Cal Spears
@CalSpears
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Co-CEO, https://t.co/N8YMWYsmXs. Co-Founder, Third Planet Affiliates. Previous: PocketFives and @RotoGrinders ➡️Acquired by $BETCO.
Nashville, TN
Joined June 2008
Our new @GamblyBot makes you feel like a Twitter magician. Call it into any betting thread to get a deep-linked betslip that loads all mentioned bets directly on your site. This one from @tray_bill matched all 25 bets on Fanduel but he could have just as easily asked for it on.
@sean_incredible @GamblyBot make this a parlay on FanDuel.
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Oh my goodness I just hit the SGP of my life. On Thanksgiving no less. Going to put a chunk of this towards good causes, but first a little celebration!
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It's official, I undervalued that domain. is the new team URL. It's been fun having a tiny part in the renaming process. I just donated all proceeds, $10,000, to the American Indian College Fund @collegefund.
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Still can't believe my luck with that parlay. I want to share my good fortune with some nonprofits making a real impact locally here in Nashville. This morning I donated $10k each to @thistlefarms @NashvilleRescue @nashvillehumane @nashfoodproject and @SafeHavenTN
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First day enjoying a big pandemic project, my in-home sportsbook. Still a work in progress but excited to finally use it and share it. Notice the upcoming SAO TV app streaming live odds to the lower TV - more on that soon :)
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My girlfriend waking me up today "How much Doge should I buy?" She never cares about crypto, stocks, sports, etc. Confused and groggy, I responded "Doge is a meme just buy Bitcoin." "No, idiot, how much dough should I buy for my grandma's pizza party.".
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Thank you everyone for the well wishes. Feels absolutely amazing. At a loss for words but going to do my best to celebrate it right. TY DK!.
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5 years ago Fanduel organized a protest outside the NY AG's office after his actions crippled the DFS industry. We chanted GAME OF SKILL. The Daily Show made fun of us. It was frantic and embarrassing. Today AG Schneiderman is disgraced and sports betting is 🚀🚀, so I'm over it.
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I just sold domain yesterday after a GoDaddy broker contacted me yesterday morning. Bought it 8 years ago. Got a good ROI but probably could have got more now that I see this. I wonder if I sold it to Dan Snyder?.
While the Washington Football Team uses these uniforms and helmets for the 2020 season, it will be seeking the feedback of players, alumni, fans, sponsors and the community for the new team name it will use at some point in the future, per sources.
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1/4 It's official - today @BetterCollectiv purchased our remaining 40% stake in RG. @Cam_Mac_Millan and I had an emotional day as we told the crew we're stepping back at year end. It's been the honor of my lifetime to help build this company and play a role in the story of DFS.
Better Collective completes acquisition of remaining shareholding in RotoGrinders Network.
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Huge day in the near decade long journey of @RotoGrinders! We’re proud of what weve accomplished in DFS and excited to partner with Europe’s best, Better Collective, to tackle sports betting in the US. Thank you to the members, contributors, and employees that made this possible!.
We have acquired the US-based RotoGrinders Network. Read the press release here:
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Scores and Odds TV App (@ScoresOdds) is now available for free for Apple TV, Google Play, and Amazon Fire TV! Please let us know feedback here. Primarily a man-cave decoration but we're open to building new features. H/T @clarky07 @Socrdave and @Donnie_Peters for building it!
Does anyone know of a service that will stream odds to a TV in my house? No bells and whistles, just digital odds like you would see on a sportsbook tote board, like this:
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I would have fully agreed with this take before #screenshotlife in DFS made me realize it's way more fun to celebrate big wins with your internet frens. If I'm brazen enough to trumpet a win I'm definitely going to post when I put the funds to good use.
@CalSpears @thistlefarms @NashvilleRescue @nashvillehumane @nashfoodproject @SafeHavenTN Donating silently > donating and needing to tell everyone that you did.
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Got a Covid test at CVS last Wednesday after some travel. No symptoms, got it just in case. Came back negative but took 8 days. The estimate was 2-4 days. Hard to believe this is where we're at after four+ months to focus on it. Would have paid a big premium for same day results.
