Home Sports Talk

Let's talk about our "Jimmy the Greek specials"

14950515254

Comments

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Maybe this should be in the music thread. LOL

    https://youtu.be/LcZoj38CUYQ

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,328 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 6, 2025 7:05AM

    I came so close to parlaying our big Yankees play with Duke yesterday

    WOW am I glad I didn't do that

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 6, 2025 9:02AM

    @perkdog said:

    I came so close to parlaying our big Yankees play with Duke yesterday

    WOW am I glad I didn't do that

    keep doing what you're doing with your buddy

    WHATEVER WORKS in gambling lol

    and anyone who bet on Duke last night choked on their own vomit

    so glad you didn't

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    I came so close to parlaying our big Yankees play with Duke yesterday

    WOW am I glad I didn't do that

    Good point, however if the Yankees game was concluded beforehand, with live game betting, when Duke had I think it was a 15 point lead, you could have cashed out the parlay then for a nice score. I'm guessing that the cashing out payoff would have only been around 10% less profit than if the game was finished and Duke still won by 15 points.

    Of course it's hard to cash-out early when a team such as Duke has a 15 point lead. I mean why give-up 10% of your profit when it looks like a sure win? Although Duke wasn't a heavy favorite in that game, it was -4.5 points. So Houston closing that 15 point gap wasn't exactly a shocker, but was certainly a surprise.

    The key decision making factor in cashing-out in that situation, is not only analyzing the 10% less profit, but also factoring in if you allow the bet to continue and lose, then you've also lost your original wagering amount as well.

    Easy for anyone to say now what should have been done if making the bet. But considering the amount of money involved, sacrificing the 10% profit for a sure thing beautiful score, wouldn't have been a bad idea.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    We cashed out

    I've learned that greed will screw you hard if you keep. pushing the envelope, we are at the point now where we are talking about putting a $1900 bet on a baseball game so we hit the full stop button and cashed out with each of us taking a $700 profit which all started in my boss office contemplating leaving work early and putting a couple hundred on roulette at the local casino lol

    The Duke game would have been a horrific outcome, so glad we didn't mess with the mojo

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    The Duke game would have been a horrific outcome, so glad we didn't mess with the mojo

    they made one FG in the last 10:30 with the best player in college basketball on the floor

    somewhere out there is an unfortunate soul who needed a defibrillator after that game

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    We cashed out

    I've learned that greed will screw you hard if you keep. pushing the envelope, we are at the point now where we are talking about putting a $1900 bet on a baseball game so we hit the full stop button and cashed out with each of us taking a $700 profit which all started in my boss office contemplating leaving work early and putting a couple hundred on roulette at the local casino lol

    The Duke game would have been a horrific outcome, so glad we didn't mess with the mojo

    John Scarne the most famous gambling author of all time, I read his best selling book, stated that once he was in a casino when 17 straight, it was either red or black, came up. If the casino didn't have a cap on the wagering amount, you could let that $200 ride, and after 17 straight winning spins, you'd not only own the casino, but the casino owner's house and yacht as well. LOL

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the Connecticut ladies ML to beat the South Carolina ladies for the championship.

    UConn might also cover the spread of -7.5, it wouldn't surprise me.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:

    @perkdog said:

    The Duke game would have been a horrific outcome, so glad we didn't mess with the mojo

    they made one FG in the last 10:30 with the best player in college basketball on the floor

    somewhere out there is an unfortunate soul who needed a defibrillator after that game

    As in the movie Rounders when all Mike was thinking about was "Vegas and the Mirage", and he got crushed. Duke perhaps with that 15 point lead was only thinking about San Antonio, and they got crushed.

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:

    @galaxy27 said:

    @perkdog said:

    The Duke game would have been a horrific outcome, so glad we didn't mess with the mojo

    they made one FG in the last 10:30 with the best player in college basketball on the floor

    somewhere out there is an unfortunate soul who needed a defibrillator after that game

    As in the movie Rounders when all Mike was thinking about was "Vegas and the Mirage", and he got crushed. Duke perhaps with that 15 point lead was only thinking about San Antonio, and they got crushed.

