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December 6, 2011

Gamblor puts his reputation where his mouth is


At the start of the college football season, a FOB approached Gamblor with a challenge, a college football pick em contest. The contest was simple: each contestant started with a mythical bankroll of $1000, could wager any amount each week but it had to be at least 20% of their total bankroll, juice was paid on lost bets and the winner was the person with the largest bankroll at the end of the season. A third party was recruited to partake in the contest as well. It was nip and tuck between Gamblor and the initial challenger. With 3 weeks remaining, they were even. That week was a disaster and the challenger took a commanding lead. The second to last week did not really move the needle. Gamblor needed a miracle going into the final week. He placed his entire bankroll (less 10% for juice) on Arkansas St -17 1/2. The challenger spread his out over 4 games. In order to win, Gamblor needed to get the Ark St game right and have the challenger miss 3 out of 4 games. Ark St did cover and the challenger picked a really bad week to have a really bad week going 0-4. Gamblor successfully took on all comers. Granted there was a ton of luck involved, but Gamblor will take them however he can get them.

1 Comments:

Blogger Jan said...

Let's light this candle. I propose FTLOSBW issues a grant for $X for Gamblor who then places bets and we all share in the wealth. We cant fail.

December 7, 2011 at 12:22 PM

 

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