Better to be lucky or good?

[MartinBlank]

I think lucky will do tonight.

I am an SBR contest Whore.....and I usually end up lucking into some cash or points along the way.

Well, SBR has a $750 WagerChief contest....with sportsbook cash prizes.

75 picks, total action wins. Top 5 places paid.

I looked at my contest summary yesterday and realized I needed to make 13 picks in the last 24 hours, and I needed to go either 13-0 or 12-1 to get into the cash.

With no skill involved I hit 12 of 13 to win 200 bucks.

Yeah, yeah....it is only 200 bucks, but it is still free cash.

Thank you to SBR and the gambling gods.

Luck doesn't suck.

[THE PROFIT]

luck plays the most important role in this crap

[stealthyburrito]

so wait you hit 12 of 13 and your blog is 10-1 in the last 11. so you're hitting at a 97% clip right now? absurd

[MartinBlank]

so wait you hit 12 of 13 and your blog is 10-1 in the last 11. so you're hitting at a 97% clip right now? absurd

Sort of.

In that particular contest I ended up 49-26, and my blog record is now actually something like 11 of the last 14.

But I was playing my blog selections in the contest......

So the 10 of 11---is actually tied up in that 49-26 (roughly 66%) the last 3 weeks or so.

Listen.

I know this is a slippery slope, and I will be the first to admit that I have been on the plus side of luck more than this run being skill.