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Old 01-13-2010, 11:34 AM
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Who do people buy picks?
It seems to me that all of the picks people buy are put up on this site. So y would i ever go and purchase picks from anyone when i can get them for free here?
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Old 01-13-2010, 11:35 AM
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donate the money to haiti earthquake relief instead mister
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Old 01-13-2010, 01:49 PM
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donate the money to haiti earthquake relief instead mister

Trust me im not shellin out money for anyone...But y would people do it?
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Old 01-13-2010, 01:49 PM
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people are uneducated is why
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Old 01-13-2010, 02:09 PM
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Some people would rather risk money on a so called "professional" handicapper's pick rather than have the balls to make the pick themselves. Some of these "professionals" claim to pick winners at a 65-70% rate so you bet with them on that notion. But that takes the fun out of it for me.
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Old 01-13-2010, 02:30 PM
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Some people would rather risk money on a so called "professional" handicapper's pick rather than have the balls to make the pick themselves. Some of these "professionals" claim to pick winners at a 65-70% rate so you bet with them on that notion. But that takes the fun out of it for me.
How does an individual become a professional handicapper? is there a school lol? Or just anyone can say they are?

In that case im a professional handicapper so just send your money over i pick 86.6 winners lol... If these so called pro's were so good at pickin winners why wouldnt they just bet the games on there own and just cash in?
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Old 01-13-2010, 02:36 PM
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It seems to me that all of the picks people buy are put up on this site. So y would i ever go and purchase picks from anyone when i can get them for free here?
I would say 99.9% of people who buy picks are in their first year of betting and have yet to develop a style of their own and have lost a bit of cash.
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Old 01-13-2010, 02:49 PM
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I would say 99.9% of people who buy picks are in their first year of betting and have yet to develop a style of their own and have lost a bit of cash.
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Old 01-13-2010, 02:56 PM
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You guys are A ok with me
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Old 01-14-2010, 01:48 PM
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I would say 99.9% of people who buy picks are in their first year of betting and have yet to develop a style of their own and have lost a bit of cash.
I couldn't agree more.

My advice to someone new to handicapping would be to look at the entire board in all sports that you enjoy to see if something stands out to you. It's usually your first instinct that makes the right pick.

It's when you start questioning that and coming up with your "well-thought out" methods of why Team X can beat Team Y by Z margin when you start seeing your bankroll deteriorate on the regular.
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Old 01-14-2010, 06:45 PM
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You guys are A ok with me
You obviously havent met any of the Longhorn fans here yet.
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Old 01-16-2010, 10:09 AM
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