The Utah Utes -4 Over the BYU Cougars Covers 94-88 as the Tuesday Play of the Day - Money Management Lessons From Bobby Clarke Sports

Take the Utah Utes -4 at home over the BYU Cougars as the Tuesday play of the day, 4:00 PM Pacific. Good luck! dshadowknight has now lost two in a row in the NBA, his record is now 17-6. His streak may be ending.

This Is One Tough Way to Make Money Department: We just went to Bobby Clarke Sports today and went to his "day by day results" page which shows his whole record from May 14, 2008 to January 26, 2009. We know Bobby (he is a loyal reader of this blog) and he is a good handicapper and kudos to him for posting his complete record, game by game. More handicappers need to do this. Starting with zero he ran his bankroll up to $15,210 on December 25, 2008. Thats a great Christmas present for his subscribers who pay $150 a month. But the profits have disappeared since then. Since December 25, 2008, Bobby has given all his profits back and now shows a loss of $1,950 (thru January 26) since he started last May. Per his sports monitor, John Werner at Parlay Help, Bobby lost $11,470 in the week of January 12-18, 2009. If you paid Bobby the $150 a month since he appeared on the net and followed his plays as he gave them out, you would be out of pocket over three grand now. If you got his service on Christmas day as a present and started betting the next day, betting exactly as he told you to, your losses are over $17,000 after 32 days.

Lessons we can learn from Bobby:
- Using a dollar amount instead of a percentage of your bankroll can lead to unlimited losses. Since an individual cannot print money (or should not print money) a better way to do it is establish a set bankroll and bet a percentage of that bankroll. You can only lose your starting bankroll that way and know the extent of your possible losses if everything goes wrong. You can bet say 1 to 5 percent of your bankroll on any one game, and limit your total daily loss to say ten percent of your bankroll. You can have some very bad days in sports betting.
- If your handicapper goes on a run, and Bobby had a great run (congratulations to him going from zero to $15,210 profits from May 14 to Dec 25 last year) and you double your money along the way, take your original bankroll off the table along with the cost of the service. Now you are operating on the sports books money. Because as the night follows the day, a bad run follows a good run in sports betting. It happens to all of us. Its streaky.
- If your handicapper loses half your money, stop betting. Wait till the capper gets back on a run. Don't throw good money after bad. Streaks can last a very long time. Its a very common practice for handicappers to try and double up on their bets to get back in profit. Stu Feiner last year gave out six plays on the Lakers in the NBA Championship and lost every one. His bets should of been going down, but instead he doubled up on his bets losing an incredible 7,850,000 dimes.

We hope Bobby gets back in the black and we wish him and his clients the best. Bobby calls himself "The Worlds Most Honest Handicapper." Bobby is honest, but his money management is poor. But money management is the players responsibility. Following the above advice will save you some sleepless nights.

The Calgary Flames -135 at Home Over the Colorado Avalanche in Hockey Wins 3-2 as the Tuesday Play of the Day - Whats With the Red Hats?

Take the Calgary Flames -135 at home over the Colorado Avalanche as the Tuesday play of the day. Good luck!

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Hot Handicapper Report: Congratulations to Mr. Bobby Clarke for taking the over in last nights football game. He had a perfect week going 9-0 per his sports monitor, ParlayHelp.com run by the always affable Mr. John Werner. Bobby just proved it last week: Less is more! He was number one for the week out of all the handicappers monitored by his sports monitor, he even beat our record last week of up 10.8 units or 216 dimes. We both easily beat all the other eleven cappers over there. Hey Bobby, up for a cage match?, lol - kudos to Bob:



Mr. John Werner at ParlayHelp.com reports in on his Handicapper Dozen:

If There Was Any Doubt We Cleared It Up Tonight, We Are the Worst Handicapper in America, Over 52 on Condoms/Beavers Loses

Take the over 52 in the USC Trojans/Oregon State Beavers football game as the Thursday play of the day, 6 PM Pacific. Good luck!