    Very good explanation!

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Could't resist a live profit boost tickle 🤷

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:

    Could't resist a live profit boost tickle 🤷

    With the profit boost, it sort of forced the tickle.

    Great decision not to parlay the fat winnings from the previous Yankees-Pirates games. 👍

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,328 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 7, 2025 3:07AM

    @stevek said:

    @perkdog said:

    Could't resist a live profit boost tickle 🤷

    With the profit boost, it sort of forced the tickle.

    Great decision not to parlay the fat winnings from the previous Yankees-Pirates games. 👍

    I'm so glad I didn't put myself through that horror, 9th inning 2 outs and they were down 4 to 1 then tie it lol

    They had their chances in extra innings but fell short

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:
    I like the Connecticut ladies ML to beat the South Carolina ladies for the championship.

    UConn might also cover the spread of -7.5, it wouldn't surprise me.

    Had no play in the game but glad the Huskies won. Surprised on the final tally they won by.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Caught 1 of my 3 golf plays. Conners let me down with a 2 over on the last day. Cost me my top 10 play. Probably a push overall in the profit department.Depends on if any split in the top 20 in my play. Nice pickup galaxy. Now on to The Masters

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:
    Caught 1 of my 3 golf plays. Conners let me down with a 2 over on the last day. Cost me my top 10 play. Probably a push overall in the profit department.Depends on if any split in the top 20 in my play. Nice pickup galaxy. Now on to The Masters

    Galaxy is way overdue for a nice score. I may be mistaken, but I think he's hit the last two out of three golf bets, maybe it's two out of four. So like a top thoroughbred, hopefully he's rounding to form.

    Here's hoping that after the Masters, Galaxy makes the bookies balance sheet shorter than they expected.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No split on my Bud Cauley play. So made a slight profit overall with 1 win,2 losses plays.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Early favorites to win:

    Scottie Scheffler +400
    Rory McIlroy +650
    Jon Rahm +1400
    Collin Morikawa +1600
    Ludvig Åberg +1800
    Xander Schauffele +1800
    Bryson DeChambeau +2000

    It figures, no value at all on Scottie. I'm guessing the true odds should be around double that. Pathetic odds on Rory as well. But the bookies know they can get away with it, as some will bet on them anyway, despite the horrendous odds.

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:

    Galaxy is way overdue for a nice score. I may be mistaken, but I think he's hit the last two out of three golf bets, maybe it's two out of four. So like a top thoroughbred, hopefully he's rounding to form.

    Here's hoping that after the Masters, Galaxy makes the bookies balance sheet shorter than they expected.

    from the tips of your fingers to the eyeballs of the gambling gods

    it is here -- a tradition unlike any other. anxiously awaiting the T10 & T20 odds today.

    nice caul on Cauley, bluejay

    (see what i did there)

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 7, 2025 10:30AM

    my Masters bets in all their glory

    -5361.17

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    my Masters bets in all their glory

    -5361.17

    Quite a spread there. Hope it works out. I plan on spreading my play out as well. Will post plays shortly.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 7, 2025 9:04PM

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:

    Quite a spread there. Hope it works out. I plan on spreading my play out as well. Will post plays shortly.

    looking forward to yours

    the first time i went to the Masters was back in 2014. seems like a distant memory. guess what else happened that year? the last time Rory won a major. the drought has got to end, and no better time than the present. he's playing some of the best golf of his career, so it feels like it's now or never. if it is indeed now, i'm ready.

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting there is a top 40. I hadn't seen that before.

    I'd have to think some whales are going to pound a few of these.

    Top 40 Finish (Incl. Ties)
    Scottie Scheffler -6000
    Rory McIlroy -2000
    Collin Morikawa -1050
    Jon Rahm -1050
    Ludvig Aberg -900

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Interesting Masters stat. Only 1 golfer has won 3 Masters within a 4 year span. That being Nichlaus. Scottie trying to be the second.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I like the Tigers ML a little bit in the 1:00 afternoon game.