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Huge win for Online gaming advocates in PA! 4th and biggest state to fully regulate. DFS, Poker, Sportsbetting, Casino all have a framework.
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If it turns out I sold him at the bottom I can at least take solace in the fact that I sold him to @garyvee. Have been fascinated by Gary since I saw him eat a handful of dirt to test his palette on Wine Library TV in like 2005.
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I love a good hotel room and landed in my all time favorite - open air suites at @JADEMOUNTAIN in St. Lucia. I probably should have sold all my speculative tech stocks before booking it but I'll worry about that later.
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Thankfully the RG crew, friends, and family are safe from what I've gathered, but a somber morning in Nashville. Lives were lost, homes destroyed, and some favorite local businesses right across the river in East Nashville are just gone. Will be a long recovery here.
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This is one of the prettiest things I've ever seen. From the original Rotogrinders leaderboard 10 years ago to his second Milly in two seasons, @headchopper is a DFS legend
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RT and Follow: Donating 10% of my @DraftKings Week 8 Milly winnings to charity & giving away 3 annual subs. Details:
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I need to remember this one on all the nights where it feels like nothing goes my way. Everything broke my way tonight on both @draftkings and @fanduel for the elusive double Q!
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Thinking about how happy I was when I tweeted this.
Didn't realize how hot I was running on first pick in BBM. Can anyone beat 16% McCaffrey exposure on a high volume of drafts?
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10 Years of DFS and @RotoGrinders. It would take a 20 Tweet Thread to thank all the people that played an important part in this amazing story. It's been the ride of a lifetime and I'm thankful to still be on it!.
10. YEARS. It's been an amazing decade for us here at RG, and we're gonna be celebrating all week! . ✳️ PGA LineupHQ is FREE for everyone.✳️ PGA build show is FREE (Wednesday).✳️ $5K PGA freeroll on FanDuel: So much more to come, stay tuned!
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This man has been grinding and winning at DFS since before Fanduel and DraftKings existed. One of the first members of RG and always willing to give back to the community. Congrats @headchopper! No one deserves it more.
I’ve come across a lot of people in my decade in DFS. few people are better than @headchopper. Easily one of the most humble dudes in a world where people love to brag about success. Congrats Chop. so excited for you and your family.
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Just had a 9:30 PM CT All Hands On Deck meeting to process the NBA news for RotoGrinders subs. Insane times. We're going to extend our Core Monthly Subscribers for free while we monitor how this plays out. Any questions about your account please email support@rotogrinders.com.
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Fired up the sportsbook with @Cam_Mac_Millan and Riley coming over today for a celebratory whiskey. Lots of progress since I posted it a year ago!
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OHMYGOD.
Marvin Mims. My 2023 betting and Best Ball nemesis. Tonight, on my birthday, we win it all back! Join me - I'll put the ladder deep link in the first reply.
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I advanced 15.3% of my Best Ball Mania teams. According to my time line that is the worst advancement rate of the 200,000 people in this tournament.
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The warehouse setup for the @DKSportsbook Sportsbetting Championship is enormous. This will do.
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We're on the board! Shout out to escot on the Ownership Report video for getting me on Dak. Puerto Rico and Miami seem like good ideas for December.
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Nothing hits like a Solo Shipper! Isaiah Likely week 1 and Isaiah Likely week 20 basically made my NFL season. Thank you @RotoGrinders lineup builder for throwing Ray Davis on some of the 150 Likely captains. Had to pop a champagne for an impromptu celebration.
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Signing out and flying off into the sunset with my hiphop group Nu Money. She's all yours now @dan_back. Happy New Year!
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Excited to bring on @BigT44DFS as an investor and advisor @GamblyAI! . Years ago I tried to hire him to lead betting at RG before he left to start Run Pure. Love that we have a chance to work together again now. No one has shown more passion for our project and understood our.
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Don't tell Sheena but it's impossible to pay attention to this magic show dinner thing when winning a seat to the @draftkings live final!
