False Slim Shady stands up
Covers.com apparently got hoodwinked by some cat claiming to be Fezzik. They did a story on him, then published a retraction today. Here are both:
LAS VEGAS – Since you are reading this story, the chances are just about 100 percent that you would chuck it all and trade places with Steve Fezzik.
With a bankroll heavy with hundred dollar bills, the energy of a 17-year-old boy on prom night and knowledge of sports and wagering that only a few in this business will ever realize, Fezzik prowls the Las Vegas sportsbooks and offshores for bargains.
Some days it’s less and some days it’s more, but Fezzik estimates that he wagers about $60,000 a day. The event is irrelevant – it can be anything from an obscure Arena League game to the Super Bowl. Money is money, and as long as more comes in than goes out, what’s the dif?
Fezzik says that he wagers a lot of his own money, plus money pooled from a group of betting partners. His bankroll has been given two huge shots of adrenaline over the past two years. He won the Las Vegas Hilton NFL Supercontest twice in a row, which bumped his savings account up by more than $406,000. Picking ATS, Fezzik hit on 61 percent of his selections (going 52-29-3) in 2010. Not quite the same as hitting Power Ball twice in the same year, but making hundreds of other bettors eat your dust is great for the ego.
Like some others in Las Vegas, Fezzik didn’t start out in school thinking that he would put food on the table by trying to outsmart oddsmakers. He grew up in Ohio, graduated from Northwestern University and made a living crunching numbers for an insurance company before experiencing his what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here moment. Next stop was Las Vegas.
Like most sharps, Fezzik’s daily meals include well-cooked squares. Four years ago the public hammered No. 1 seed Connecticut hard when the Huskies were giving eight points to unheralded George Mason in their NCAA Tournament game. Fezzik opened up his wallet, went the other way and cashed when George Mason – clearly on a once-in-two-lifetimes run at the time – won the game outright in overtime. Connecticut, he said to a reporter at the time, was a “classic donkey play” and the smart money was on the other side.
Despite his startling success in the Hilton ATS contest, Fezzik claims that he doesn’t spend much time analyzing the strengths and weaknesses on teams, preferring to utilize his time trying to find errors in the betting line or totals. Most bettors overlook second-half wagering. Not Fezzik.
And unlike some pro gamblers, Fezzik doesn’t turn up his nose at prop bets that dot the betting landscape during Super Bowl week. He recalls a big payout in 2003, cashing on a prop which said that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would punt more times than the Oakland Raiders (they each punted five times).
With the biggest betting day of the year on the horizon, Covers.com asked Fezzik several questions about his business:
1. You bet on different sports. How do you keep track? How many hours a day do to study/crunch numbers?
It can be difficult, but with websites like Covers.com, a lot of the work is already done for you. I'm looking at lines and researching numbers all day long. I do this 24/7, so there is rarely a time I stop crunching numbers. I'd say realistically 14 hours a day.
2. Best one-week run ever? Worst?
I've had some really great weeks and some not-so-good ones, but just recently started tracking my plays. I had a great week last week (early January) going 17-6 but couldn't even tell you my best week ever. Numbers never meant much because the bottom line is always did I make a profit or did I not. If I go 20-0 one week - great. But the next week, that means nothing to me.
3. Do you ever watch the games?
I watch a lot of football games and catch most other sports in the second half. Usually when games start to tip off for the day I start working on next day's games. I don't get a lot of sleep.
4. Is it easier or harder now than when you started betting for a living?
Things today are a lot easier than when I first started. There is a lot more accessible gambling information out there and, with sports betting gaining more popularity every year, things are bound to just get easier. Online sportsbooks have revolutionized the industry as to where now I can place a last-second wager online without having to worry if I can get to the casino in 15 minutes.
5. What is the hardest sport to win at? Easiest? Why?
Hands down I'd have to say baseball is the hardest. As the saying goes, anyone can win "Any Given Sunday" and I find this more true in baseball than any other sport. Baseball is all about value. You will always see big lines on big market teams (Yankees, Red Sox, etc..) because the linesmakers know a lot of squares will take -300, -250 favorites all day. I know a lot of guys who lose their bankrolls in baseball every year. I find football to be the easiest and it's where I've had most my success. I'd say it's the easiest for me because it is my favorite sport.
6. Opinion of in-game betting?
I'm not big into in-game betting. It's a fun thing to do while watching the game but it's hard to win long term doing it. It's more for the casual gambler, just another way for the sportsbook to take your money.
7. Worst beat?
What sticks out recently would be Colts-Titans first game this year. Had Colts -3 and they dominated most the game. The Colts gave up a touchdown as the clock expired and the Colts ended up winning by two.
8. What kind of mistakes do squares often make?
The advice I give to a lot of people is to not base your opinion on what teams did years past. I'll hear things like “The Celtics are 7-0 against them the past seven years.” Trends like this have nothing to do with the game on this day eight years later. Do your research and use good money management and you should be on the plus side more often than not.
Steve Fezzik’s web site is SteveFezzik.com
With a bankroll heavy with hundred dollar bills, the energy of a 17-year-old boy on prom night and knowledge of sports and wagering that only a few in this business will ever realize, Fezzik prowls the Las Vegas sportsbooks and offshores for bargains.
Some days it’s less and some days it’s more, but Fezzik estimates that he wagers about $60,000 a day. The event is irrelevant – it can be anything from an obscure Arena League game to the Super Bowl. Money is money, and as long as more comes in than goes out, what’s the dif?
