Updated on 22 Feb 26 by
Barry carter
Poker Expert

The Staples brothers book another $150k weight loss bet

Jaime's brief reunion with pizza comes to a quick end as Bill Perkins has agreed another six-figure bet.





Nobody thought they could do it and this writer called it the greatest prop bet of all time, but the big question afterwards was what was next for the Staples brothers after their $150,000 weight bet? 

Another $150,000 weight bet:

Yes, in order to keep off the 116lbs that Jaime Staples lost, he and his brother now have to get their bodyfat percentage under 10% by the anniversary of their first bet. Arguably a healthier bet overall given it won't include dehyrdation towards the end.

The new bet includes the following stipulations:

Is this a harder bet than before? The one thing that's for sure is that you know the brothers have the drive to do it, especially as this time they have more of their own money on the line. 

Either way, we could be seeing a sequel to their recently announced documentary

Is this harder or easier than the first bet? Can they do it? Let us know in the comments:


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Barry Carter is the editor of PokerStrategy.com and the co-author of The Mental Game of Poker 1 & 2, Poker Satellite Strategy, PKO Poker Strategy, Endgame Poker Strategy, GTO Poker Simplified, Mystery Bounty Poker Strategy and Beyond GTO. In 2025, he won the Global Poker Awards for Best Book and Twitter Personality of the Year.