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 8, 2025 9:55AM

    @stevek

    i notice you've been dishing out your own picks

    percentage-wise, what type of clip are you connecting at roughly?

    do i need to put your 1-900 number in my contacts?

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Good luck with the Golf bets fellas!!

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @perkdog said:
    Good luck with the Golf bets fellas!!

    @perkdog said:
    Good luck with the Golf bets fellas!!

    Thanks. Would be great to have some of the luck you've had lately.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    @stevek

    i notice you've been dishing out your own picks

    percentage-wise, what type of clip are you connecting at roughly?

    do i need to put your 1-900 number in my contacts?

    I have been doing extremely well. Much better than expected when I first began during football season last September. With a computer and the amazing variety of plays available, including live, it's of course a whole new world versus the previous century.

    I try to post my top picks here for entertainment purposes only. Overall so far with MLB I'm 11-2. Probably nothing more than blind good luck. 😉

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:

    Overall so far with MLB I'm 11-2.

    11-2 is totally Greek to me

    2-11 I'm quite familiar with

    sounds to me like I need to start paying closer attention to your picks BEFORE they happen

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:

    @stevek said:

    Overall so far with MLB I'm 11-2.

    11-2 is totally Greek to me

    2-11 I'm quite familiar with

    sounds to me like I need to start paying closer attention to your picks BEFORE they happen

    I enjoy doing it.

    I've always liked seeing gamblers win. I know this sounds sick, but I like it even more when bookies lose.

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 9, 2025 6:27AM

    one thing the Masters is known for is the affordability of its concession stands. inflation may run rampant in our country, but not at the little slice of heaven called Augusta National. the top pic is one I took back in 2014 when I went there for the first time. bottom pic is one taken this week that I snagged from the net. over a decade later, still relatively -- and incredibly -- static. booze is the biggest jumper, not surprisingly, but considering I paid over 15$ for a jumbo Michelob Ultra at the Valero last week and had a tablet jammed in my face begging for a tip on top of that, I'd take 6$ every day of the week and twice on Sundays.

    2014:

    2025:

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My Masters plays. Drum roll please🥁. All $5. Win:Xander,Dechambeau,Rahm. Top 20:Xander, Dechambeau,Rahm,Conners,Fleetwood,Hatton, Bezuidehout. Total play $50.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My parents who were both golf enthusiasts, attended the Masters twice. They enjoyed it immensely.

    I think I mentioned this before, they belonged to a course in Pennsylvania which was a stop on the LPGA tour. A number of times they enjoyed helping out doing things during the tourney, including changing the leaderboard, etc.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,866 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:
    My parents who were both golf enthusiasts, attended the Masters twice. They enjoyed it immensely.

    I think I mentioned this before, they belonged to a course in Pennsylvania which was a stop on the LPGA tour. A number of times they enjoyed helping out doing things during the tourney, including changing the leaderboard, etc.

    Sounds like an interesting experience.

    Successful transactions:Tookybandit. "Everyone is equal, some are more equal than others".
  • perkdogperkdog Posts: 31,328 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Never woulda thought the Yanks were going to get blanked 🤷

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @stevek said:

    My parents who were both golf enthusiasts, attended the Masters twice. They enjoyed it immensely.

    do you recall what years they went?

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @BLUEJAYWAY said:

    @stevek said:
    My parents who were both golf enthusiasts, attended the Masters twice. They enjoyed it immensely.

    I think I mentioned this before, they belonged to a course in Pennsylvania which was a stop on the LPGA tour. A number of times they enjoyed helping out doing things during the tourney, including changing the leaderboard, etc.

    Sounds like an interesting experience.

    If I told ya the membership cost for that club, you wouldn't believe me. But my Dad wrote off a lot of it as a business expense. No fudging there, he played around three or four times a week with his customers, who loved it.

