The worst beat ever? Brutal

[ChrisMWilliams]

Thought I'd share. It made my physically ill reading. Feel so bad for this dude!

Stat change costs man $1M prize on MNF game

A stat change that took away a Bears sack during Monday's game against the Rams was costly for one daily fantasy player, who missed out on a $1 million top prize over the correction.

www.espn.com

 

[mywayorcyway]

And my friends who complained about the system changing their W to an L after what previous had been recorded as a running play was changed to a forward pass in fantasy football. What happened to this guy would be a tough pill to swallow.

There's an episode of Bettor Days on ESPN+ where a person hit a 14 leg parlay during March Madness. 16,000:1 chance of hitting it.

Spoiler: Don't click if you're planning on watching the episode...

He bet $0.14. I think he said he won around $1600 (not sure if bets were teased, moneyline, etc.)

 

[Gonzo]

Suddenly, losing that $200 on UCONN in the Final Four from the meaningless Duke half-court three pointer at the buzzer all those years ago doesn't seem so bad.

 

[Sigmapolis]

/r/wsb meets sports betting.

yolo

 

[coolerifyoudid]

I don't play fantasy sports, but as a Cyclone and Viking fan, this is exactly how I'd imagine it would go.

 

[mywayorcyway]

Suddenly, losing that $200 on UCONN in the Final Four from the meaningless Duke half-court three pointer at the buzzer all those years ago doesn't seem so bad.

A have a friend who is obsessed with parlays. Always trying to hit the big score, 3, 4, 5 legs, whatever.

When that shot went in, my phone rang immediately and all I heard was incoherent screaming. He has a couple other notable "bad beats".

 

[simply1]

Ouch

i read it a worst beer, and I pick generic white can blacks label BEER.

 

[Busch__Latte]

I don't play fantasy sports, but as a Cyclone and Viking fan, this is exactly how I'd imagine it would go.

Never bet on the team you root for. You are setting yourself up for double the misery.

 

[DreamyFred21]

I can sympathize a bit with this guy - not that anyone on here cares, but I was one putt away from winning $100,000 earlier this summer in a DraftKings golf contest. Si Woo Kim lipped in a 6-foot par putt on 18 on Sunday that if he had missed, I would’ve won $100K (the putt barely snuck in and you could tell by his reaction that he thought he missed it). Instead, I had to settle for $3K. Not bad ROI for a $5 entry, but $97K more would have been a little sweeter.

Will never forget the rush I felt opening the app and seeing that I was winning $100K (I had checked a couple hours earlier and was winning $30 then). I can only imagine how this guy feels when it is $997K.

 

[mywayorcyway]

I can sympathize a bit with this guy - not that anyone on here cares, but I was one putt away from winning $100,000 earlier this summer in a DraftKings golf contest. Si Woo Kim lipped in a 6-foot par putt on 18 on Sunday that if he had missed, I would’ve won $100K (the putt barely snuck in and you could tell by his reaction that he thought he missed it). Instead, I had to settle for $3K. Not bad ROI for a $5 entry, but $97K more would have been a little sweeter.

Will never forget the rush I felt opening the app and seeing that I was winning $100K (I had checked a couple hours earlier and was winning $30 then). I can only imagine how this guy feels when it is $997K.

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Ouch, sorry man. I remember the putt you're talking about. Wasn't in the week before (or maybe the week after?) where he had a putt against Daniel Berger that he did miss from an even shorter distance?

 

[Brett44]

Never bet on the team you root for. You are setting yourself up for double the misery.

This is stupid. You’re such a ***** if you can’t logically gamble on the team you know the best, because of emotion.

 

[Busch__Latte]

This is stupid. You’re such a ***** if you can’t logically gamble on the team you know the best, because of emotion.

Ok, good for you. Who's alt are you? Cyrock?

 

[Clonehomer]

Thought I'd share. It made my physically ill reading. Feel so bad for this dude!

Stat change costs man $1M prize on MNF game

A stat change that took away a Bears sack during Monday's game against the Rams was costly for one daily fantasy player, who missed out on a $1 million top prize over the correction.

www.espn.com

On the flip side, someone that thought they weren't winning a $1M prize suddenly did.

 

[DreamyFred21]

Ouch, sorry man. I remember the putt you're talking about. Wasn't in the week before (or maybe the week after?) where he had a putt against Daniel Berger that he did miss from an even shorter distance?

It was at the Traveler’s Championship in August. Si Woo was in the final group, so the result of my contest hung on the balance of that putt because the five guys ahead of me had him. I have a video of it on my phone to remind me of the pain because it was not a well-hit putt. Was pacing the house down the stretch as we jockeyed for position and my entry bounced between $700 - $100,000. 6th place out of 96,000 entries is good, but 1st would have felt a lot better

 

[BurgundyClone]

Hard to feel sorry for a dude that has 43 entries -yikes, that is a problem..

 

[Brett44]

Ok, good for you. Who's alt are you? Cyrock?

Do you have an issue with what I said?

 

[AgronAlum]

On the flip side, someone that thought they weren't winning a $1M prize suddenly did.

Kinda. It fell to a five way tie (that he wasn’t a part of), so the mill was split.

 

[madguy30]

I don't play fantasy sports, but as a Cyclone and Viking fan, this is exactly how I'd imagine it would go.

And I think this is true on either side of the equation.

 

[Busch__Latte]

Do you have an issue with what I said?

You've been replying to a lot of my posts. And yes, betting on your team is a bad idea.

 

[NWICY]

For $5 you can win a million dollars? I don't do fantasy sports but that sounds like something my wife would win based on the uniform colors.

Well turn her loose then, quickest mill you'll ever make.