Patrik Antonius is one of those poker pros who, had they not chosen the world of chips and cards, would certainly be in some other profession, still ranked among the best of the best. Here is one guy who had so many paths open to him when he was just starting out that it’s pretty amazing to think of how he managed to decide. One of those paths happened to be that of a professional tennis player. This was something Brandon Adams should have thought long and hard about when he accepted that prop bet with Patrik Antonius.
Prop Bets and Poker
Prop bets are pretty much a fact of life when it comes to poker. Poker players are primarily gamblers, so if they like to gamble while they’re gambling, who’s to stop them? As such, prop bets have become very much common, although that doesn’t make them any less fun to watch. One of the most recent ones that caught the public’s attention was the prop bet born at one Poker After Dark episode between Patrik Antonius and Brandon Adams. The odds were pretty huge for Adams, giving him a pretty big incentive to beat Antonius. If he won, he would get $295,000. However, if Antonius won, then he would have to cough up $30,000. Of course, the deal was pretty tempting, all things considered. Antonius may have been the up and coming Tennis pro of Finland, but Adams did not let that stop him from taking the challenge.
An Encompassing Victory
Unfortunately for Adams, what he should have done was to turn tail and run. Antonius beat him with a score of 6-0 and 6-1. Adams was practically no match for the seasoned Finnish pro. Antonius practically swept the floor with Adams. As such, Antonius accepted a pretty nice payday for a good workout.
Adams thought that he would have at least had a chance. He said himself that he had a pretty good game, but that Antonius is ‘sharp’. Adams understood that the Fin was pretty talented, and thus decided on a strategy where he would lie low and try not to miss the ball. The strategy probably did not work out too well if the results were such a landslide for Antonius.
If there’s one thing to be learned from this incident, however, it’s that one should never ever accept a prop bet with the words tennis and Antonius in the same sentence.
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