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We did it Tennessee! Needed 50 votes, got 58. As we learned with Michigan last year nothing is a done deal until the governor signs it, but the biggest hurdle is cleared.
The Tennessee State House just voted to legalize online sports gambling. If Senate passes it then governor will sign. Looks like Tennessee will have online sports gambling by football season.
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An honor to witness Tom Brady's final NFL game with @JSurab here at the @DraftKings suite.
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The evidence trail is so blatant - known celebrity couple using their actual names to enter 300 presumably interlaced lineups - that they must have had 0 clue this was a big deal. That may be true of many new players. @DraftKings needs to shine more light on these Guidelines.
A few weeks ago The Bachelor was doing some filming. A question was asked of a few contestants: “What do you do that most annoys your wife?”
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After NFL DFS and Betting on Thursday night, Sunday all day, and Monday night, the last thing I want to do on Tuesday night is look at a waiver wire. Still love my season long leagues with buddies but Tuesday waivers are misery at this point - I end up skipping it half the time.
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Well my flight out of San Diego is already cancelled tomorrow and I've got a nice big ocean front patio to watch the hurricane roll in after winning this Milly tonight.
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No one is right 100% of the time. Except for @RG_Notorious. The best in the biz strikes again! Celebrating at Carbone like bonafied New Yorkers do.
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Downtown Nashville reached a new peak downtown Nashville with live country music in the @tacobell
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100 RG Network employees, contributors, and +1s are on their way to Nashville this weekend for the company Superbowl Party. @RotoGrinders, @FantasyInsiders , @SharpSideApp , @PocketFives, @US_Bets, and @sports_handle will all be in town. Can't wait to celebrate with everyone!.
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Tweet of the year candidate:.
in seattle for the weekend & already bumped into some locals who are excited to play will dissly in gpps
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That's a good-looking cat.
Meet Cal. The sweetest little people lover you've ever met! Named after shelter friend @CalSpears for being an amazing pet lover and making a generous gift of support to the shelter this past week. Thanks human Cal! And everyone come adopt cat Cal!
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Exciting win for the @RotoGrinders team! As Dan said, this one is for all 100+ employees and contributors that grind every day to produce the best DFS content and tools. Cheers! @FSGAtweets.
Big win for @RotoGrinders at @FSGAtweets. Ultimate team award that spans tech, content and media. Thanks to all the incredible hardworking people on the site and the amazing DFS community for pushing us to keep innovating.
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All roads lead to @BetterCollectiv! Cannot wait to work with the incredible @ActionNetworkHQ team. $BETCO.
Better Collective acquires leading US sports betting media, Action Network. Read more here:
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Cofounders make an epic commitment to each other for untold years. Riley and I were confident Cam had the mindset and work ethic, but it was his ability to build - systems, relationships, products, everything - that indelibly shaped RG. Was a privilege working alongside him.
LIFE UPDATE: It’s emotional writing this, but the acquisition of RG's remaining shares is complete, & this is my final week as COO of RG/BCTN. @CalSpears & I will be staying on as advisors for 2022, but Dec 31 will be my last active day. Details: /thread
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Is 10 AM too early to open this bottle of PASPY Van Winkle I've been saving for a certain special occasion?.
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A New Year's wish that everyone who sees this will share (from 12 hours in the future).
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Just a look at some numbers: This month @RotoGrinders (launched 2010) saw its 3 millionth forum post. Next month RG will surpass 300,000 registered users. @PocketFives (launched 2005) has 180,000 registered users and a whopping 8.9 million forum posts.
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Made it to the office. Celebration buddies @RotoGrindersCam @CruzinToVictry still MIA. Legit woke up from nightmare that I lost lead in SNF.
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DFS Passes in a landslide in the Assembly. One yes voter mentioned massive supportive phone calls. Call your Senators! 936-372-6841.
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Imagine a U.S. where adults can enter an NFL DFS lineup and then at lock jump right into the Sunday Million poker tourney. One step closer.
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My plan to recoup all my crypto losses is simply go all in on Derrick Henry rushing overs, alt overs, and SGP combos.
