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EPISODE · Jan 21, 2026 · 2H 1M

A Gambling Man and a Family Man w/ Adam aka TheBeagleBets | Ep 139

from The Risk Takers Podcast · host GoldenPants13

This week we interview long-time professional gambler Adam aka BeagleBets (https://x.com/thebeaglebets).Adam quickly rose to the top of the Heads Up SNG ladder, playing $5k buy-ins before dropping out of college to pursue poker full time. From there his career spanned many eras, which got him to where he is today: betting NBA Player Props and betting live sports. Adam is a very kind to share an honest account of the ups and downs of life as a professional bettor, along with advice to those who want to do this full-time but maintain a family and personal life. So much fun to record this one.0:00 Intro2:30 Start with advantage play5:00 Full-time poker13:15 Adding sports when poker got tougher22:30 Building sims & scaling sports betting30:15 Manually betting NBA player props50:30 Transition to live betting1:04:20 How to have a long betting career1:21:40 Q&AWelcome to The Risk Takers Podcast, hosted by professional sports bettor John Shilling (GoldenPants13) and SportsProjections. This podcast is the best betting education available - PERIOD. And it's free - please share and subscribe if you like it.Follow SportsProjections on Twitter: https://x.com/Sports__ProjFollow GP on Twitter: https://x.com/goldenpants013

This week we interview long-time professional gambler Adam aka BeagleBets (https://x.com/thebeaglebets). Adam quickly rose to the top of the Heads Up SNG ladder, playing $5k buy-ins before dropping out of college to pursue poker full time. From there his career spanned many eras, which got him to where he is today: betting NBA Player Props and betting live sports. Adam is a very kind to share an honest account of the ups and downs of life as a professional bettor, along with advice to those w...

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