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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    golf bet pushed, so back to hoops for a Monday night 3-teamer

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm gonna be hitting you up @galaxy27 soon

    I'm getting that fickle finger and might soon fancy a wager

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i'm not overly confident about this one, but i feel like i have to grab the Zags at these odds

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    interesting bet my book offered up for The Players Championship this week. basically the top/hottest 11 players in the field (or close to it) versus the rest of the field at a smidge over even money. i shall partake. need one of these 11 "big guns" to win the tournament.

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    DarinDarin Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I’m about done until football starts up. I stupidly had KU as part of a two team parlay and they got blown out. Did win a Jalen Wilson over 18.5 points wager.
    Am going pretty heavy on Bruins winning the Stanley Cup. Last weekend they were +400 today were +375.
    I mentioned several weeks ago I have Mcdavid for most goals during regular season. Odds then were -150 and he lead by 4 goals.
    Checked today with the season winding down and with a 10 goal lead the odds are -7500 so I booked a good wager back then. 🥳

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 12, 2023 9:36AM

    @Darin said:
    I’m about done until football starts up. I stupidly had KU as part of a two team parlay and they got blown out. Did win a Jalen Wilson over 18.5 points wager.
    Am going pretty heavy on Bruins winning the Stanley Cup. Last weekend they were +400 today were +375.
    I mentioned several weeks ago I have Mcdavid for most goals during regular season. Odds then were -150 and he lead by 4 goals.
    Checked today with the season winding down and with a 10 goal lead the odds are -7500 so I booked a good wager back then. 🥳

    Nice McDavid bet, Bruins are definitely going to be in the mix so hopefully they can stay hot for you

    I actually hut a 5 team College BB parlay yesterday for a $109

    First action since the Super Bowl, I'm probably going to bet a little during the Tourney but not too heavy

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    DarinDarin Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    @Darin said:
    I’m about done until football starts up. I stupidly had KU as part of a two team parlay and they got blown out. Did win a Jalen Wilson over 18.5 points wager.
    Am going pretty heavy on Bruins winning the Stanley Cup. Last weekend they were +400 today were +375.
    I mentioned several weeks ago I have Mcdavid for most goals during regular season. Odds then were -150 and he lead by 4 goals.
    Checked today with the season winding down and with a 10 goal lead the odds are -7500 so I booked a good wager back then. 🥳

    Nice McDavid bet, Bruins are definitely going to be in the mix so hopefully they can stay hot for you

    I actually hut a 5 team College BB parlay yesterday for a $109

    First action since the Super Bowl, I'm probably going to bet a little during the Tourney but not too heavy

    Nice job perk!
    Glad you didn’t have KU in your parlay. 👍

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    my girlfriend likes to mess around with golfers' names

    she calls Scottie Scheffler..............."Scottie Stifler"

    thanks for the dubya at The Players, Stifler!

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    thought about parking some dinero on NCAA tourney games, but I really wouldn't have any idea what the hell I was doing. might help if I actually watched some of these teams play first?

    1st round of the Masters in 22 days.

    what could galaxy27 possibly have up his sleeve?

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Tommy Fleetwood making the cut + Brian Harman missing it =

    now for some NCAA action

    how does that quote from Ben Franklin go? but in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death, taxes and a 12 over a 5? well, i just looked it up and three 5s have taken out 12s thus far, leaving us with one to go tonight

    doesn't that mean i should take out a second mortgage and dump the proceeds on Drake?

    for some reason that seems like a really dumb thing to do, so i'll just try to win 50 smackers by outsmarting the gambling Gods and buying a point in hopes that they can -- at the very least -- hang tight

    +1881.28

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i was long overdue for a bad beat, and i got it last night. Drake was up 55-47 with 5:40 left and proceeded to score a grand total of 1 point the rest of the game.

    +1814.78

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 18, 2023 2:16PM

    thanks for playing Duke

    wonder when the last time neither Duke nor UNC was in the sweet sixteen

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 18, 2023 5:06PM

    thanks for playing Kansas

    well done blowing a 12-point lead in the 2nd half against a 13-loss Arkansas team

    let's see how many ncaa tourney bets i can lose in a row

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    DarinDarin Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 18, 2023 5:12PM

    @galaxy27 said:
    thanks for playing Kansas

    well done blowing a 12-point lead in the 2nd half against a 13-loss Arkansas team

    let's see how many ncaa tourney bets i can lose in a row

    +1631.28

    That was disappointing but not unexpected. KU wasn’t going anywhere with one consistent big man, 6’9” kj adams. He didn’t have anyone to help him all year long.
    Good luck with your next parlay galaxy, I have Texas and UCLA on a two team parlay.