    The result was a lot of very loyal customers. LOL

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:

    @stevek said:

    My parents who were both golf enthusiasts, attended the Masters twice. They enjoyed it immensely.

    do you recall what years they went?

    Don't recall exactly. My parents after retirement, moved around a bit, and they lived in Aiken SC at the time. Which isn't that far from Augusta.

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    i'm high on Morikawa this week. or maybe after this bet i'm just high? after Scheffler and McIlroy, he's one of the first names to roll off tongues to win the tournament. striking the ball as well as anyone right now, and he's finished in the top 10 the last 3 editions of the Masters. with this particular bet i don't need him to win, don't need him to come in the top 10, or 20, or 40, i just need him to make the cut. anything is possible, of course, but it would be downright shocking if he didn't play over the weekend. and this would make it even more shocking. :D i'd love to be up over 200$ on Friday night.

    -5361.17

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Pasted from Google AI:

    At the PGA Masters, the top 50 players and ties after the first 36 holes (two rounds) advance to the weekend and the final 36 holes of the tournament.

    Here's a more detailed explanation:
    Cut Rule:
    The Masters uses a 36-hole cut, meaning after two rounds (Thursday and Friday), the field is narrowed down.

    Top 50 and Ties:
    The players who are in the top 50 on the leaderboard, including any players who are tied for those spots, are the ones who advance to the weekend rounds.

    Previous Rules:
    Before 2020, the cut included the top 50 players and ties, plus anyone within 10 strokes of the leader, but that "within 10 strokes" rule was removed for the 2020 Masters and is no longer in effect.

    Field Size:
    In 2025, the field is 95 players.

    Cutline:
    According to Golf Digest, the cutline is determined by the top 50 and ties, with 62 of the 89 players advancing in 2024.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just noticed that you can actually wager on a player missing the cut.

    They've got a player named Jose Maria Olazabal at -1400 to miss the cut. Seeing those odds sure can't exude a lot of confidence for this poor guy. What the odds say is "Jose no sense making any hotel reservations for Saturday and Sunday." LOL

    I see Fred Couples is listed at -390 to miss the cut. I didn't even know that Couples was still playing. Those odds are saying about the same thing for Couples. But perhaps he can make the cut from memory?

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 10, 2025 7:39AM

    @stevek said:

    I just noticed that you can actually wager on a player missing the cut.

    They've got a player named Jose Maria Olazabal at -1400 to miss the cut. Seeing those odds sure can't exude a lot of confidence for this poor guy. What the odds say is "Jose no sense making any hotel reservations for Saturday and Sunday." LOL

    I see Fred Couples is listed at -390 to miss the cut. I didn't even know that Couples was still playing. Those odds are saying about the same thing for Couples. But perhaps he can make the cut from memory?

    another cool thing about the Masters is a lifetime exemption to play in the tournament if you win it at any point in your career. well, kinda. you can keep playing until you reach a point where you embarrass yourself and the club. then the "talk" happens, if needed. the guys you mentioned -- Olazabal and Couples -- won the Masters over 30 years ago. Bernhard Langer is 67 years old and playing in his final Masters this year. google Angel Cabrera. the guy is 55 and just got out a rough Argentinian prison (he assaulted multiple ex-girlfriends) and HE is playing. that's because he won the Masters back in 2009.

    those old guys stand zero chance of winning, but every so often one of them will surprise everyone and play well............and occasionally one will actually make the cut. you brought up Jose Maria at -1400 to miss. well guess what? last year at age 58 he actually made it. an incredible feat, especially considering he was playing with Bryson DeChambeau and was being outdriven by 60 yards on every single hole.

    it's one of my favorite Masters traditions

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:

    @stevek said:

    I just noticed that you can actually wager on a player missing the cut.

