
The Risk Takers Podcast
Willing to bet this is the sharpest podcast in sports betting
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Episodes
107 episodes
How to Turn Your Projections into Probabilities (Distributions) & Poker Cheating Scandal | Ep 106
Have you ever projected a player to get 23.2 points and wondered if under 24.5 -115 was a +EV bet?The answer to this question and more can be found in this magic, exciting, adrenaline pumping thing called...distributions!This week...
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How to Start Modeling Sports & Are OddsJam Customers -EV? | Ep 105
Feeling overwhelmed when considering the jump from +EV betting to building your own model?We don't blame you. The little content there is out there on how to get started makes it sound impossible. But the reality is, in the beginning, it...
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DFS School for Sports Bettors & Every Winning Bettor is a Cheater? | Ep 104
GP slowly realizes he's a DFS fish as he recaps his high stakes PGA Championship lineup building strategy to SP. SP breaks down what a winning sports bettor needs to do to win in DFS (and vice-versa)SP then weighs in on Underdog allowin...
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GP Origin Story, Underdog Allows RTA & Why No Sponsors | Ep 103
GP flies solo this week and takes the opportunity to ramble on about his journey from mediocre poker player to pretty good sports bettor. (This includes a quick double-up on the signing bonus he got in business school)The news is domina...
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Day in the Life of a Pro Degen & Making $50k a Year Without Scaling | Ep 102
This episode has it all. GP's childish morning routine, what music you should listen to while modeling, and some hot takes based on a cursory glance at the news.The Q&A is dominated by a great question at the end regarding how achie...
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Account Longevity Band-Aids & Long-Term Solutions + McPeek's McPicks | Ep 101
"How can I make my accounts last longer?"This is the question de jour - and in this episode, we discuss both answers to this question AND if this is even the right question to be asking...We also spend a lot of time discussing C...
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100th Episode Special! Sports Betting Content Breakdown & Mega Q&A | Ep 100
Very special 100th episode where GP and SP reflect on the current sports betting ecosystem, the goal of the podcast and the best way to incorporate sports betting content into your process.News includes a game-changing CFTC chair nomina...
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Heated Backtesting Debate & Gambling GOAT Wins $60M in Texas Lotto | Ep 99
0:00 Intro1:20 Backtesting - All you need to know40:08 News1:09:00 Listener Q&A
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Betting Big Events feat. The Masters & Why SGPs are an RG Solution? | Ep 98
0:00 Intro3:00 Betting Big Events56:38 News1:20:32 Listener Q&A1:44:10 Masters Locks (after the Masters started)
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Edge Graveyard #1 w/ MetroPassMike + Squeezing Every Penny Out of an Account | Ep 97
Today we have a very special episode. The first "edge graveyard" where we bring on a guest, talk about their betting strategies - and most importantly all share some of our favorite dead edges.Today's guest is Mike, aka @MetroPassMike on...
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How to Be Confident in an Edge & GP Outs Guy Who Stole $50k From Him | Ep 96
0:00 Intro1:30 How to Determine Confidence in Edges38:12 Robinhood under fire & sweeps updates55:36 Florida regulator "hit & runs" Prizepicks & Underdog1:06:48 What to do when exchanges show huge liquidity?1:16:4...
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Don't Bet at Exchanges Like You do at DraftKings & Future of Pushup Bets | Ep 95
0:00 Intro3:00 What are exchanges and how do they work?28:34 Strategies for Profiting at Exchanges49:15 Robinhood Sports Betting55:36 Novelty Markets on Sweeps1:10:38 John Oliver on Sports Betting1:31:00 Q&A: Account...
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How to Keep Going When Hit With Sportsbook Limits and a ROUGH News Week for the Industry | Ep 94
0:00 Intro2:49 How to go from top down to bottom up betting48:13 SAFE Act1:01:38 Catastrophic week for Sweepstakes 1:13:17 Hardrock somehow not biggest sportsbook in Florida1:18:44 DK to enter prediction markets1:24...
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Adverse Selection Scares the Sh*t Out of Us and a Gambling Therapy Session | Ep 93
0:00 Intro2:25 Adverse Selection Deep Dive 40:35 Betting News1:14:35 How to Tell your Friends & Family You are a Pro Degen1:27:11 Live EV Betting v. Live Arbing1:34:25 Dealing with Downswings1:52:37 Why GP NO MO...
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Flaming Hot Sharp Betting Takes, Day in the Betting Life & Why Exchanges are Scary | Ep 92
0:00 Intro2:25 Kelly is flat out wrong11:50 Odds screens are useless19:00 Account priming is astrology for dudes31:55 You need to be technical to be a great originator39:00 Buy more picks, subscribe to more discords45:50...
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Specialist v. Generalist, Putting Your $ to Work, and Can a "Dunce" Win Betting? | Ep 91
0:00 Intro1:33 Is it more profitable to be a "Specialist" or "Generalist" in sports betting?42:16 iGaming legal blows a bad thing for sports betting?53:51 How can sports betting skills transfer to other ventures / life?1:04:55 S...
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Live Betting, Picking Markets, and Why Gamblers are Black Sheep | Ep 90
0:00 Intro0:33 What Sports Betting Market Should YOU Attack?26:45 Super Bowl Betting29:00 Health of Industry35:45 Sweeps Trouble45:40 Listener Q &A46:15 Live Betting Tips57:45 Are Futures Worth it?1:09:15 How...
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New Co-Host, Where Alpha Comes From & Prediction Markets in Sports Betting | Ep 89
Wow - very important and historic episode. My good friend SportsProjections joins the podcast as a permanent co-host and we start to actually have structure to our episodes.Each week we will bring you the same educational deep-dives as ...
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Small Sample Sizes DO Matter - Here's Why | Ep 88
You are losing but being told it's "just variance". Is that true? Is there anything you can do to prove or disprove that? And is there anything you can do to snap a losing streak?All of your questions answered in this episode on how to ...
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Big Mistakes to Avoid When Making a Sports Betting Model | Ep 87
Today is for the nerds! Let's talk about the pre-model checklist you need to avoid some of the biggest mistakes I have made in my sports betting career.
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So You Want to be a Part-Time Gambler? | Ep 86
Did my last episode make you think being a full-time bettor sucks? Then this episode may be for you!
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So You Want to be a Professional Gambler? | Ep 85
In this episode, John breaks down what it takes to be a professional gambler (and if it's even something you want to do)
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Working with Others in Betting Part 3 (Accounting, Taxes, and Operational Support) | Ep 84
The last episode of my working with others in betting series. This focuses on how to find and work with people who can take key operational items off your plate. Very VERY important for scaling and getting yourself squared away come tax season....
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Working with Others in Betting Part 2: (Building a Group) | Ep 83
Today we break down how/why to team up with other bettors. Also - I am releasing my full course for free on YouTube! Link here: https://www.youtube.com/@TheRiskTakersPodcast
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Working with Others in Betting Part 1: (Partners & Movers) | Ep 82
3-Part Series ALERTI have been trying to put together a podcast sharing what I have learned from working with others in betting (betting partners, movers, syndicate betting).It turned out trying to squeeze it into one episode wa...
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