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm sorry I'm still extremely pissed off over AZ losing the other day.

    Cost me a $600 win.

    I'm not happy

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog
    @Darin

    you guys got anything going today?

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    @perkdog
    @Darin

    you guys got anything going today?

    I'm so pissed off about AZ I'm not touching anything for a bit.

    Hope you smash it brother

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    DarinDarin Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    @perkdog
    @Darin

    you guys got anything going today?

    I looked at the tourney matchups and I’m not really comfortable betting on any of todays games.
    I feel lucky winning my parlay yesterday as both games were close.

    I would kind of like to bet on Embiid winning NBA MVP. I heard he’s overtaking Jokic as favorite with the way he’s playing and the Sixers on a winning streak lately.

    Yesterday I played ultimate Texas Holden. Within about 15 minutes I got pocket aces and another ace came on the flop and the last ace on the turn. Quit shortly after with
    $265 profit. 🍺

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i just spent an hour analyzing today's games with intense mental application and after i was done i had an epiphany:

    i just pissed away an hour of my Sunday.

    Jordan is in position to win the Valspar today, so i'll be glued to golf. but if i don't drop some coin on 8 games i know absolutely nothing about, then what kind of gambler am i?

    here's hoping that today's slate lives up to this tournament's name and it's sheer madness. i'm gonna experiment by sprinkling on every dog plus the points (Creighton was +1 when i initially tried to pull the trigger and it moved to a pick 'em, so i kept 'em).

    good luck fellas if you end up making a move today

    +1742.63

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    i just spent an hour analyzing today's games with intense mental application and after i was done i had an epiphany:

    i just pissed away an hour of my Sunday.

    Jordan is in position to win the Valspar today, so i'll be glued to golf. but if i don't drop some coin on 8 games i know absolutely nothing about, then what kind of gambler am i?

    here's hoping that today's slate lives up to this tournament's name and it's sheer madness. i'm gonna experiment by sprinkling on every dog plus the points (Creighton was +1 when i initially tried to pull the trigger and it moved to a pick 'em, so i kept 'em).

    good luck fellas if you end up making a move today

    +1742.63

    Good luck bud, I like your bets, it called "Protectiive Action" fun bets to keep it interesting and no stress.

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    check this out fellas. exhibit A as to why sports betting is not for the faint of heart. this was either a miracle cover or a bad beat for the ages, depending on which side you were on.

    but before i get to that, just let me say that i hit 6 of 8 yesterday :D. the final game, however, was a doozy. granted i had a tiny amount on it -- i simply wanted to hit as many games as i could -- but no doubt there were an untold number of others who cared considerably more about the outcome of TCU-Gonzaga than i did.

    let me set the stage. so, i personally had the Frogs at +4 because i took every dog plus the points. i watched the game and toward the end it was crystal clear that i was dead. then it happened. when you watch this, think about what typically happens in a similar situation. thankfully for me and anyone else who backed TCU, a horned frog decided to do this 😂:

    and what did i say about an untold number of others? well, here's some. check out the reaction from bettors in vegas 😆:

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    That TCU/Gonzaga game was unbelievable.

    Just unbelievable

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    thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We can all speak openly and honestly here, right?

    When I read this from @galaxy27 , for some reason (I'm crazy) I heard it in the voice of Sporty James from Hunter

    Please, try it yourself. If you don't know his voice, just google it then do some extrapolation.

    check this out fellas. exhibit A as to why sports betting is not for the faint of heart. this was either a miracle cover or a bad beat for the ages, depending on which side you were on.

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i've been hinting at a Masters contest for a couple of weeks now, and here she blows. this is a very long read, but a lot of pertinent info had to be included so kindly bear with me.

    but before i get to the contest, i must first say that i'm supremely stoked to be heading back to Augusta National for the first time in 9 years. i went with my old man for two practice rounds back in 2014, and we're doing it again in a little over a week. for me personally, it's being able to mark off #1 on my bucket list twice in one lifetime. thus, i feel extremely fortunate to be able to go back. it's the one tournament where practice days trump tournament days, imo, because of one very important difference: camera are permitted during the practice rounds; on tournament days they are not. so expect a superabundant number of pictures in this thread when i return from Georgia.

    now that that's out of the way, the aforementioned contest. my contest, my rules. here's who qualified:

    @2dueces
    @thisistheshow
    @perkdog
    @Alfonz24
    @Darin
    @BLUEJAYWAY
    @Martin

    in order to have done so, you had to have engaged in this thread since the inception. and my definition of engaging is posting at least twice. and it didn't matter one iota what you said. you could have dipped in back in October and said, "you guys are idiots," then resurfaced again in January and said, "i sleep with a Mike Trout blow-up doll," and you'd be golden. it pays to be active............perhaps literally.

    so, here's the dealio. each of you has $10 at your disposal. if that doesn't seem like a lot, well, you're about to find out why that could potentially turn into a nice sum. you will use your 10 bucks to bet on an individual golfer -- or individual golfers, plural -- to win the Masters. you may allocate it however you'd like. in other words, if you want to diversify and bet on 10 different golfers, i'll gladly place ten $1 bets for you. if you want to put all $10 on one guy, that's fine too. or anything in between -- it's your prerogative. if you bet on a golfer who wins the Masters, you win the associated amount of money, plain and simple. i'll zip it to you sooner rather than later via PayPal. "how much could i potentially win," you may ask?

    here are the current odds:








    if you're unfamiliar with how the numbers work, the odds you see above are the payouts per $100 bet on that particular golfer. so for example, if you decide to allocate $5 on Rory, the amount you could potentially win is $40, or 1/20 of $800. then if Rory won, i would keep my $5 and give you the $40. if you decide to stick $10 on a long shot like Sergio Garcia, you'd win $1500 (1/10 of $15,000) if he won the tournament. so on and so forth. the odds will hop around ever so slightly from now until the tournament commences, but for the sake of this contest (and my sanity), i'm locking these in. so it's possible that your potential payout could be marginally higher or lower, especially if you wait until the end of next week to put your bets in.

    the next paragraph is very important so i'm typing it in bold:

    do not post your bets here. message me privately once you are ready to exhaust your entire 10 simoleons. please have them in to me before next Friday morning (3/31), because i'm leaving for Georgia the next day. if for some reason you opt not to participate, please let me know. but just remember, this is a risk-free opportunity to win some loot.

    i will post all bets in this thread next Friday (3/31), so you have a little under a week to conduct your due diligence. not only do i hope that one or more of you drills the winner, but i also hope it adds a little spice as you watch (or are forced to pay attention to :D) the most prestigious golf tournament in the world (imo).

    if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask here or in private.

    good luck!

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    thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 you.are.the.man.

    And thank you for this.

    Why do I feel as though I am participating in one of those movies I saw recently on Netflix. The Knives Out movies. Has anyone watched those? Lol

    🤷👍👍❤️

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    thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    https://youtu.be/gj5ibYSz8C0

    For reference. We have all been invited to the island of @galaxy27 under the guise of participating in his game.

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    +1680.53

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 🍻🙌☘️👏

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    DarinDarin Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thanks for the cool contest Galaxy!

    Also I’ve got the same bet on Connecticut but 1 Benjy at -155.
    At the casino today if you bet at least $50 on a March madness game you got a free draft kings T shirt.
    Bet is looking good so it looks like it isn’t a $100 t shirt. 😛

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    +1804.75

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 8,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    i've been hinting at a Masters contest for a couple of weeks now, and here she blows. this is a very long read, but a lot of pertinent info had to be included so kindly bear with me.

    but before i get to the contest, i must first say that i'm supremely stoked to be heading back to Augusta National for the first time in 9 years. i went with my old man for two practice rounds back in 2014, and we're doing it again in a little over a week. for me personally, it's being able to mark off #1 on my bucket list twice in one lifetime. thus, i feel extremely fortunate to be able to go back. it's the one tournament where practice days trump tournament days, imo, because of one very important difference: camera are permitted during the practice rounds; on tournament days they are not. so expect a superabundant number of pictures in this thread when i return from Georgia.

    now that that's out of the way, the aforementioned contest. my contest, my rules. here's who qualified:

    @2dueces
    @thisistheshow
    @perkdog
    @Alfonz24
    @Darin
    @BLUEJAYWAY
    @Martin

    in order to have done so, you had to have engaged in this thread since the inception. and my definition of engaging is posting at least twice. and it didn't matter one iota what you said. you could have dipped in back in October and said, "you guys are idiots," then resurfaced again in January and said, "i sleep with a Mike Trout blow-up doll," and you'd be golden. it pays to be active............perhaps literally.

    so, here's the dealio. each of you has $10 at your disposal. if that doesn't seem like a lot, well, you're about to find out why that could potentially turn into a nice sum. you will use your 10 bucks to bet on an individual golfer -- or individual golfers, plural -- to win the Masters. you may allocate it however you'd like. in other words, if you want to diversify and bet on 10 different golfers, i'll gladly place ten $1 bets for you. if you want to put all $10 on one guy, that's fine too. or anything in between -- it's your prerogative. if you bet on a golfer who wins the Masters, you win the associated amount of money, plain and simple. i'll zip it to you sooner rather than later via PayPal. "how much could i potentially win," you may ask?

