Why would he have to stop playing?

A lot of people manage 15-20 hours of training per week while having a regular day job and a family.

FWIW, I had no idea that Deeb ballooned up to 300lbs. Last time I saw him in person he was way below that. If he has to start at that weight and zero training that makes things considerably tougher.

I mean 10:1 is good odds but I doubt he does it unless he gets more action. 17% isnt that difficult but if you come from a lifestyle like Deebs its very difficult to dedicate 14 months of the discipline required to win. Meanwhile the money obviously isn't going to impact his life greatly either way (winning or losing the bet). Obvious life benefits of doing it though so could happen.

hehhhh more like between 5 and 10 hours

He is now addicted to eating, he just needs to get addicted to working out. Slam dunk win bet for Deeb.

Sounds stupid, but for years I got cranky on days where I didn't get a second workout in. Tried to stop a couple times with very limited success. Back to back injuries finally did the trick for me.

That said, 306 lbs is a crazy number. That's >2x out-of-shape me. No idea where you would even start at that point except for stopping to eat crap.

Everyone thinking this is easy slam dunk - when you are super overweight (no hate to Shaun, I'm in the same boat), it is a big shock to try something like this. Everyone knows the first few weeks will be easy - you'll lose 15-20 pounds like falling off a chair. Then you'll plateau. I'd guess he's probably close to 50% right now.

The benefit for Shaun is he doesn't have to work; he's not tied to a desk chair 8 hours a day inactive, and he can get all the support needed from trainers and nutritionists.

I still think it's going to be far from easy for someone who essentially has lived a "do what I want when I want" kind of life to impose this kind of personal discipline on himself for that long a period when the money (though staggering to any normal person) might not represent life changing to him and especially the loss not being life changing.

is peptides/peds are allowed outside of HRT should be pretty easy. Semaglutide would probably work well for deeb. if he only uses HRT will likely be pretty hard.

Free money.

Hire Chef, Hire trainer, get on cycles.

He could be 17% bodyfat in 6-9 months of dedication

I'd imagine this is like 90% diet/HRT. Could probably win without exercise (feel free to correct me if I'm way off on this). Seems like the hardest part is gonna be calorie counting/ limiting while eating shitty casino food at live events.

should be the other way around, first few weeks are the hardest because you are building new habits, and you still have cravings for the trash you used to eat, after a while it goes away and you are just cruising, 17% isnt athlete level either, its just being in normal shape

What is his target weight to be around 17%? If he loses 8lbs a month on average that's only taking him down to 196 lbs. How tall is he? This wont be easy but should be doable. With HRT its very doable, will he be tested for PEDs?

He could spend $10k+ a month on a personal chef to follow him to events. Easy game.

given its body fat % and not just weight loss bet then building muscles is going to help bring the body fat % down more than just losing weight from diet, HRT is specifically to help with the building of muscles

He's not some high school athlete who then fell out of shape later in life. This is going to be incredibly hard for someone who has never been shape, never ate healthy, never exercised, etc.

I wonder how many average daily steps a professional poker takes a day? 2,000?

doesnt matter if he hasnt been in shape before, he has 14 months, its a LOT of time

Deeb is 5'11"

Lol. You sound like you failed with the game and decided that poker players are just a bunch of coach potatoes. How does that differ from any other job you do by sitting rofl.

Lol, obviously some are in extreme shape. I'm talking players like Kessler and Deeb lol

Getting after it!

2 000 steps a day sounds like the average american

Working an office job and no exercise, for sure.

17%

I’m excited to see Deeb look like Jake Schindler again!

What’s the over/under on:

1. At what date Shaun offers a buyout?
2. How much will buyout be to cancel the bet?

Deeb is going to look stunning at the end of this.