So, you're in a poker room, a pool hall, or on a gold course, and somebody says: "I'll bet $xxx dollars I can...."
Well friends, don't take that bet. You're going to lose.
The king of the proposition bet was called Titanic Thompson. You can read a bit about him here.
https://www.npr.org/2010/11/27/131628998/gambling-legend-wasn-t-always-a-winner
from the article:
"Thompson even once scammed Al Capone out of $500, Cook tells NPR's Audie Cornish. The pair were leaving a poker game, and they passed by a fruit vendor. "I can throw this lemon all the way on top of that building across the street," Titanic boasted. Capone took the bet."
The buckshot loaded lemon had been placed on the fruit stand previously.
The article also mentions that on a bet, he did drive a golf ball over 500 yards. He sure did, with an early 20th century wooden shaft club. Pretty easy to do on a frozen lake.
On the lucky charm post, Trevino's stunt of beating players with a pop bottle was posted, but I didn't want to change topic there.
My honorary nephew Matt, has an arsenal of pool shots he can do on proposition bets...like the trick shot in the opening scenes of the movie The hustler.
So, anybody here know of a proposition bet they can do? Have heard of? Or have actually witnessed?