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Poker pro Rich Alati recently won a prop bet where he had to live in a dark bathroom for 30 days. Alati won the wager when his friend, Rory Young, bought him out for $62,400 after 20 days.
This is definitely one of the most-interesting poker prop bets of all time. And it only becomes more intriguing after Alati shed some light on how he got through the bet. Here are some details he shared with The Action Network.
Alati Passed the Time with Pushups & Meditation
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There’s not a lot to do in a dark bathroom by yourself. Therefore, Alati created various distractions for himself to pass the time.
Poker pro Rich Alati recently won a prop bet where he had to live in a dark bathroom for 30 days. Alati won the wager when his friend, Rory Young, bought him out for $62,400 after 20 days. This is definitely one of the most-interesting poker prop bets of all time. Rich Alati Leaves Isolation Room Early, Still Wins Prop Bet 14th December 2018 // Gossip, Misc, News. The solitary confinement prop bet between Rich Alati and Rory Young has had the poker world talking during the last couple weeks. Would Alati stay in his isolation room for 30 straight days? As it turns out, the answer is no.
“I created a routine. I’d wake up and take a bath and a shower, I would eat, then I would do yoga and meditate and eat again,” he said.
“I worked out too. I was pretty creative. I did a lot of planks and sit-ups and pushups. I actually did incline pushups over the bathtub and dips from the ledge of the bathtub.”
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Alati Had Unknowingly Prepared for the Bet
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Rich Alati wasn’t preparing to live in a dark room for any measurable amount of time. However, he did do some things that helped him prepare for the wager.
“Rory didn’t know this, but things that I was doing in my life were leading up to this moment,” he explained.
“For the past six years, I had gotten into yoga, meditation and prayer. I had gone to Bali to a silent retreat where you don’t speak. And when you don’t speak, it turns you inward. I knew how to act in that room when it went inward.”
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The Bet Caused Alati to Suffer Hallucinations
Alati’s family was concerned for him going into the bet. They had ever right to be worried too, because living in the dark is no picnic.
Alati suffered the downsides when he began to hallucinate. He had to battle these hallucinations until the bet ended.
“It started with shapes and colors. Then I saw a train,” he recalled.
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“And I just had to convince myself it wasn’t real. But that was probably my hardest moment because there was some fear to it.
“[…] One time, the room was filled with all these white bubbles. I said to myself, “I know this is not real,” but I’m going to go along with it and I had a fun bubble party.
“There were other times, I saw windows on the bathroom, I saw ceiling fans that weren’t there, and at one point the ceiling just opened up and I saw the stars and the sky. It was absolutely beautiful.”