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Sheena and I are calling NYC home for the month. She's full time remote and I'm busy non-competing. Hit me up if you're in the city in July. We've got multiple pools, a basketball court, and bocce in the building in Hells Kitchen.
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4/4 A sincere thank you to all the employees and talent over the years. Thank you to every customer that ever bought a product, made a forum post, or submitted a screen name for the rankings. And thank you to @BetterCollectiv, who were not just great partners, but great people.
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Definitely understand and respect guys leaving to pursue their own ventures, but it always hurts to see them go. This one especially. Good luck with what's next Tony! May you win all the #giblets you've ever wanted.
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On the contrary we're trying to retain everyone and have kept all 50 BC-TN full timers employed through this. A wave of startups like the Guru/Fanvice era has some incredible contractors getting founder opportunities. We develop a deep bench at RG precisely for times like these.
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Does anyone know of a service that will stream odds to a TV in my house? No bells and whistles, just digital odds like you would see on a sportsbook tote board, like this:
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I'd be glued to this. Took a pandemic for me to finally realize PGA is the best DFS sweat. @PGATOUR.
Big gambling opportunity for the PGA Tour is to create a RedZone channel but on Fridays for players trying to make the cut. Integrate live betting odds and you’d make a compelling product.
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2/4 I feel the urge to wax poetic but instead I will congratulate my friend @dan_back, who is taking over the reins of @RotoGrinders! No one deserves it more and his leadership will make for a smooth transition. @AdamLoebSmall and Riley are also taking expanded roles with BC US.
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This is a thing of beauty in Showdown - five unique lineups 1-5 out of 130k entries. Sixth was a 10 way tie.
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Shout out to @MrTuttle05/ @evansilva / SwoleCast for the strength to click George Kittle. "44 routes" stuck with me
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Dear @thebesttortilla I love the keto-friendly tortilla chips but you gotta go back to the drawing board on this packaging. I thought I was ordering multiple individual bags, not one giant garbage bag full.
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Excited to launch the RG Network! We're ready this regulated online gaming opportunity. Also excited to once again work closely with @AdamLoebSmall, our new Head of Business Development after the acquisition of @PocketFives. Onward and Upward!.
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I have my horse and I have my jockey. Now I'm watching YouTube videos to figure out what to do next because I have no idea. I just know enough smart people are bullish on @zed_run that I need to be in there.
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I'm so stoked to launch Single Entry Series with @Fanduel. I think this is just the beginning of Single Entry focus.
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Bales describes it much more eloquently than I can, but I think we are building the coolest thing ever at Gambly. So privileged to work with him, @kevincassata_ , @UnabatedSports, @WHester, @bendominguez011, @BalesTJason, @chan0_. All the focus is on betting market data now and.
1/ I’m so excited to announce the company @CalSpears and I founded and have been working on over the past year: Gambly!. Gambly is a sports betting chatbot built to help you find bets as quickly as possible. We’re opening up a free private beta. Sign up:
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Feeling Nostalgic. This is the 2015 @RotoGrinders Party in Vegas. Opening weekend NFL when everything was absolutely peaking. We crowned @McJester_ Tournament Player of the Year while FD and DK ran enough TV ads to get the NY AG's attention.
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Marvin Mims. My 2023 betting and Best Ball nemesis. Tonight, on my birthday, we win it all back! Join me - I'll put the ladder deep link in the first reply.
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DFS in Perspective: DraftKings, Fanduel, and competitors did $3.19B in total entries/handle nationwide in fiscal year 2017 (from @LSPReport). Through ten months this year New Jersey online sports betting alone generated $2.86B in handle. FD and DK have 80%+ market share in NJ.
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Reflecting on an incredible RG/BC TN Party. Maybe the best yet. So thankful to work with such a talented, driven, and fun group. Top Moment: @JSurab draining the game-winning three, flexing on @BigT44DFS and yelling "Get off my court!! Four Foot Eight! Get off my court!!".
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I called him Clockwork because he reminded me of my favorite Kubrick film. Sad to see him go and will be sad again when I see him sell for more in the future. But unbelievable to make this kind of money on a digital collectible. I love the punks.
