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The Risk Takers Podcast — 167 episodes

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1

BetBash Recap & The Death of American Odds | Ep 167

2

Building an Institutional Sports Market Maker w/ BigBuckHunter | Ep 166

3

World Cup, NFL Predictions, State of Industry & Identifying Rec Flow | Ep 165

4

"The Most Pure Form of Betting" Horse Racing w/ Dennis Montoro | Ep 164

5

Non-Technical Traits All Top Bettors Have & ENG v. MEX | Ep 163

6

Sharp Taker EvenSteven Talks About Maxing Efficiency | Ep 162

7

World Cup Betting Including GPs Biggest Loss of All Time | Ep 161

8

From DFS Crusher to "Fantasy Football for Rich Kids" (Venture Capital) w/ James G | Ep 160

9

Dead Bottom-Up Edges and SPs Triumphant Return | Ep 159

10

Who Does AI Help in Sports Betting (PeanutBettor Guest Host) | Ep 158

11

What Sportsbooks Can Teach You About Market Making & Kalish v. Kalshi | Ep 157

12

Why the Edge in RFQs isn't the Pricing w/ TroyCuban | Ep 156

13

Managing Risk Hidden Risk on Prediction Markets | Ep 155

14

Million Dollar Manual Trading w/ Clay Alter | Ep 154

15

How Complex do Models Need to be in 2026 & PM News Breaks Contain | Ep 153

16

Play Sports Betting on "Hard Mode" by Betting Main Lines w/ Justin | Ep 152

17

Masters Recap & Returning to "Sharp Taking" | Ep 151

18

Which Path Should You Choose in Betting/PMs & Golf Tick Size | Ep 150

19

Bet Like a Lawyer & Lumberyard AP Strategy w/ Alex | Ep149

20

Exactly How to Start your First Automated Trading Project + PM Doom & Gloom | Ep 148

21

How to Make a Living Betting on What Someone is Going to Say w/ Foster| Ep 147

22

A Sustainable Approach to Downswings (+RFQ IDs) | Ep 146

23

Why Some Stats Predict Better Than Others & Kalshi "Death Markets" | Ep 145

24

(Rebroadcast) How to Build a Simple Sports Betting Model | Ep 144

25

RFQ Lesson from Top Kalshi "Combo" Market Marker w/ Egzee | Ep 143

26

Super Bowl Recap, Cardi B-gate & Insider Trading Galore | Ep 142

27

Small Data Problems & Gambling Twitter Actuaries w/ Mr. PeanutBettor | Ep 141

28

How to Best Monetize Great Projections in 2026 (ETR Debate) | Ep 140

29

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

30

What Props & Derivatives You Should Bet & DK Pick6 Scandal | Ep 138

31

Sports Betting Legend Turned Sports Market Maker Rufus Peabody Joins | Ep 137

32

2025 Recap and 2026 Predictions + "Ins & Outs"| Ep 136

33

Internal Market Making & Simulation Elitism w/ Louie from NoVig | Ep 135

34

Hot Takes: Is "Directionally Correct" dead + Aging Curve in Betting? | Ep 134

35

Riggery & F*ckery in the Early Prediction Market Days w/ CSP Trading | Ep 133

36

When Manual > Automated & All Old Pick6 Strategies Revealed | Ep 132

37

Devig To Ball Knowledge While Live Betting w/ Pads | Ep 131

38

Lessons We Learned "Booking Bets" & FD/DK Defect | Ep 130

39

What Sports Bettors Can Learn From Casino APs w/ Richard Munchkin | Ep 129

40

You're Probably Underbetting...Here's How You Bet More | Ep 128

41

Betting Huge on Madden Sims & The LLWS w/ Isaac | Ep 127

42

How to Not Lose on Prediction Markets & Kalshi Outage | Ep 126

43

$400k PointsBet Heist & Exchange Warfare w/ Maple | Ep 125

44

Failed Betting Projects & Kalshi Parlays | Ep 124

45

Beat Big Markets & Bottom Up Live Betting w/ Ant DeRosa | Ep 123

46

Most Important Lessons from Our Recent Guests | Ep 122

47

Building an Unexploitable Betting & Trolling Strategy w/ The Shipper | Ep 121

48

Why Tracking Bets the Right Way Makes You Money & Some Great Q&A | Ep 120

49

Vibes-Based Tennis Betting & CNN Stardom w/ Isaac Rose-Berman | Ep 119

50

Sports Betting Simulations, CNN Gambling Doc & TSwift Engagement Insider Trading | Ep 118

