Jersey Jerry misses $50k Day 2 at Internet Invitational

Getting knocked out early stings. Hearing about the money from the guys who are still alive, while they film your reaction, is worse.

The Internet Invitational

@Internetinvite

Jersey Jerry was NOT happy he didn’t make it to day 2… Especially when he learned everyone who advanced had a chance to win $50,000 💀

The call is in Episode 3, "The Prize Gets Even Bigger," which dropped today. Before anyone dialed, the cart laid out why Jerry was going to take it so badly. He had already spent the winnings in his head, and he had made his girl a promise.

Fore Play Golf

@ForePlayGolf

“He spent the money in his head. He said he told his girl he's bringing back 50k minimum.”

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So they called him. Jerry picked up already sounding beaten ("I'm dead, Frank. I'm going home now") and then learned that Day 2 wasn't 1 big payday at the end. Every single matchup was worth $50,000. He had promised 50k minimum, and now 50k was on the table in every match he wasn't playing in. Dave pushed the clip out himself, so the whole internet got to watch Jerry find out.

Dave Portnoy

@stoolpresidente

Jerry was not happy to find out every matchup on Day 2 was playing for $50k each t.co/cGHD3K2bmt

There's real money behind the bit. Season 2 of the Internet Invitational has a total purse of at least $4 million, up from the $1 million split among 3 winners in Season 1. The field is 64 players, and the matchplay format clears out a big chunk of them early, which is how a guy who arrived counting his money ends up on a phone in a parking lot.

It also fits Jerry. He's one of the loudest, most emotional guys in the whole Barstool universe, and a round-1 exit was always going to come with a meltdown. For Fore Play, it's about the best outcome they could ask for after an early loss: the guys who survived get a free laugh, and Jerry gets a clip that will follow him around for a while.

The show isn't done. The season runs twice a week across the Fore Play Golf, Bob Does Sports and Internet Invitational YouTube channels through the November 12 finale, and those $50k matches are still coming. Jerry will be watching them like the rest of us, with the extra pain of knowing exactly what he missed.