Let me give you a little background info so you can understand this story a little better and laugh once you've read it, I think it's a story we all have been through but never took the time to write it. Hope you find this funny and educational.
DaaKing
It's time for the football season to finally come to an end. A few more weeks and we all will be looking at college basketball if we havent started already. This past weekend seemed to be easy picking for some and for others it was a nightmare, as peoples fortunes were won and lost over a 72 hour period. I live in upscale quite neighborhood on the southeast side of Las Vegas called Henderson Nevada, the closest casino to me is the local but plush Green Valley Ranch resort and Spa. I usually spend my Saturdays sitting in the front row of the sportsbook watching line move and people come and go, the usual crowd of degenerates come piling in around 3:30 pm during the weekday and 7am on saturdays with a mauling on Sundays with people who moved to Las Vegas from the eastcoast. You can hear the New Jersery, Boston, New York,and Chicago crowd with ease. For 8 yrs now it has been my sports gamblin home and many a night of drinking after the games with friends and other cappers who I talk shop with. I think that watching football and watching other people who ma hvae a skewed view of what they are watching is key to becoming a better capper. For instance, we have a guy that thinks that Tim Tebow is the greatest thing since a slice of bread, I mean, this guy praises the ground Tebow walks on and evertime a player points to the sky he shouts "Look he's doing the Tebow" as if Tim had invented a new way of praising god for his accomplishments on the field and everone else was complimenting Tebow for creating it
Funny stuff.... back to the story... So I usually sit in the front row 2nd seat in, it has been my seat for 5 yrs strait and everyone knows, besides the tourist that seat is taken, the fellas behind me are all from Boston, 7 of them, a mix of football cappers and horse players from the old school, not one guy under the age of 50. Like clock work to my right are a bunch of degenerates I like to call the coolers, three old fatrs that could'nt pick a winner if there life depended on it, one of them won the lottery 5 yrs ago and he keeps trying to tout games as if he knew what he was talking about, funny how having more money that the next guy automaticly makes you an expert on sports gambling
the other two spend most of their time walking back and forth from their seats making bets, hedging, and trying to stay away from their wives who have a serious slot machine problem. Moving on.... two rows back the mini mob I like to call them, a young group of wannabe gamblers 9 to be exact, who do everything in secret as if they know what their doing, but alas they smoke weed and drink way too much to be taken seriously. A mix of east coast and west coqst thugs who look hard but really wear baggie cloths and not one of them weighs over 180 pounds, there always using the term "Know what i'm say Man" They tend to drift towards me when they are on a losing streak and try to get some free picks if i'm not busy studying.
My favorite and good guy award goes to a Loveable guy named MOE, he's 100% Irish, bets Notre Dame every week and drinks Heinekin cause the bottle's green. Could'nt pick a winner to save his life, and always is trying to catchup at the end of the day from losing his ass early on.
Then theres Nick, Nick is a serious gambler, he averages 5 dimes a bet and only bets in spots, he wanders the front of the sportsbook, and thinks he's super cool so he can be seen, it's a riot to watchg and I try not to pay attention to what he's doing but it's comical. If your hanging out just to hangout thats way too much time on your hands, but he is a good capper and when we discuss games he's spot on to how I view teams and games. So I value his advice.
So now, the story of the 220.00 dollars, 220.00 dollars was'nt a whole lot of money to play with but I had just decided that while the upcoming weeks were nailbiters and I had just lost 4 games in college basketball, almost losing my mind during the 24hr maddness of strait games, I would just take it easy.so Tuesday came around and most of the fellas werent there yet and I decided to study, I had capped the game NO ILL vs.Ball st, I really like No Illnois, but was uneasy about the line already at 18. So i waited, the usual crew showed up, discussions started and then I turned to my right to say hello and the first thing out of the lottery winners mouth was, "I hope you bet on NO Illinois", I smiled, looked at the board and the line had jumped again to 18.5, now casinos in Nevada like to play with the lines while people are coming into the sportbook to get those really unsure people or Joe public to bite on games and this was a clear indication of them moving a line for Joe public. So I walked up to the counter and knew Ball St was the play.we allknow what happened and I colleted my 220 plus the 200







