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    stevenash
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    Here's a question?

    Does a square play get labeled a sharp play if it wins?
    (tongue in cheek question because I am so sick of hearing about sharp play this, square play that)
    I'm starting to think people assign the 'sharp' label to themselves as an ego booster or a security problem thing.

    I'd rather be called a square and be hitting 54% and using 'square' money management then be called a sharpy sharp and be hitting at a 47 percent clip.

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    SBR_John
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    Quote Originally Posted by stevenash View Post
    Does a square play get labeled a sharp play if it wins?
    (tongue in cheek question because I am so sick of hearing about sharp play this, square play that)
    I'm starting to think people assign the 'sharp' label to themselves as an ego booster or a security problem thing.

    I'd rather be called a square and be hitting 54% and using 'square' money management then be called a sharpy sharp and be hitting at a 47 percent clip.
    No.

    He gets labeled sharp if he constantly bets the same side as all the other sharps and does it at a favorable line. Over the years we have seen players bet limits reduced even though they were negative.

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    stevenash
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    Good reply John.
    I've been called both in the same week, I don't know what to think.
    I 'cap it, I play it, that's all, I don't worry about who is on what, what percentage is on what, if my number is better than what Vegas is offering, I wager it, if it's the same, I pass.

    Keep up the good work here.

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    nope

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