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Real World Money Management:
Beginning Profit Pool Balance $379
25% on the Over 52 Bet $95
Ending Profit Pool Balance $284

Stu Feiner Parody Video:

Bankroll Winner of the Week Twice in a Row the Last Two Weeks at Sports Monitor ParlayHelp.com, NO BS Sports Goes 2-0 Yesterday:

"Document this, Bitch!" - John: the Stu Feiner parody video was ok, but I think you might have been a little too rough on Mr. Brian King in the parody video above.

Out of the Mouth of Babes - "You Want the Truth? You Can't Handle the Truth!"

Out of the mouth of babes: One of the finest, most ethical handicappers out there, Bobby Clarke of Bobby Clarke Sports, is on a hot run. He is out of the stable of handicappers that is monitored by the always gracious and affable John Werner of ParlayHelp.com. We have been looking for a honest handicapper for twenty years, this gentleman may be him. Don't let this guy's age fool you, he is the Timothy Lincecum of sports handicappers:

Early Bird Game: Cubbies -174 With Marquis Listed On the Road Over the Pirates With Duke Listed Wins 2-0 as Our Wednesday Play of the Day

Take the Chicago Cubs -174 with Jason Marquis on the mound visiting the Pittsburgh Pirates with Zach Duke listed as our Wednesday play of the day, 9:35 AM Pacific. Cubs are 11-1 in Marquis' last 12 starts after allowing 5 runs or more in their previous game. Pirates are 0-5 in Duke's last 5 home starts. I hate laying more than -140 on any game, but I love the Cubbies in this pitching matchup. Good luck! Results: Cubs win 2-0. We cash in at lunchtime here in the Biggest Little City in the World. We also gave out the Giants with Tim Lincecum pitching to give us a 2-0 day. Our complete picks are available at myhandicapper.com well before game time. Our sports monitor does not allow us to use run lines, but personally we bet the Giants on the run line, which is usually not a good idea. But Tim Lincecum is not a usual pitcher. Lincecum is the best pitcher in baseball today.

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What the ATS Experts think - they are all over the Cubbies

Handicapping Notes: The Good: Bobby Clarke went 3-0 yesterday with no heavy favorites selected, if you have to buy a service, buy his for $400 for the rest of the year. The Bad: Stu Feiner for continuing to promise his clients the moon and grinding out $59.95 a day from the poor saps. The Ugly: The Bookie Basher has left the Silver State to complete twenty hours of remedial handicapping and money management instruction from a Professor Clarke back east. He needs it as he goes down 50 dimes yesterday. He is down 744 dimes since midnight Sunday, August 17. Ouch!

Who Are We: This site is free. We don't have ads. We don't want your money. The focus is on the general handicapping community, if you have a link email it to us, we will post it. If you have a comment, post it below where it says comments. Comments are welcome and unmoderated. The democrats are having their convention this week. Robert Kennedy once said, "There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" There is too much hype and deception in the sports handicapping business. We see it on a daily basis. We hope to use this site to point out the worst examples and to praise the few ethical handicappers out there. We have called paid handicappers on the phone and posed as a desperate bettor down on our luck, looking for someone to bail us out. You learn a lot that way about their ethics. Do they call you back unannounced 30 minutes later and give you the hard sell, over touting their handicapping skill set? Behavior like that is a red flag in our eyes. Thanks to the genial John Werner at ParlayHelp.com for posting our banner on his site for a few days.

Are you ready for some football? Phil Steele gives out a comp play about every day in football season. One that has been consistently at 65% over the years is Phil's Early Bird Play which he gives out on his comp line every Monday. This week its South Carolina -12 over NC State. This game goes tomorrow, Thursday at 5:00 PM Pacific. As a general rule, you want to bet this game on Monday to avoid a bad line later in the week. We are just getting up to speed on football, in the future we will post his Early Bird Play as soon as its released.

Hot handicapper video, Bobby Clarke:

Giants -129 with Cain Listed as Pitcher over the Rockies Loses 4-2 as the Monday Play of the Day

Take the San Francisco Giants -129 with Cain listed as pitcher playing at home over the Colorado Rockies as the Monday play of the day. Good luck!

