Lodden Thinks Stirs Up Debate
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We passed by Antonio Esfandiari's table when he was engaged in a game of "Lodden Thinks" with another player. If you're not familiar with the game, it's when two people bet on what they think a third person thinks is the answer to a question.
Esfandiari thought of the question, pointed to a person at the table and asked "If that guy was getting paid $10,000 for every 12oz. bottle of water he drank before having to stop for any reason, how many bottles could he drink?"
The person playing Lodden wrote down his answer and Esfandiari and his opponent started to set the line. Esfandiari initially set it at 5, and his opponent moved it to 100. Esfandiari immediately took the under.
Our "Lodden" had set the number as eight, meaning Esfandiari won. However, that was just that catalyst for what became somewhat of a debate at the table over how much water someone could drink in one sitting. The gentleman who set the line at 100 was convinced someone could drink much more than 8 bottles of water and said he could probably drink 100.
Esfandiari said, "I bet you $50,000 you can't drink 100," to which our friend replied, "How much if I drink 40?" Esfandiari told him he'd put up $5,000 if he could drink 40 and later said he's put the same amount up to drink two gallons.