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Downtown Nashville right now. Everyone on the street, including homeless, are wearing masks. Cops ask you to put a mask on if they see you without. Inside the bars, where covid actually spreads, no masks. Like temperature checks, these charades are silly.
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Love this - randomly met Chase this summer at the pool in our building. A few months later he's listening to every @BigT44DFS and @headchopper podcast and shipping Showdown slates.
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At @DraftKings King of the Beach in Boca and @ederoland of Collective Soul just picked up the beach bar tab for @JasonGreenD, @h3budda, and me. Awesome guy. It's December and Heaven is letting its Light Shine Down on This World I Know.
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It hurts I'm laughing so hard.
A lawyer using Zoom had to let a judge know that he wasn’t a cat after inadvertently activating a face filter
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Ca-Caw! Ca-Caw! Thank you @evansilva for leading me to Byrd today. Still dont know how to spell his first name. The Swolecast and the Pick 6 are must see internet TV. Shout out to @Socrdave @MrTuttle05 @DavisMattek @LordReebs @EricCrain!.
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End of an era. The DFS community center was slowly moving to Twitter from RG for years, but it was special on the forums from 2013-16. Seeing our site screenshotted on ESPN during Ethangate was something. Often stressful times but I cherish them looking back. Big TY to the mods.
The RotoGrinders forums officially came to an end today but don't worry, I took screenshots of every post ever made there so I can relive the memories.
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Time to compete again! Excited to see what we can do with a killer domain like
Pedal to the metal at Third Planet. Let’s go!
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With Bitcoin passing $50k I can finally say I lost $1,000,000 in the mtgox hack. Bought in at $100/coin because it was finite. Had little understanding of the underlying tech but loved the inflation hedge. Wired money to Japan. The Suntrust banker looked at me like I was an alien
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Thank you @headchopper for the best RG Testimonial we've had:.
Nice little segment to open up the MNF Showdown show, including:. ➡️ @erikbeimfohr getting a smile out of @headchopper.➡️ Chop on why he sticks around even after big wins.➡️ Chop on how content should be consumed. Good stuff guys 🍻
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In India and I've never felt like such a high roller before receiving this email. It's hard not to when Uber rides are 75 cents.
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The looong sweat pays off with a Piscotty HR in the 13th! Thanks @DerekCarty for the conviction on Peacock on CrunchTime. Sorry for the bad beat @jbresl but looking forward to seeing you in Chicago.
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Achievement Unlocked: Paid for my upcoming @rivian R1T after closing out a combination of $RIVN Puts and a short sell. Can't wait to get this truck but think we'll see strong production and delivery headwinds.
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What is happening?.
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Checked Casino de Monte Carlo off the bucket list today. It's not nearly as James-Bondy as I'd imagined.
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I think the broadcaster mispronounced that horse's name. This morning an excited employee at Wagner's next to Churchill handed me a sheet of paper with the derby trifecta winner in the right order (race 12). He told me to take a picture of it because he'd been hitting winners.
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We are live! No login required. Help us get the word out and take $5000 of Bales and my money by sharing a Gambly betslip. Each person gets three entries to the parlay contest so go ahead and share one tonight. Any questions just ask me here.
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Stoked for this football Sunday. Brought 160 fresh oysters to go with wings, smoked salmon, ribs. @RotoGrinders crew en route.
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Is @erikbeimfohr the most underrated DFS player? This convinction plays filter was ridiculous. Wish I had listened to him.
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My Rivian just arrived today and I am in love. I'm probably not going to make the promotional materials after paying for this with $RIVN puts, but I am officially long from here.
Achievement Unlocked: Paid for my upcoming @rivian R1T after closing out a combination of $RIVN Puts and a short sell. Can't wait to get this truck but think we'll see strong production and delivery headwinds.
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I'm finally on the NFT board thanks to @CSURAM88. This guy stood out to me as the unhealthiest cryptopunk on the whole blockchain. Correlated big beard, stringy hair, and a cig. You know he's got a beer gut under a dirty white tee just out of frame.
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