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Handicapper Update: Phil Steele releases a two star on San Diego.....smart betters know to fade Northcoast Sports plays and they got an easy winner on the Seattle Seahawks. Thanks Phil.
The Bookie "the Chaser" Basher is making new videos. On his Monday video he admits he lost 674 dimes last week. He put out a 20 dime play today which lost, its gonna take forever for his new subscribers to come back from last weeks huge debacle. He is now 694 dimes down since midnight Sunday, August 17. Stay tuned.
That small town handicapper guy from back east, Bobby Clarke has been on a roll, up $3,255 last week according to the gregarious John Werner at ParlayHelp.com, the sports monitor. When everyone else was down today, Mr. Clarke was up another $200. Cool it Bobby, you are making these other guys look bad.

Oh F**k! We Lose! : Angels -154 With Lackey Listed at Home Over the Twins Lose 1-2 as the Thursday Play of the Day

Take the LA Angels -154 with John Lackey listed as pitcher at home over the Minnesota Twins as the Thursday play of the day, 7:05 PM Pacific. Good luck!

Angels are 12-2 in Lackey's last fourteen starts. The Angels have beat Twins pitcher Scott Baker the last 3 times they've faced him: winning 10-1, 5-1, 6-3, while pounding him for 17 earned runs in just 15 innings pitched.



August Handicapping Disappointment: What the hell happened with Phil Steele of Northcoast Sports? He is usually pretty decent in preseason football but he sucks this year. As an example tonight he gave out the under in the 49ers/Bears game, an easy over, hell it was over at half time. What are you smoking there Phil? Steele is 5-11-1 on Marquee plays this preseason. Phil wants $3,800 for the executive service? If we gave him a nickel we would be the one smoking something. Phil's plays are posted for free on several forums, why we would pay for anything? But even getting his picks free, the way he has been handicapping we are gonna still be a big loser.

Small Town Handicapper Corner: After posting comments on U-Tube and having my comments immediately deleted, I had a short email exchange with one Bobby Clarke. He might be able to delete my comments from his U-Tube posts, but its pure free speech here. Now Bobby has a sports handicapping service called Bobby Clarke Sports. After comparing his very ethical operation, that he is running out of some small town back east, to the big city Farmingdale NY Stu Fiener's boiler room, I see some deficiencies in Mr. Clarke's operation. Namely:

1. He is monitored by the affable John Werner over at ParlayHelp.com. Bobby, how are you gonna lie about your record when you are being monitored?

2. Mr. Clarke only offers a few plays a day and has no clubs or other handicappers. How can you pick and choose to come up with the best record if you got no clubs Bobby, what are you thinking?

3. He posts his complete record of every play from day one to tonight on his website and shows the exact amount of money he is betting on each game instead of the Dime system like the Source Stu Fiener, aka Finer uses. Using real money Bobby? - hey that makes too much sense, where did you get that idea?

4. Bobby is charging $350 for the rest of the year in all sports and he serves up no hype or hard sell. His operation is very ethical. His parents must of sent him to Sunday School when he was young. I wonder if the Source went to Sunday School? Bobby must be from a small town charging so little, hell Stu Feiner charges $59.95 for his picks for a day and then hypes the hell out of them so his hapless clients overbet, all to line his fat pockets. Now our motto is NEVER PAY FOR A PICK, but i guess if you had to....Mr. Clarke's deal might be the best in town. (Hey if you buy his picks, at least post them here every day as a comment.)

Bobby Clarke looks like he is too young to drink but he seems to like beer where it appears Stu Feiner likes his grasshopper ganja and food. Bobby made a comment on his video that impressed us today....never take the run line on the favorite in a baseball game. When we walked into our favorite local legal sports book tonight, we heard the refrain: Take the Angels run line! BS we said! Take a look at all the games that won by one point today. For a small town guy, this Bobby Clarke might not be so dumb after all. At least he is winning. Maybe its all that fresh air and good beer.

His video for today: