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Don't ask don't tell
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Rizzo | 36 |
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I've had one for 2 years. The sling is the best.
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chef702 | 2 |
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Sorry about the stutter
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ValueforRent | 14 |
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My point is that even though
you numbskulls reading this are smarter bettors than ever because you have
access to more stats, games and info than at any time in history, the pros are
getting smarter, too. When I asked Malinsky how he's different than when we met
more than a decade ago, he gave a typically thoughtful yet glancing blow of an
answer. "I can't really pinpoint an exact change," he said.
"But the beauty of betting to me is in the everyday challenge of being
creative. The players are different, the coaches are different. The bookmakers
are different than 10 years ago and so are the bettors, so I have to adapt,
too." That means he is studying what you do. It's not just about
anticipating conventional wisdom anymore for Vegas veterans. It's about
examination and hard concrete data. You should be flattered. Maybe your wisdom
and savvy has eliminated the notion of a public team. They are all so visible,
they are all public. But
don't get cocky. Because Malinsky still can't wait for Week 1 of the NFL
season. He'll be watching to see how you play the Green Bay Packers or
the Pittsburgh Steelers or
theDallas Cowboys, so he can store your thoughts in his brain and
use them against you four weeks into the season. Wiseguys may not be that much
smarter than you anymore, but they are still more nimble. They know how not to get burned. |
ValueforRent | 14 |
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"It used to be a square
was someone who bet the favorite because all they knew about was the
favorite," he says. "Now everyone knows every team so well you can't
automatically count on that theory. The notion of taking an underdog isn't that
uncommon." Whenever I am in Vegas and I hear sharps talk about how much
smarter squares are becoming, I get a little nostalgic for an era that ended
before I had two nickels to bet. I romanticize the idea of legends like Lem
Banker hanging out at the airport early every morning so he could grab the out
of town papers that travelers throw away, just to get a jump on box scores. I think
about Alan Boston calling the scorer's table at Boston College and pretending
to be a reporter to get last-minute injury updates. Nothing about betting in
those days was necessarily better or more efficient or even fairer, but it
seemed like more fun. So I asked Malinsky: "Is it good or bad that the
knowledge gap is shrinking?" "It's neither," he said. "It just is." Before you start thinking I've drifted off into deep-think space
and need to get out of the sun -- relax. Save your concern for the lady in the
black bathing suit whose hair just spontaneously combusted. She will not quit.
It's an epic sunbathing performance. Which makes her choice of swimsuits that
much stranger. But I digress. My point is that even though you numbskulls reading this are smarter
bettors than ever because you have access to more stats, games and info than at
any time in history, the pros are getting smarter, too. When I asked Malinsky
how he's different than when we met more than a decade ago, he gave a typically
thoughtful yet glancing blow of an answer. "I can't really pinpoint an exact change," he said.
"But the beauty of betting to me is in the everyday challenge of being
creative. The players are different, the coaches are different. The bookmakers
are different than 10 years ago and so are the bettors, so I have to adapt,
too." That means he is studying what you do. It's not just about
anticipating conventional wisdom anymore for Vegas veterans. It's about
examination and hard concrete data. You should be flattered. Maybe your wisdom
and savvy has eliminated the notion of a public team. They are all so visible,
they are all public. |
ValueforRent | 14 |
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People say and do strange
things in Las Vegas. On a Monday. At 4:30 in the afternoon. When it's 104
degrees outside. And you're sitting at the Hard Rock Hotel's poolside bar
trying to write a column. As I am. Right now. For
example, I find it strange that the very nice young woman in the S&M-themed
black bathing suit with the cutouts on the sides moved from her 100 degree spot
in the shadeinto the
skin-crisping sun. I find it strange that the guy who looks like The
Situation's cousin is doing aerobics to the beat of house music blasting so
loud the sand on the fake beach is dancing. I find it strange that I'm clearly the only one in town -- other
than the bartender -- working on a Monday afternoon. Seriously, this is work. And just a couple of hours earlier --
as I did my job, interviewing a real wiseguy (and eating by the pool) -- I
heard the strangest thing of all. My chat was with Dave Malinsky, a longtime
bettor who I first interviewed more than 10 years ago when I was working on
"The Odds." He was going to be the fourth character I followed in the
book until he realized he had a lot of better things to do, like make money
betting. Dave is the philosophical type who answers a lot of questions about
betting from every angle except head on, which I like. It makes for an
interesting, 360-degree conversation. During lunch we were talking about the
betting marketplace and what kinds of advantages sharps have over squares.
That's when he put down his sushi, paused and said, "Really, I don't even
know what a square is anymore." Huh? What a strange thing for a wiseguy to say. |
ValueforRent | 14 |
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Just don't spill any on your skirt.
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TheGoldenGoose | 12 |
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How does Santa Claus get to all those houses in one night?
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equalblueberrys | 21 |
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Do you know which bus to get on to go to the Raider game?
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Rizzo | 50 |
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Three rednecks were workin' on a cell phone tower: Cooter. Ronnie
and Donnie. As they start their descent, Cooter slips, falls off the tower and
is killed instantly.As the ambulance takes the body away, Ronnie says, 'Well,
shucks, someone should go and tell Cooter's wife. Donnie says, 'OK, I'm pretty good at that sensitive stuff, I'll do
it.' Two hours later, he comes back carryin' a case of beer. Ronnie says,'Where did you get the beer,Donnie?' 'Cooter's wife
gave it to me,Ronnie replies. 'That's unbelievable, you told the lady her
husband was dead and she gave you a case of beer?' 'Well, not exactly.' Donnie
says. 'When she answered the door, I said to her,"You must be Cooter's
widow." She said, 'You must be mistaken. I'm not a widow.' Then I said.
'I'll bet you a case of beer you are.' |
QuickStacks | 10 |
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I own a horse for my daughter who does English equestrian and Dressage. Horses are money pits. Food and board is a lot but add vet bills and it can drain your funds. Much more expensive to own a race horse.
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Amp | 26 |
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"Did you say Lawrence Taylor was in the next room ?"
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Rizzo | 28 |
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Go watch Animal Planet Big Cat Diary then rethink your question.
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Amp | 48 |
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You are a true degenerate
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thedegenerate | 18 |
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I'll say this again getting married is like breaking into jail. Good luck.
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Mad_Skillz123 | 41 |
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They made me change my password today saying there was a security breech.
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sfgiantsin2010 | 5 |
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1970 Monte Carlo. Man that car had balls
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ApacheM | 87 |
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Winged Foot
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Morrissey | 89 |
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Getting married is like breaking into jail.
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ALOHAstyle | 13 |
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If you go don't miss the trip to Dunns River Falls. And if you go off the resort be prepare to be asked if you want your hair braided every 5 feet you walk. Weather is great. Trip from the airport sucks but you get to see a Jamacian car wash.
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TheSharpBet | 7 |
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