Originally Posted by redietz View Post
Originally Posted by AxelWolf View Post
Originally Posted by redietz View Post

You know your account at Oddsmaker? That little boutique book? I bet more than half a million there, all on record of course, and it's one of more than a dozen accounts. .
WHO'S MONEY DID YOU BET?

Interesting question. Would you be more impressed if I (A) bet all my own money or (B) was entrusted by other people to bet theirs?

Assuming people are generally halfway bright, I would be more impressed with (B). It would mean I had a long-term reputation with a group of individuals who knew each other and felt comfortable plopping down five digits plus in my custody to do with as I pleased.

Now you might have a different response, but frankly I see (B) as much more impressive. Betting half a million yourself at a particular site just means you have half a million to bet. Betting half a million at a site with it being other people's money means the person betting must either (A) have some kind of verifiable track record that would entice them to do so, (B) they would theoretically be so experienced in the business that they have no qualms handing off the money, or (C) I'm able to hypnotize wealthy people to give me money to play with.

Axelwolf, do you really think that was some kind of gotcha question? Have you been imbibing this evening?

And if you're going to capitalize shit, either take a freshman English class or turn on a spell-checker. Christ, Alan Mendelson is turning over right now.
Neither A nor B. I have bet millions of my own money and have been entrusted with 100's of thousands of team money since my 20s.


Bull shit, you don't need a half of million dollars to put into action millions of dollars. I would sometimes put 100s of thousands of action in per day, starting with much less than 100k.

Again, I ask whose money were you betting? OPM or your own?

There's enough evidance in the gambling world that can show losing and or untrustworthy gamblers can sucker/hypnotize wealthy people to give them money to play with. >>> Sports touts are still in buissness along with various non-sports related gambling BS.

I say, SHOW ME THE MATH OF THE +EV <<<That's what matters. Whenever I engage in a play with partners, for myself, when I hire people, invest in, offer action or whatever, I can show the EV via math and logic. There isn't much guessing. IE, the math shows a 130% edge with an avrage betting size of X with X expected number of trials/bets and an apprximate hourly rate or total estimated earn. That 130% might be off 5% either way, but one can still see there's a high EV, low risk(sometimes high risk), that can be calculated.

Show us your calculations and logic that back up the fact that you are a +EV sports bettor.