Something unprecedented just occurred in the Masters snooker tournament. Every single tie in the opening round of the competition ended 6-2. The astonishing run ended on Wednesday when Neil Robertson completed his victory over Chris Wakelin, the eighth 6-2 win of the first round.
a $1 bet on all of the ties ending 6-2 it would earn you $220,000
If you placed a $1 bet on all of the ties ending 6-2 it would earn you $220,000 at odds of +22000000. If you placed a bet which correctly predicted all eight winners too, it would net you odds of +200000000 and $20,000,000 from a $1 wager.
The action took place at Alexandra Palace in London. In addition to Robertson, winners included Wu Yize (who started the 6-2 run with his defeat of Shaun Murphy on Sunday), Xiao Guodong, Zhao Xintong, Mark Allen, Kyren Wilson, John Higgins, and Judd Trump. The bizarre scores even prompted some fans to claim it was all “set up.”
This crazy run of results got us thinking, where does those odds place among the craziest occurrences that could happen in life? Well, check out a few comparisons below:
Less likely than getting injured by a toilet: +1000000
Injuries can come from the strangest of sources, and what stranger than the center piece of the bathroom. Supposedly, getting injured by a toilet is not entirely unthinkable. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the US has a whole study about nonfatal bathroom injuries that might be worth a read if you’re particularly worried.
your odds of a toilet-related injury are around +1000000
Whatever the case, your odds of a toilet-related injury are around +1000000. That means the 6-2 streak has longer odds then you being involved in a bathroom incident… who would have thought it.
Less likely than an amateur bowling a perfect game: +1150000
Bowling a perfect game in ten-pin bowling means getting the maximum 300 points. This requires 12 consecutive strikes, hitting one every frame, including the two bonus balls awarded for previous strikes.
It’s an incredibly difficult feat, even for the professionals. The odds of a pro bowler hitting the maximum are at around +46000. As for an amateur, those odds grow far longer. Supposedly, the odds of an amateur player hitting 300 are at around +1150000, less than our 6-2 results.
The same as getting 18 heads in a coin flip: +22000000
Now for a possibility that has around the same odds as our 6-2 flurry, and one perhaps a little more grounded in data. The probability of getting 18 heads in a row in a coin flip is approximately 220,000/1.
That really puts into perspective how crazy this week’s Masters results have been.
More likely than getting struck by lightning: +122200000
Of course, there are some occurrences that are less likely than our 6-2 results. The US Weather Service has calculated a person’s odds of being struck by lightning in a given year at around +122200000.
more likely than guessing all the 6-2 results and the winners
While that might make it less likely than our 6-2 results, it still makes it more likely than guessing all the 6-2 results and the winners.
More likely than death by shark attack: +700000000
Now, if you’ve ever seen Jaws then you know about the dangers that can lie below the surface of the ocean. However, despite the hysteria those films created when they were released, it’s incredibly unlikely you will actually die in a shark attack.
The odds of an unprovoked shark attack killing you are about +370000000 for those that live near a coast. For those that don’t, those odds grow even more to +700000000. That makes it far less likely than our snooker results.
