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.....he's got to be half ass crazy to bet on his own team to WIN every damn time...
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It's pretty obvious you are not a pool player.
Just a little gambling education here. Gamblers don't like to lose money, and thus, they have figured out every possible way to get the cash. They can't bet on themselves to lose, because that is too obvious. So they either take a payoff to lose the game, or they will bet on themselves to win, and then intentionally lose anyway.
Here is a hypothetical situation, because I'm not a gambler....just a somewhat streetwise pool player.
Lets say I'm gambling with someone for $100 in a race to 10 games. However, I have a partner who bets $500 on the side, that I am going to lose. You can be sure I'm going to lose the match, and that $100. BUT, my partner wins $500 and we split the profits. Hell, my partner might even be the guy I'm playing against.
It's called dumping, and it happens all the time in the gambling world.
Gambling doesn't have anything to do with winning or losing the game. It's all about who gets the cheese.