Carl Valentine, an online poker player made what many consider the strangest and most irresponsible bet in the history of online poker. Heads-up game on the site is scheduled for April 18, 2006 PokerRoom against his former classmate, who will either bring Karl $1.000.000, or take his finger away.
The essence of the deal between the players is as follows: Karl bet he could reach 2 million unique visitors to his personal site by April 18, 2006 (this is the birthday of his former classmate, who is also a multi-millionaire). Since Karl had nothing to answer for the million bet, he put his right index finger.
Website launched on December 12th SaveMyFinger.com so far has just over 100,000 unique visitors. If by April 18 the bar of 2 million unique visitors is reached and Karl wins his poker buddy, he will receive a million, but if there are fewer visitors and he manages to lose, he will have to cut off his finger.
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