{"id":67,"date":"2023-03-15T08:48:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-15T08:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/?p=67"},"modified":"2023-03-18T06:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-03-18T06:10:09","slug":"there-are-no-locks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/there-are-no-locks\/","title":{"rendered":"There are NO LOCKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cGive me a winner\u201d \u2013 that\u2019s all the desperate gambler is every looking for.\u00a0 That one game he can chase to get even and he will NEVER get so stuck again.\u00a0 Never!!!\u00a0 Until the next time\u2026<\/p>\n<p>We all have friends who hammer super big favourites, especially when they are\u00a0stuck for the week, figuring they are due to win.\u00a0 They often do, but it\u2019s not worth the payout, or the sweat.<\/p>\n<p>Take everyone\u2019s buddy \u201cMickey\u201d.\u00a0 He is down $1k going into the last game of the week and sees a lock. \u00a0 It is a huge favourite (Cavs in NBA, Pats in NFL, etc). \u00a0 The moneyline is -600\/+500, meaning Mickey has to risk 600 to win $100 on the fave. \u00a0 Mikey reasons \u2013 how can the best team in the league, lose to a bad team? They can\u2019t, IT\u2019S A LOCK!!!!<\/p>\n<p>Mickey risks $6k to win back the $1k he is stuck.\u00a0 He CAN\u2019T LOSE!!!\u00a0 He knows how it will play out \u2013 he will get even watching the favourite crush the hopeless opponent while he\u2019s sipping vodka at the bar.\u00a0 Life will be great\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>But, what happens if he loses?\u00a0 He is stuck $7k (the original 1k and the 6k lost on the game).\u00a0 All of a sudden a bad 1k loss has turned into a $7k nightmare \u2013 all because he chased with a huge favourite. \u00a0Big deal \u2013 he\u2019s going to win.\u00a0 It\u2019s a lock!\u00a0 \u00a0 There are NO LOCKS IN SPORTS! \u00a0Getting stuck money happens to anyone who bets.\u00a0 The Sharp Edge bettor slows down when he is losing because he is not producing, the degenerate presses.<\/p>\n<p>Make a choice \u2013 it\u2019s yours \u2013 what type of gambler do you want to be???!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"tmnf_excerpt\"><p>\u201cGive me a winner\u201d \u2013 that\u2019s all the desperate gambler is every looking for.\u00a0 That one game he can chase to get even and he will NEVER get so stuck again.\u00a0 Never!!!\u00a0 Until the next time\u2026 We all have friends who hammer super big favourites, especially when they are\u00a0stuck for the week, figuring they are &hellip;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":65,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-betting-concepts","category-general-advice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":68,"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67\/revisions\/68"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/designsdaddydev.com\/sharpedgepicks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}