51

Building a "Scheme Team" w/ Dr. Plop | Ep 117

52

Scaling an Edge, NoVig Raises $18 Million & Polymarket Taps the Glass | Ep 116

53

"I predict the injury report" - Pro NBA Bettor CalvinAndHobo Joins | Ep 115

54

Networking w/ Winning Sports Bettors (it's not as bad as it sounds) | Ep 114

55

Krushing Kalshi w/ Chris "Flupnolide" Dierkes (and Edge Graveyard) | Ep 113

56

Blow Your Offseason? Pay the Price!! & DK Prediction Market Move | Ep 112

57

90% Trouble: How the New Tax Law Hits Gamblers w/ Gary Kondler | Ep 111

58

Gambling State of the Union (Be like bugs and SURVIVE) | Ep 110

59

Flaming Hot Sharp Betting Takes II & News We Got Wrong | Ep 109

60

Bet Like a Bayesian & SP's DraftKings Beef | Ep 108

61

From the Yankees and Google to a Pro Gambler w/ Akash | Ep 107

62

How to Turn Your Projections into Probabilities (Distributions) & Poker Cheating Scandal | Ep 106

63

How to Start Modeling Sports & Are OddsJam Customers -EV? | Ep 105

64

DFS School for Sports Bettors & Every Winning Bettor is a Cheater? | Ep 104

65

GP Origin Story, Underdog Allows RTA & Why No Sponsors | Ep 103

66

Day in the Life of a Pro Degen & Making $50k a Year Without Scaling | Ep 102

67

Account Longevity Band-Aids & Long-Term Solutions + McPeek's McPicks | Ep 101

68

100th Episode Special! Sports Betting Content Breakdown & Mega Q&A | Ep 100

69

Heated Backtesting Debate & Gambling GOAT Wins $60M in Texas Lotto | Ep 99

70

Betting Big Events feat. The Masters & Why SGPs are an RG Solution? | Ep 98

71

Edge Graveyard #1 w/ MetroPassMike + Squeezing Every Penny Out of an Account | Ep 97

72

How to Be Confident in an Edge & GP Outs Guy Who Stole $50k From Him | Ep 96

73

Don't Bet at Exchanges Like You do at DraftKings & Future of Pushup Bets | Ep 95

74

How to Keep Going When Hit With Sportsbook Limits and a ROUGH News Week for the Industry | Ep 94

75

Adverse Selection Scares the Sh*t Out of Us and a Gambling Therapy Session | Ep 93

76

Flaming Hot Sharp Betting Takes, Day in the Betting Life & Why Exchanges are Scary | Ep 92

77

Specialist v. Generalist, Putting Your $ to Work, and Can a "Dunce" Win Betting? | Ep 91

78

Live Betting, Picking Markets, and Why Gamblers are Black Sheep | Ep 90

79

New Co-Host, Where Alpha Comes From & Prediction Markets in Sports Betting | Ep 89

80

Small Sample Sizes DO Matter - Here's Why | Ep 88

81

Big Mistakes to Avoid When Making a Sports Betting Model | Ep 87

82

So You Want to be a Part-Time Gambler? | Ep 86

83

So You Want to be a Professional Gambler? | Ep 85

84

Working with Others in Betting Part 3 (Accounting, Taxes, and Operational Support) | Ep 84

85

Working with Others in Betting Part 2: (Building a Group) | Ep 83

86

Working with Others in Betting Part 1: (Partners & Movers) | Ep 82

87

Where is your Money Coming From? | Ep. 81

88

Betting "Special" Events (Election / Paul v. Tyson) | Ep 80

89

Billy Beane v. Bill James - Who do you want to be? | Ep 79

90

The Biggest Mistakes are Made BEFORE You Bet | Ep 78

91

The HIDDEN Psychology of Sports Betting w/ Joseph | Ep 74

92

Small Originator at a Crossroads | Ep 77

93

Price Movement v. Weighted Market Avg. & GP Picks+ Launch | Ep 76

94

If They Are Offering, I Don't Want It | Ep 75

95

Hedging, Over Betting, and a Phil Ivey Story w/ Dr. Razz | Ep 73

96

Bottom Up Betting Made Easy (Free GP Academy Class) | Ep 72

97

The 5 Income Streams of a Modern Sports Bettor | Ep 71

98

Poker, Emotions, and Why You May Need to Get Stolen From w/ Sheets | Ep 70

99

Live Arbitrage, "Sweepstake" sportsbooks and is GRP Sharp? w/ SportsBetsGuy | Ep. 69