    They've got a player named Jose Maria Olazabal at -1400 to miss the cut. Seeing those odds sure can't exude a lot of confidence for this poor guy. What the odds say is "Jose no sense making any hotel reservations for Saturday and Sunday." LOL

    I see Fred Couples is listed at -390 to miss the cut. I didn't even know that Couples was still playing. Those odds are saying about the same thing for Couples. But perhaps he can make the cut from memory?

    another cool thing about the Masters is a lifetime exemption to play in the tournament if you win it at any point in your career. well, kinda. you can keep playing until you reach a point where you embarrass yourself and the club. then the "talk" happens, if needed. the guys you mentioned -- Olazabal and Couples -- won the Masters over 30 years ago. Bernhard Langer is 67 years old and playing in his final Masters this year. google Angel Cabrera. the guy is 55 and just got out a rough Argentinian prison (he assaulted multiple ex-girlfriends) and HE is playing. that's because he won the Masters back in 2009.

    those old guys stand zero chance of winning, but every so often one of them will surprise everyone and play well............and occasionally one will actually make the cut. you brought up Jose Maria at -1400 to miss. well guess what? last year at age 58 he actually made it. an incredible feat, especially considering he was playing with Bryson DeChambeau and was being outdriven by 60 yards on every single hole.

    it's one of my favorite Masters traditions

    Very interesting. I had never heard of Olazabal, and as you stated, he won a Masters. As I think I had mentioned previously, I have not followed the PGA that closely over the years. However I did enjoy the Palmer-Nicklaus-Trevino, etc, era from decades ago. But somewhere along the line I totally lost interest in it. I think it may have been when Tiger Woods "took over" the tour. My Mom adored the dam guy and always talked about him. Tiger this, Tiger that. But I just never liked the guy. He always seemed a bit creepy to me, and as it turned out my instincts were right, as Woods has been involved in a number of sordid escapades.

    Guys like Palmer, Nicklaus, Trevino, etc, to me were the epitome of class, which in my view is what golf should be about. It's funny back then a lot of folks didn't like Trevino. But I liked him. Yes he could be loud and brash at times, but to me he did it in a classy way. Sort of like Rodney Dangerfield in the movie Caddyshack.

    Trevino uttered one of the most profound lines I've ever heard about the topic. A reporter asked him about a putt late in a tourney, with hundreds of thousands of dollars on the line, like how does he handle the pressure? Trevino cleverly retorted, paraphrase, "That's not pressure. Pressure is putting for 20 dollars, when you've only got 10 dollars in your pocket."

    I do admit that lately I've been following golf only because of this thread, mainly because of the wagering angle. But having said that, I've been learning about some of today's players, and I generally like them. Many are classy as well, and in my view are good for the game.

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    N. Dunlap - 18 over after the first round. Yikes.

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Odds of Nick Dunlap winning the Masters after round 1:

    +5739337573821947572947364869262839557436229292573646579569674462529598383957372627484575744732747576839587473285758101108391047473833751620347671918228258

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • galaxy27galaxy27 Posts: 8,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    65-year-old Fred Couples beat 21-year-old Nick Dunlap by 19 shots today

    you'll never be able to outrun a bad diet

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @galaxy27 said:
    65-year-old Fred Couples beat 21-year-old Nick Dunlap by 19 shots today

    I did see on the leaderboard that Couples was up there. The beautiful eagle he made certainly helped. I'm happy to see Freddie enjoying a day of celebration, before the inevitable happens and he falls back in the pack.

  • GroceryRackPackGroceryRackPack Posts: 3,650 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My Golf🏌️⛳ knowledge and playing ability is Absolutely Garbage 🗑️🗑️🗑️...

    If I had somewhat of a Clue 🔍🔍🔍...I might have a chance to go against Bob...
    🏌️⛳🏌️⛳

    If by some chance of a Decent Flukish Puttin' Game by me...I know that I could advance to the Time Capsule...

    😂🤣🙃

  • stevekstevek Posts: 29,753 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I recall the very early days of PC's and the internet. I actually enjoyed playing a golf game, which was so rudimentary. But back then it was entertaining because everything was so new.

    Took a little bit of skill to master getting the cyberspace golf ball into the cyberspace hole. LOL

Sign In or Register to comment.