Jaime Staples and Younger Bro Win $150K Weight Loss Prop Bet from Bill Perkins

It has finally been a year since poker player and hedge fund manager Bill Perkins challenged Jaime Staples and his brother Matt to a lucrative prop bet - that both brothers need to get within 1 pound bodyweight of each other in one year in order to win $150,000. If they lose, they only have to shell out $3,000.

Their initial weigh in was made 6 days after the bet, in which Jaime's weight was at 310 lbs (140 kg) whereas Matt was only 135 lbs (60 kg).

Fast forward to February 2018, Jaime was able to successfully lose 100 lbs, whereas his younger brother Matt, on the other hand, had to increase his weight so they could meet halfway.

On March 25, 2018 Sunday, the momentous weigh in was scheduled.

Jeff Gross, a friend of Perkins and also a PokerStars ambassador just like Jaime, officiated the proceedings to make sure that the weigh-in was legit.

The younger brother Matt was weighed first at 188.3 pounds, 54 pounds more than his starting weight.

Next came Jaime, who started his weight loss journey at an unhealthy 310 pounds, and as he stepped onto the scale, it matched his brother's weight - exactly! Not only Jaime's health is better now after the course of one year, but both he and his brother are now officially 150,000 richer!

Jeff Gross shared this on his Twitter page:

Matt and Jaime livestreamed their journey via Twitch, and over 10,000 viewers watched.

Watch 150K Weigh-In #ultimatesweat from PokerStaples on www.twitch.tv

Also, their personal trainer Mike Vacanti was present at the weigh in, and has been documenting the final days of their training on YouTube.

Jaime Staples also announced their victory via his Twitter page, "We did it. We won the ultimatesweat bet and 150k. I feel so surreal right now."

Many in the poker community expressed their congratulations to the brothers on social media as well as credit was also given to Bill Perkins for encouraging the once-obese online poker pro to get in shape.

Perkins wrote, "Congratulations on your progress so far and a life long journey of health and fitness oh and also on winning a 150 Bananas."

Trainer Mike Vacanti said he was "so proud" of these two brothers that he mentored and he was glad to be a part of changing their lives, especially on helping Jaime get to a healthy weight. He explained via Twitter the method Jaime used to lose a humongous amount of weight in just one year:
"Jaime didn't do Keto
Jaime didn't do Fasting
Jaime didn't do Vegan
Jaime didn't do a Cleanse
@jaimestaples lost 112+ pounds in one year by:
1) Eating in a calorie deficit
2) Tracking his macros."

And so ends Jaime and Matt Staples' weight loss prop bet. If you wish to lose a massive amount of weight successfully, remember the name Mike Vacanti. If you wish to get rich by losing weight, contact Bill Perkins.

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