Who are the legit top sports bettors? - Page 32 - Sports Betting

Thanks Cody, that explanation makes perfect sense.

I also noticed that Pinnacle was talked about a lot, but if I'm correct the agents based out of Asia that US players used in the past to get Pinnacle access won't accept US-based players anymore.

Really frustrating being a bettor in the US.

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12-27-2021 , 07:03 PM

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hedgie43

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Originally Posted by pastfadesaway

You can still go through Fairlay. Exact copies of Pinnacle lines and action there will insta-move Pinnacle lines. The only difference is everything is in BTC.

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12-28-2021 , 03:06 PM

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pastfadesaway

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Thanks hedgie, will need to check out Fairlay.

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01-05-2022 , 02:15 AM

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rabbitcoin

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In Fairlay's FAQs under Restricted Regions it says: "... please note that we do not accept customers and block IPs from the following regions: USA, Costa Rica, Iran, North Korea."

I'm viewing the site from a US IP right now, are they just saying it's a restricted region for CYA purposes, or if I make an account and deposit some BTC are they going to pull the KYC routine when I go to withdraw?

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01-05-2022 , 08:22 PM

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hedgie43

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Originally Posted by rabbitcoin

I've never had a problem and don't use a VPN for them but it's possible they just grandfathered old accounts.

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01-05-2022 , 11:57 PM

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rabbitcoin

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I'll test the waters with their minimum withdrawal amount and see how it goes. Will post if I have any problems.

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03-21-2022 , 02:03 PM

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MrHrafn

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In horse racing you have the best handicapping much beyond the others. One to mention is William Benter who made $billions betting on hong kong races! (This century) Also England has a famous trainer/gambler who has made several tremendous coups named Barney Curly.
You see the biggest pots are in racing and hong kong you can bet millions and not get notice. Of course Valgouis the high stakes poker player is also perhaps the best at basketball he was even hired by a pro team to analyze for them he is from LA.

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03-21-2022 , 11:23 PM

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Yuliial

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Having an answer to who the top bookmakers are and who the top handicappers are, would be exponentially more interesting than knowing who the top bettors are…

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03-21-2022 , 11:30 PM

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Yuliial

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Spanky is widely regarded as one of the top Sports Bettors in the world and he once admitted he didn’t even know what team Andrew Luck played for lol.

Being a top bettor basically comes down to:
-The amount of capital you have
-The number of “outs” you have
-And most importantly having a way to consistently get CLV

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03-22-2022 , 09:35 PM

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erroneous

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Speaking of Spanky, he had Haralabob on his latest podcast. Was super entertaining, and Hbob gave a shoutout to this thread.

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03-24-2022 , 05:38 PM

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Speaking of Spanky, he had Haralabob on his latest podcast. Was super entertaining, and Hbob gave a shoutout to this thread.

what's the podcast?

Edit: Found it. Be Better Bettors

Bob was also on Up Only podcast the other month
https://pca.st/episode/ca4d1c3c-600a...4-86b1adfcd083

Last edited by housenuts; 03-24-2022 at 05:44 PM.

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03-25-2022 , 06:53 PM

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MrFabulous

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Originally Posted by Yuliial

...would be exponentially more interesting than knowing who the top bettors are…

There are none. None of you know. All the people who are selling tips and claim to be winners, are bunch of huge losers. You dont beat the bookies at top sports. Finde a niche. But even then you still need to find the volume...impossible

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04-23-2022 , 11:50 PM

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SwoopAE

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Plenty of people do beat mainstream sport but most are not going to publicise their spots or how they do it for obvious reasons

It's also not impossible to get volume on niche stuff if you know where to look, like it's very hard to get more than five figures down on niche stuff but five figures is doable if you split your action across a wide enough range of markets