Best Cappers on SBR 1 - 5 (1 being best)??

hova24e · 09-10-07, 05:02 PM

C'mon anyone......I start posting and this is what I get

but.............

pokernut9999 · 09-10-07, 05:07 PM

This section is reserved for JJ's nonsense threads. Maybe try another section.

The HG · 09-10-07, 05:07 PM

1) ganch hg
2) dhuepaxus
3) jay edgar
4) sonny the kid
5) strictlywinners
118) jjgold
856) rickysteve

raiders72002 · 09-10-07, 05:08 PM

No one above 50% except JJGold. Lots of guys hovering around 45%. Now it's up to you to figure out how to use it.

BatemanPatrickl · 09-10-07, 05:11 PM

Originally posted by Ganchrow HG

1) ganch hg
2) dhuepaxus
3) jay edgar
4) sonny the kid
5) strictlywinners
118) jjgold
856) rickysteve

Where am I on that list

moneyplays · 09-10-07, 05:12 PM

Originally posted by raiders72002

No one above 50% except JJGold. Lots of guys hovering around 45%. Now it's up to you to figure out how to use it.

Is that just this season or multiple seasons?

Art Vandeleigh · 09-10-07, 05:14 PM

Well, let's see.

There was a young fellow , Jimmy, no maybe it was Timmy Donaghy Jr. who was doing exceptionally well with his NBA picks, surprised a bunch of people here

Also, A Harvey McDougal Sr. was killing in MAC football some time ago....remember him? Great guy, interesting posts, not much of a sense of humor

In 3rd place I'd call it a dead heat between bigboydan, onlooker, Bill Dozer, Illusion, Willie Bee, Ganchrow, a couple of others maybe.

rjt721 · 09-10-07, 05:16 PM

Originally posted by Ganchrow HG

1) ganch hg
2) dhuepaxus
3) jay edgar
4) sonny the kid
5) strictlywinners
118) jjgold
856) rickysteve

I call BS. Any list you make, strictlywinners is undeniably no. 1. The man's an absolute legend.

rjt721 · 09-10-07, 05:17 PM

Originally posted by Art Vandeleigh

In 3rd place I'd call it a dead heat between bigboydan, onlooker, Bill Dozer, Illusion, Willie Bee, Ganchrow, a couple of others maybe.

Kiss the mods' ass much?

hova24e · 09-10-07, 05:25 PM

What's the deal with this Dr. Bob guy everyone's talking about

..........he is human like you and I right

Willie Bee · 09-10-07, 05:32 PM

Originally posted by rjt721

Kiss the mods' ass much?

1. Flamers
2. Dr. Phil
3. The Prick
4. Myself, but only as a fade
5. SBR John (had to do a little brown-nosin' myself)

BatemanPatrickl · 09-10-07, 05:36 PM

Willie Bee and BigBoyDanny are the sharpest "mod" aces on SBR; JJ is a legend and GHG, LT Profits, Razz and some others are all solid G-O-L-D.

The sharpest are the ones you hear the least from; notice I am a square

raiders72002 · 09-10-07, 05:47 PM

Is that just this season or multiple seasons?

long term but many guys quit after their hot streak ends.

Willie Bee · 09-10-07, 05:49 PM

Originally posted by raiders

long term but many guys quit after their hot streak ends.

Wish I had, though it would've been very boring the last 25 years or so.

raiders72002 · 09-10-07, 05:49 PM

Wish I had, though it would've been very boring the last 25 years or so.

Mudcat · 09-10-07, 06:52 PM

The only way to analyze something like that is if the site had auto-tracking. There are a lot of guys who talk a big game but suddenly do a lot worse once their picks start being auto-tracked. They are much happier when they can just type in whatever numbers they want for their lines and records.

The closest you're going to find to auto-tracking here is Beat The Prick. If you check last year's results, you'll find Aces was the top guy. He had an amazing year. Pags was mentioned in the first post here. As hilariously horrible an industry analyst as pags is, I think he did alright when his picks were auto-tracked. I think he was just below me, around 10th.

So my suggestion would be check out last year's Beat The Prick results. Until this site gets auto-tracking, everything else is all yap.

raiders72002 · 09-10-07, 07:51 PM

The closest you're going to find to auto-tracking here is Beat The Prick.

BTP tracking means nothing. Lines aren't even close to what some players are getting.

Coach has been tracked for 6 years.

pico · 09-10-07, 08:05 PM

Originally posted by Ganchrow HG

1) ganch hg
2) dhuepaxus
3) jay edgar
4) sonny the kid
5) strictlywinners
118) jjgold
856) rickysteve

i agree

jjgold · 09-11-07, 06:24 AM

If I just posted my top plays each week I would be right up there ( maybe 2 per week) but here is an example from Saturday.

I liked 3 games and went 2-1 but I kept betting and by the time the weekend was over I had made over 51 bets including baseball and got buried.

HAPPY BOY · 09-11-07, 07:23 AM

Imgv deserves mention, he is good at capping football and his record in 05 was pretty impressive.

jjgold · 09-11-07, 07:28 AM

We have some solid guys here posting picks period.

Spyder31 · 09-11-07, 07:41 AM

You can rank me up there in the top five. I dont think anyone has a record considerably better than mine. Start tracking my picks today and see what Im saying.

