gamble $100 on a Rock, Paper, Scissors match

Andrew was bold enough to take me up on this big money Rock, Paper, Scissors. After making our way half way across the shelf of scotch, our nerves were adequately jittery to engage in this ultimate battle of chance and hubris.

I think I won the first 4 throws. Andrew’s clearly the more learned of the 2 of us, so I suspect that I was out-playing him simply because he was trying to quadruple-guess my next move and I was only trying to second-guess his… thus leading to an illusion of my own advantage.

The final score was 10-3, me. Next time I see him, we’re going double or nothing… but this goal is now complete. 5 years ago

I want to work my way up to the elusive $1,000 gamble, but I’m going to start small(-ish). Here are the rules:

1. Rock, Paper, Scissors between me and one other person
2. We both must be drunk
3. $100 on the table from each player
4. An impartial judge will determine if each game is valid
5. Games go “1, 2, 3, shoot!” and the hand is on the fourth beat
6. First person to win 10 games wins

Any takers? 5 years ago