Sports

2011 NFL Season Total Wins Bets

There’s no other sports league or series I follow more closely than the NFL. I’ve been an avid fantasy football participant for several years now. In that time, my typical Sunday routine has consisted of being firmly planted on my couch with 4-15 multi-table poker tournaments running on my laptop, the NFL Redzone Channel on [...]

General Gambling, NFL, Sports, Sports Betting

The Heat is Off

This blog entry originally appeared on the PokerTips.org blog and has been republished here.
A $1,000 no-limit event brought 3,175 players to the felt, including me, for a longshot, pipe-dream attempt at WSOP glory today. I tossed away a third of that opportunity on the very first hand when I raised with KQ suited and check-called [...]

2011 WSOP, Poker Commentary, Poker Community, Poker Travels, Sports, Vegas, WSOP

Super Bowl XLV Bets

For so many reasons, I love the Super Bowl. I’ll admit it. I’m a total sucker for the Super Bowl. I can remember being a five year old kid watching the 49ers shred the Broncos in Super Bowl XXIV and hearing my parents tell me that it’s probably time to throw in the towel on [...]

General Gambling, Sports

Bodog Voids a Bet

I was clicking around on Bodog last night (how do you like your free endorsement, Bodog?) checking out their sports-betting lines. One line jumped off the page at me: New York Rangers under 4 goals (-125). A team total of four goals in a hockey game is unheard of. Typically, the line for a team’s [...]

General Gambling, Rants, Sports