BatemanPatrickl · 09-11-07, 07:45 AM

Originally posted by Mudcat

The only way to analyze something like that is if the site had auto-tracking. There are a lot of guys who talk a big game but suddenly do a lot worse once their picks start being auto-tracked. They are much happier when they can just type in whatever numbers they want for their lines and records.

The closest you're going to find to auto-tracking here is Beat The Prick. If you check last year's results, you'll find Aces was the top guy. He had an amazing year. Pags was mentioned in the first post here. As hilariously horrible an industry analyst as pags is, I think he did alright when his picks were auto-tracked. I think he was just below me, around 10th.

So my suggestion would be check out last year's Beat The Prick results. Until this site gets auto-tracking, everything else is all yap.

So by tracking 4 picks that a person makes per week on college and pro football ONLY is going to tell you who the best capper is? That makes no sense at all. Some guys are good at capping certain sports, some don't even cap at all and are scalpers.

Not a very good suggestion to use when figuring out the "best" cappers on SBR.

Spyder31 · 09-11-07, 07:48 AM

I usually cap MLB and College football. NFL is too unpredictable for me. I just usually take you guys picks for the NFL.

pokernut9999 · 09-11-07, 11:05 AM

Originally posted by jjgold

If I just posted my top plays each week I would be right up there ( maybe 2 per week) but here is an example from Saturday.

I liked 3 games and went 2-1 but I kept betting and by the time the weekend was over I had made over 51 bets including baseball and got buried.

You got me beat in volume JJ , I only had 70 bets on football the first 2 weeks. 26 week 1 and 44 week 2.

Dhuepaxuz · 09-11-07, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by Ganchrow HG

1) ganch hg
2) dhuepaxus
3) jay edgar
4) sonny the kid
5) strictlywinners
118) jjgold
856) rickysteve

.

Thank you Ganchrow for placing me on the list.

tacomax · 09-11-07, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by BatemanPatrickl

So by tracking 4 picks that a person makes per week on college and pro football ONLY is going to tell you who the best capper is? That makes no sense at all. Some guys are good at capping certain sports, some don't even cap at all and are scalpers.

Not a very good suggestion to use when figuring out the "best" cappers on SBR.

Mudcat's post was pretty clear.

1) The only way to analyze something like that is if the site had auto-tracking.

2) The closest you're going to find to auto-tracking here is Beat The Prick.

Nowhere was it mentioned that BTP was the definitive way to track the best bettors.

BatemanPatrickl · 09-13-07, 08:00 AM

Originally posted by tacomax

Mudcat's post was pretty clear.

Nowhere was it mentioned that BTP was the definitive way to track the best bettors.

Thank you for clearing that up for me; I really appreciate your analysis and will now sleep better at night

fearless · 09-13-07, 08:30 AM

Aces is excellent but he wasn't even mentioned by anyone except for Mudcat... Peyton2MarvinN06 and babaoriley are good cappers, they weren't even mentioned...

Sometimes I wonder if certain people here aren't just posting random nonsense...

EaglesPhan36 · 09-13-07, 09:54 AM

Originally posted by Willie Bee

1. Flamers
2. Dr. Phil
3. The Prick
4. Myself, but only as a fade
5. SBR John (had to do a little brown-nosin' myself)

Flamers was 100%!!! I mean he had the can't miss way to win, LIE LIE LIE about your bets.

raiders72002 · 09-13-07, 10:10 AM

Let's not kid ourselves. Long term JJGold is the only documented winner at 61%.

crackerjack · 09-13-07, 10:43 AM

Short term, the best way to tell who the best cappers are on the board is to check standings of the BTP contest. Players doing well are good cappers and those at the bottom are good fades.

EBone · 09-13-07, 12:31 PM

An opinion:

1) Ganchrow Inc. & others of their ilk
2) Jay Edgar
3) pags11
4) Aces
5) imgv94, Razz, Illusion, BigD, stump, sonnythekid, Dark Horse, raiders, AC1318(couldn't make up my mind who was 5th out of this group; I always stop and read these guys stuff).

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Dark Horse · 09-13-07, 02:03 PM

Almost impossible to tell from a forum. A contest such as BTP offers too small a sample size. One good year, or one good method, doesn't necessarily make a good capper. Similarly, a 60+ winning percentage over a few hundred bets can be an eye-popper to the general public, but behind the scenes someone else could be hitting 55% over a few thousand bets in that same time period.

Ganch gets highest marks for understanding money management, and for computer models (or whatever he does with software). Does that make him a great capper? I don't know. I do know that it gives him a major edge.

Justin has shown a very good understanding of recognizing betting opportunities, as in the weak spots left open by a book. His overall knowledge of the industry seems second to none.

Put those two guys together and you could have the beginnings of a new Computer Group.

RickySteve has won two MLB contests in a row (I believe). Very impressive. Does that make him good at other sports? I have no idea. Was it a fluke? Unlikely, but not impossible. We'll see next year.

Most giving in terms of time invested in keeping up a daily system was Jay Edgar, with his profitable NBA approach.

To me personally, a winning (!) gambler has to have gone through a purification rite, a trial by fire. What is it? An extended losing streak. Until then, he's going to be too cocky. After that, he's either gone from the scene or much more mature.
Betting is a great teacher. It will expose any weakness of character. Among other things, a gambler needs a certain depth of perception where he's unperturbed by little things. "Small fish in shallow puddle makes big waves; whale in deep ocean not a ripple." If that evenmindedness is lacking, I don't care how much they know about sports. In the long run they will lose.