighed then.
Gastric bypass can be had for less than 10k. Would you spend $10,000 to win $2,000,000. Would Ted?I think they had, as part of the bet, an agreement that Ted wouldn’t resort to surgery. They call that “The Chip Reese Clause”. That’s how he beat Howard Lederer out of a big weight bet, so now they specify such things.
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efra Says:
July 17th, 2010 at 10:48 amAmazing, he lost a lot of weight, congratulationss¡¡¡¡¡¡
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"Karate" Mike Santoro Says:
July 18th, 2010 at 8:41 pmI helped with Teds training and weight loss for the last 12 lbs. All of you who rag on his accomplishment should be ashamed of yourselves. Almost anyone who had the opportunity to win 2 million would take it especially if you knew for sure you could win. Ted worked very hard and did’t “starve” himself. High level athletes cut weight all the time. Ted just cut a little more.
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chicagosam Says:
July 19th, 2010 at 8:27 pmcongrats obi from your chicago girls!
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Chip Flick Says:
July 24th, 2010 at 2:10 pmI hope the example you were setting, that anything is possible, worked for for whomever you meant it for! Congratulations!!
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Podiodio Says:
July 30th, 2010 at 7:09 pmIm curious as to the original weight that Ted was and was that weight “officially” gained. I read that it was done at dinner and their happened ot be a scale nearby?? Did he strip down to his shorts? was he fully clothed? Did he/could he have been wearing a 10-15-20lb vest under his clothes and he really didnt lose the weight he said he did?
Just curios.Ted weighed 188 when Mike Matusow and Justin Smith weighed him at the Commerce during the first week of May. There’s a health-club facility connected to the hotel that’s part of the Commerce, so that’s likely where they got the scale. I don’t know the conditions of the weigh-in but (a) 188 sounds like Ted’s correct weight, (b) Matusow and Smith didn’t arrive on a turnip truck with hay between their teeth – I’m sure they were careful of such things, and (c) the remarkable thing about this bet isn’t Ted’s STARTING weight – it’s his ENDING weight. I posted the pictures of him weighing in at the end, first at the Rio and then in Matusow’s laundry room.
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Christopher Says:
August 22nd, 2010 at 4:34 am@ tank. Dude you shouldn’t need 2M to want to loose weight @ 300 pounds. You should want to anyways because you’re going to die of a heart attack. 2M isn’t going to save you from that. And 2M can’t buy your life back
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Megaplankton Says:
October 13th, 2010 at 12:26 amThose shorts have to weigh a pound…
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Rakeback Gtd Says:
October 18th, 2010 at 5:22 pmhe lost a lot of weight.
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Poker Says:
November 2nd, 2010 at 5:57 amI hope the example you were setting, that anything is possible, worked for for whomever you meant it for! Congratulations!!
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LESAPreston30 Says:
February 3rd, 2011 at 4:05 pmPeople deserve wealthy life and credit loans or just sba loan will make it better. Because people’s freedom depends on money state.
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