Fezzik says that he wagers a lot of his own money, plus money pooled from a group of betting partners. His bankroll has been given two huge shots of adrenaline over the past two years. He won the Las Vegas Hilton NFL Supercontest twice in a row, which bumped his savings account up by more than $406,000. Picking ATS, Fezzik hit on 61 percent of his selections (going 52-29-3) in 2010. Not quite the same as hitting Power Ball twice in the same year, but making hundreds of other bettors eat your dust is great for the ego.
Like some others in Las Vegas, Fezzik didn’t start out in school thinking that he would put food on the table by trying to outsmart oddsmakers. He grew up in Ohio, graduated from Northwestern University and made a living crunching numbers for an insurance company before experiencing his what-the-hell-am-I-doing-here moment. Next stop was Las Vegas.
Like most sharps, Fezzik’s daily meals include well-cooked squares. Four years ago the public hammered No. 1 seed Connecticut hard when the Huskies were giving eight points to unheralded George Mason in their NCAA Tournament game. Fezzik opened up his wallet, went the other way and cashed when George Mason – clearly on a once-in-two-lifetimes run at the time – won the game outright in overtime. Connecticut, he said to a reporter at the time, was a “classic donkey play” and the smart money was on the other side.
Despite his startling success in the Hilton ATS contest, Fezzik claims that he doesn’t spend much time analyzing the strengths and weaknesses on teams, preferring to utilize his time trying to find errors in the betting line or totals. Most bettors overlook second-half wagering. Not Fezzik.
And unlike some pro gamblers, Fezzik doesn’t turn up his nose at prop bets that dot the betting landscape during Super Bowl week. He recalls a big payout in 2003, cashing on a prop which said that the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would punt more times than the Oakland Raiders (they each punted five times).
With the biggest betting day of the year on the horizon, Covers.com asked Fezzik several questions about his business:
1. You bet on different sports. How do you keep track? How many hours a day do to study/crunch numbers?
It can be difficult, but with websites like Covers.com, a lot of the work is already done for you. I'm looking at lines and researching numbers all day long. I do this 24/7, so there is rarely a time I stop crunching numbers. I'd say realistically 14 hours a day.
2. Best one-week run ever? Worst?
I've had some really great weeks and some not-so-good ones, but just recently started tracking my plays. I had a great week last week (early January) going 17-6 but couldn't even tell you my best week ever. Numbers never meant much because the bottom line is always did I make a profit or did I not. If I go 20-0 one week - great. But the next week, that means nothing to me.
3. Do you ever watch the games?
I watch a lot of football games and catch most other sports in the second half. Usually when games start to tip off for the day I start working on next day's games. I don't get a lot of sleep.
4. Is it easier or harder now than when you started betting for a living?
Things today are a lot easier than when I first started. There is a lot more accessible gambling information out there and, with sports betting gaining more popularity every year, things are bound to just get easier. Online sportsbooks have revolutionized the industry as to where now I can place a last-second wager online without having to worry if I can get to the casino in 15 minutes.
5. What is the hardest sport to win at? Easiest? Why?
Hands down I'd have to say baseball is the hardest. As the saying goes, anyone can win "Any Given Sunday" and I find this more true in baseball than any other sport. Baseball is all about value. You will always see big lines on big market teams (Yankees, Red Sox, etc..) because the linesmakers know a lot of squares will take -300, -250 favorites all day. I know a lot of guys who lose their bankrolls in baseball every year. I find football to be the easiest and it's where I've had most my success. I'd say it's the easiest for me because it is my favorite sport.
6. Opinion of in-game betting?
I'm not big into in-game betting. It's a fun thing to do while watching the game but it's hard to win long term doing it. It's more for the casual gambler, just another way for the sportsbook to take your money.
7. Worst beat?
What sticks out recently would be Colts-Titans first game this year. Had Colts -3 and they dominated most the game. The Colts gave up a touchdown as the clock expired and the Colts ended up winning by two.
8. What kind of mistakes do squares often make?
The advice I give to a lot of people is to not base your opinion on what teams did years past. I'll hear things like “The Celtics are 7-0 against them the past seven years.” Trends like this have nothing to do with the game on this day eight years later. Do your research and use good money management and you should be on the plus side more often than not.
Steve Fezzik’s web site is SteveFezzik.com
The only comments on the article are from two guys saying this Fezzik is a fraud. Apparenly they are right.
Covers.com recently published an interview with Las Vegas sports betting legend Steve Fezzik. It was brought to our attention that the person claiming to be Steve Fezzik was not the handicapper but an impostor, who runs a website that poaches Fezzik’s name in an effort to sell betting picks.
Covers.com would like to sincerely apologize to Mr. Fezzik and the staff at LVASports.com as well as our readers for this mistake.
Mr. Fezzik will be doing a real interview, which will be published in the coming weeks. Covers.com will also be putting out a feature exposing these tout websites that fraudulently claim to have a connection to a notable sports bettor or industry personality.
LVASports.com is the only website with a legit affiliation to Mr. Fezzik.
Covers.com would like to sincerely apologize to Mr. Fezzik and the staff at LVASports.com as well as our readers for this mistake.
Mr. Fezzik will be doing a real interview, which will be published in the coming weeks. Covers.com will also be putting out a feature exposing these tout websites that fraudulently claim to have a connection to a notable sports bettor or industry personality.
LVASports.com is the only website with a legit affiliation to Mr. Fezzik.
I'm about to check out these sites. Not sure how to change my font back.
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