About this episode
Antonino De Rosa shares his journey from professional Magic the Gathering player to becoming a professional sports bettor.
Our guest today is Antonino De Rosa, also known as "Ant." Ant went from professional Magic the Gathering player to working for Pinnacle sports book and from there became a professional sports bettor. Show Notes [00:00] Introduction of sports bettor, Antonio De Rosa [00:42] Playing Magic The Gathering professionally [04:56] Comparing Magic variance and skills to gambling? [08:29] Getting a job at Pinnacle [12:07] NBA totals at Pinnacle [14:05] Dealing with losses, risk management [17:57] Bad beats [20:39] Leaving Pinnacle for Plannatech [23:29] Becoming a bettor [27:04] Market efficiency, manipulation, limiting players, etc [32:34] New female accounts [33:49] Identifying sharp play [36:44] BetBash story [39:37] Life lessons from gambling [42:15] Favorite non-casino restaurant in Vegas Books Referenced: Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
People in this episode
Hosts: Bob Dancer, Richard Munchkin
Guest: Antonino De Rosa
Topics covered
- professional gambling
- sports betting
- Magic the Gathering
- risk management
- market efficiency
- life lessons from gambling
Keywords
- sports betting
- Magic the Gathering
- Pinnacle
- risk management
- market efficiency
- gambling
- life lessons
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Pinnacle, Plannatech
Books & works: Fooled by Randomness
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