Strategies and Risks in High-Stake Betting Contests

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00:00i never understand that actually when people were like yeah i got eight entries and five of

00:04them have the patriots on it it's like well what's the point of having eight entries and putting them

00:07all on but then you start going crazy because later they want to be able to hedge you know

00:12later they want to be able to diversify like dude i've been running hot for 10 weeks we got eight

00:17weeks left well it's actually 10 10 weeks left in circus survivor because they do thanksgiving and

00:21christmas in its own week so they want to diversify that their goal god that makes that hard too

00:26you can literally go against yourself weeks week 18 19 and 20 if you have like yes yes

00:34yeah and that's their goal and that's why they're piling up all that money but i look at it as just

00:39more money i think you're going to get a week where all these favorites lose and you're going to be the

00:44guy that that takes the dog you know and and that's huge because you know i've learned from some of the

00:50best contest players in vegas that you can't think about the entry fee and you can't think about the

00:56prize you're playing a game because if you keep thinking about the prize you're just picking the

01:01biggest favorite that everybody else in the whole world is picking and guess what if you win you split

01:07it with 500 people you know is that going to move the needle for you i don't think so