Big Difference Between Good Contest Players And Good Handicappers

[jjgold]

Rarely good at both, many good contest players cannot win betting games

Contests involve no money most of time therefore no pressure as oppossed to betting a game.

Fishhead is a rare case where he is good at both.

[Fishhead]

FEZZIK actually made a great point on this........

Betting games is like CASH GAMES in poker.
Playing contests is like TOURNAMENT poker.

I thought that was an excellent analogy.........and spot on.

Very few poker players are great cash game players as well as tournament players.........case in point, PHIL THE BRAT

[B1GER1C828]

definitely true...no pressure hlps a bit!

[Fishhead]

99% of sportsbettors would do better if ALL THEY DID WAS PLAY CONTESTS.

[mike1234]

The problem with most of these contests is that they force you to make too many picks in too short a period of time.

A contest like Beat the Prick, which let's you make a few plays over a long period of time, allows you to pick the plays for which you would normally bet.

[GiveMeaBJ]

Why don't you just tatoo Fishheads cock on your forehead?

[jjgold]

The problem with most of these contests is that they force you to make too many picks in too short a period of time.

A contest like Beat the Prick, which let's you make a few plays over a long period of time, allows you to pick the plays for which you would normally bet.

True and then they become a crapshoot, takes the skill out of it if there really is any.

[Scorpion]

Fishhead is jjgolds butterfly!

[Fishhead]

JJ knows top sportsbooks and gamblers as well as anyone in the country.

How in the world do you think he got where he is today, by luck?

[GiveMeaBJ]

JJ knows top sportsbooks and gamblers as well as anyone in the country.

How in the world do you think he got where he is today, by luck?

Probably terrible luck.

[THE PROFIT]

I didnt play the bracket contest, seemed like too much BS with the books at the beginning so stayed away. But I do very well in both. As I have said before, I always encourage new SBR'ers to join contests because I feel it helps with my handicapping. I like to see newbies join contests instead of begging for 300 points on their 5th day here.