Ryan Riess could also be a killer on the felt, however the 2013 World Collection of Poker Predominant Occasion champion confirmed he can carry out below stress at South Level On line casino in Las Vegas Monday evening in one other sport.
No, Riess didn’t be a part of the regulars in considered one of its day by day poker tournaments. That’s not what he, Jesse Lonis and Dan Sepiol do on Monday nights in Las Vegas. It’s their bowling league evening.
“All proper, right here’s the news,” stated Lonis in a video he posted on the platform previously referred to as Twitter. “If Ryan Riess bowls a 300, I lose $5,000..
In keeping with the Detroit Information, the poker gamers joined a bowling league this yr, and after they began, Riess and Lonis made a small (for them) aspect wager: The primary man to bowl an ideal sport of 300 would win $5,000.
That’s small potatoes to each Riess, who gained $8 million on the WSOP in 2013, and Lonis, who at present sits with $27.4 million in tourney cashes, in accordance with the Hendon Mob.
Riess, who introduced a 198 common into the Monday’s match, stated the primary 9 strikes had been straightforward. That was till Lonis and pals pulled out their cell telephones to start out recording the 35-year-old WSOP champ’s final three throws.
“I received nervous on my second ball within the tenth,” Riess instructed The Detroit Information. “I used to be fairly fantastic earlier than that.”
With one ball to go, Lonis was begging for Riess to go away one pin standing. “I’m in a foul spot right here. Oh my God. It’s like Ryan Riess is sporting a Detroit Lions jersey proper now,” Lonis stated, referring to the jersey he wore when he gained the Predominant Occasion.
And because the final of the ten pins fell, Riess pumped his fist whereas the others bowling at South Level cheered.
The $5,000 is $2,000 lower than what Riess gained for ending eighth in a $3,300 occasion on the WSOP Circuit in Las Vegas in January. He additionally gained $28,000 within the $3,500 World Poker Tour Fortunate Hearts Poker Open that month.
Lonis had a career-defining 2025 the place he discovered his method to the highest of almost each Participant of the Yr record. He already has 5 cashes in 2026, and began the yr with a $125,000 money for a third-place end in a $10,100 occasion on the PokerGO Tour.
Bowling a 300 sport is actually a uncommon occasion, although it occurs just a few instances a day throughout the nation. Higher lanes, tools, and an understanding of the sport turned one thing that solely occurred about 500 instances a yr within the Sixties, to round 11,500 a yr now.
Nonetheless, the chances are extraordinarily low. We”ll let the specialists at tenpindoctors.com clarify: “In keeping with the USA Bowling Congress (USBC), greater than 50 million sanctioned video games are bowled yearly in the USA alone. But, regardless of the frequency of bowling, the likelihood of a bowler reaching a 300 in any given sport is extremely low. The percentages of rolling a 300 in a sanctioned league are roughly 1 in 11,500.”
The percentages are in all probability greater for Riess, whose 198 common tells us the boy may roll. And now he will get so as to add a 300 ring commemorating his first 300 sport. Congrats Ryan.
Click on right here to observe the video of Riess knocking them down.