100

Choose the Game you Play | Ep. 68

101

What the Sportsbook SEES when you BET w/ BigBuckHunter | Ep 67

102

Broke to Bezos in Pro Gambling w/ Chinamaniac | Ep 66

103

Emergency March Madness / PGA Special Episode w/ Ben Rasa | Ep 64

104

Pulling Back the Curtain on Sportsbooks & VIP Programs w/ Dillon Borgida | Ep 63

105

P2 Deep Dive, Why You Should WANT to Get Stolen From + more Q&A | Ep 62

106

How to Plug into the Player Prop Market w/ Drew Morgan | Ep 61

107

Why the NFL Market ISN'T as Efficient as You Think w/ Sharp Clarke | Ep 60

108

Making the Sportsbooks Pay w/ Spanky | Ep 59

109

Accounts Can Be TOO Healthy | Ep 58

110

The Future of Sports Betting w/ Alex Kane | Ep 57

111

Sports Betting Lessons From the Blackjack Felt | Ep 56

112

Scaling, Good Data v. Good Modeling, and Why Math People Don't Trust Math w/ Sports Projections | Ep 55

113

Someone Who Wins a Different Way than You IS A GOLDMINE | Ep 54

114

How to Not Get BANNED from Sportsbooks w/ Mr. Liiiimited | Ep 53

115

Looking Stupid Sometimes is +EV | Ep 52

116

Bottoms Up ft. GP13 (Originating 101) | Ep 51

117

Combining Math and Common Sense for Uncommon Profit w/ JFar | Ep 50

118

How to Live Arb While Taking a Bath w/ SportsBetsGuy | Ep 49

119

"+EV Betting" is a Dangerous Term... | Ep 48

120

Best Betting Tools, Figuring out "Why", and Bet-sizing Hacks w/ MetroMike | Ep 47

121

When You Should Bet (Easiest way to Increase Hourly) | Ep 46

122

The Man Who BROKE DFS Pick'em (interview w/ PickEm Expert) | Ep 45

123

Learning 7-Figure Life Skills While Gambling | Ep 44

124

ROI Doesn't Matter? | Ep 43

125

How to Build a 7-figure Gambler | Ep 42

126

Bet Sizing Guide for an Optimized Life | Ep 41

127

Hunting for Edges w/ Dylan Garber | Ep 40

128

Q&A: Death of Correlation, Quitting Your Job, Account Health & More! | Ep 39

129

Treat Your Sports Betting Like a Business | Ep 38

130

The 5 BEST Ways to Make Money Betting Right Now | Ep 37

131

When an Edge Dies | Ep 36

132

The 6 Things You MUST Know About Your Market | Ep 34

133

Find Better Bettors | Ep 33

134

Turning $100 into $100,000 at 19 w/ HalosPicks | Ep 32

135

Hunting for Edges w/ Dylan Garber | Ep 40

136

Who is the Sharpest Book? | Ep 31

137

The 3 Levels of Sharp Bonus Play | Ep 30

138

"Be the One Other People Want to Tail" w/ Shiesty Picks | Ep 29

139

Choo-choo! (Intro to Steam Chasing) | Ep 28

140

Talking to Models (in Sports Betting) | Ep 27

141

Mamba Mentality w/ Drew Morgan | Ep 26

142

5 Signs You Are About to Take the Sportsbook's Money | Ep 25

143

Finding the Sportsbook's Weak Spot w/ Ed Miller | Ep 24

144

The Problem with +EV Betting | Ep 23

145

The Only Way to Get Rich Sports Betting | Episode 22

146

Redefining Success in Sports Betting | Episode 21

147

7 Uncomfortable Truths of Sports Betting | Ep 20

148

"I have no clue how much we should bet" | Ep 19

149

What's My Edge Again? | Ep 18

150

Do You Actually WANT to Win? | Ep 17

151

How to Build a Winning Bet | Ep 16

152

1 Simple Concept That Made Us $100k in a Weekend | Ep 15

153

Think Like a Sportsbook | Ep 14

154

Every "Capper" is Doing THIS Wrong | Ep 13

155

BIG Money in Big Markets | Ep 12

156

This Simple Concept Made us $100k in a Weekend | Episode 15

157

The ONE Thing Sportsbooks Can't Stand | Ep 11

158

Why your gut is making you POOR | Ep 10

159

My 6 Commandments on Betsizing for Promos | Ep 9

160

NEVER go broke gambling | Ep 8

161

Embracing Losses and Managing Emotions | Ep 7

162

How to Get Paid $2,025 by the DFS Pick'em sites | Ep 6

163

Make Money Gambling Without "Being the Best" | Ep 5

164

The 5 Best Ways to Lose All Your Money Gambling | Ep 4

165

3 Advantages Small Bettors Have | Ep 3

166

4 random habits all great gamblers have | Ep 2

167

The Only Equation You NEED to Know to Profit Sports Betting | Ep 1