    here are the current odds:








    if you're unfamiliar with how the numbers work, the odds you see above are the payouts per $100 bet on that particular golfer. so for example, if you decide to allocate $5 on Rory, the amount you could potentially win is $40, or 1/20 of $800. then if Rory won, i would keep my $5 and give you the $40. if you decide to stick $10 on a long shot like Sergio Garcia, you'd win $1500 (1/10 of $15,000) if he won the tournament. so on and so forth. the odds will hop around ever so slightly from now until the tournament commences, but for the sake of this contest (and my sanity), i'm locking these in. so it's possible that your potential payout could be marginally higher or lower, especially if you wait until the end of next week to put your bets in.

    the next paragraph is very important so i'm typing it in bold:

    do not post your bets here. message me privately once you are ready to exhaust your entire 10 simoleons. please have them in to me before next Friday morning (3/31), because i'm leaving for Georgia the next day. if for some reason you opt not to participate, please let me know. but just remember, this is a risk-free opportunity to win some loot.

    i will post all bets in this thread next Friday (3/31), so you have a little under a week to conduct your due diligence. not only do i hope that one or more of you drills the winner, but i also hope it adds a little spice as you watch (or are forced to pay attention to :D) the most prestigious golf tournament in the world (imo).

    if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask here or in private.

    good luck!

    Firstly, let me say I envy you with your trip to Augusta. Something I would someday like to do. Hope you have a great time. Will be looking forward to the pixs. Secondly, thanks for the contest. Very generous. Will be sending you the selections shortly. Thanks again and good luck to all the participants.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    +1704.75

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    remember, Masters picks in by Friday

    let's do this Slick Rick

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    MartinMartin Posts: 843 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 wow thanks. I know nothing of golf except when i was in junior high school I hunted for lost golf balls and sold them back to golfers.
    Made some nice cash doing it. I’ll send you a PM soon with a pic

    Sounds fun and any suggestions would be appreciated

    Thanks
    Martin

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Am I going to get any support backing FAU and Miami??

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    Am I going to get any support backing FAU and Miami??

    i'd be moderately surprised if Miami got past UConn my friend

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ok mis amigos, the Masters picks are in. best of luck to @Martin , @Darin , @perkdog , @BLUEJAYWAY , @thisistheshow , and a smidgen of extra luck to galaxy27 😅

    the tournament starts one week from today 🤙

    Martin (1 bet):

    Darin (2 bets):

    perkdog (4 bets):

    BLUEJAYWAY (5 bets):

    thisistheshow (5 bets):

    galaxy27 (17 bets):

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Outstanding job and another thanks to our good friend @galaxy27

    🍻

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited March 30, 2023 2:27PM

    I believe I'm going to bet FAU ML and Miami with the points

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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog

    i appreciate the kind words and i hope you kill it this weekend

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    DarinDarin Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Thank you Galaxy!
    Good luck with those long shots, you never know when one (or more) of them will step up and start playing lights out.
    Very generous of you to include us, hope somebody has picked the
    2023 Masters champ. 😃😳😂🤪😩😨🥶😱😭 (these will be my emotions as the drama unfolds)

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    thisistheshowthisistheshow Posts: 9,386 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I'm going to ask you guys the same question that I asked my wife on the night I met her...

    are you ready to rock?

    True story...she doesn't remember. We weren't dating yet, and I mumbled those words from the backseat of a friend's car. Still, the question stands...

    Let's do this!!

    Game on!!

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 8,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Will be rooting for one of us to score at the Masters.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
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    galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Rickie Fowler tied for 10th

    is that top 20?

    💪

    pleased to announce that i'm at my high mark heading into the Masters......... +1898.23

    best of luck compadres......I sincerely hope that I'm zapping funds to at least one person in a week's time

    and finally, my hungry ass blew through Atlanta a little earlier this evening and boy i wish i had known where MCMLVTopps lives............he would have opened the front door to this

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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    BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 8,052 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good opening day in Augusta. Poor weather is called for next few days. Hope the forecast is wrong.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
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    DarinDarin Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I don’t think anyone picked Brooks Koepka unless I missed it. Several of you in good shape with Jon Rahm, Victor Hovland, and I think galaxy has Jason day.

    I had 2 picks, rory mcilroy out of it at +4 and Scottie sheffler hanging in at -4 but he needs to make a charge.

    What do you guys think about your picks how they doing?

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    DarinDarin Posts: 6,329 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Okay my man sheffler decided to make a charge the wrong way, now -2 and falling fast. Probably can’t recover from that so I’m out of it good luck to everyone else. 😩

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    perkdogperkdog Posts: 29,531 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I been keeping an eye on it since we all have a vested interest in it, not a Holf Guy but I am an Action guy lol

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