8 signs you might be a square
Continuing with our week long theme of what makes a wise guy, here are 8 handicapping violations you won’t see the professionals make. If you see a square behavior we didn’t include be sure to add it to the article’s comment section
Written by Mark Angelou (follow him on twitter @govolx)
- Your bookie knows who you’re going to bet before you even call him and has offered you free half points, 10% cashback, and to take you and your wife out to dinner once a month during football just to keep your business.
- You never saw a double-digit road favorite you didnt think was a lock to win outright.
- Your bet sheet takes up an entire page and contains 20 times more ‘-‘s and ‘o’s than ‘+’s and ‘u’s.
- Mike and Mike’s Stone Cold Led Pipe Locks is your can’t miss resource for handicapping advice because if these guys are on ESPN they have to know sports gambling.
- Every March your NCAA tournament bracket amazingly consists of all four #1 seeds getting to the final four yet you wonder why you’re mathematically eliminated by the sweet 16.
- You hit one 7 team parlay four years ago and continue to bet one every week hoping to recapture the magic figuring the due theory is bound to kick in by now
- Every week you convince yourself the best handicapping strategy is to fade yourself but you never work up the courage to do it.
- You bet the entire board with the mindest breaking even would be ideal because you really could use the money this weekend.
