10/30/2014
Let's Talk some BIG PAYOFFS:
The most amazing I ever saw in the Breeders Cup was about 9 or 10 years ago when the college kid hit the Pick Six for over $1,000,000 on , yes, a $2 Ticket! In a televised interview he stated he came up with the six winners on playing what he considered the Best Trainer in each race. Three of the winners were huge long shots.
My very favorite BIG PAYOFF story is the time about a dozen years ago, your truly was enjoying the Breeder's Cup at the MGM Grand in Vegas. I was seated next to 2 very good and very big players. One of them had a black bag handcuffed to his wrist which was stuffed with $100 bills. He also had an armed body guard.
We were off to a good start that Saturday and had worked up something of a kindred spirit friendship, when we identified the 3 most wide open consecutive races. We decided to play a $1 P3 using 5 horses in each leg and splitting the $125 cost 3 ways. Each of us was assigned the duty of selecting 3 long shots in one of the specific races. After that we conversed regarding the other two selections and reached agreement to use the 2 top contenders in our opinion (Not necessarily the favorites).
After putting together the ticket, we each liked it so much, we each decided to play the ticket individually and not split the cost. I played it for $125, one of the others did as well, and the Black Bag man played it twice for $250.
I can't tell you how pleased I was when my long shot at 50:1 won the first leg. I was even more pleased when the Black Bag man's pick came through in the second leg with another big long shot. I remember looking at the will pays on the final leg, the smallest of our selections was over $10,000 and each of our 3 long shots was 6 figures! Having been in this situation a few times and then losing when none of our selection won, I quickly went back to the form to find the 2 horses most likely to leave us with Zero, I then bet $200 to win on each of them.
Man was I happy not to cash either of those $200 win tickets! In the third and final leg, our 3rd long shot in a row won easily and we were cheering loudly long before the horse hit the wire! When the smoke cleared, we had the only winning tickets in the entire world and we split up the entire Pick 3 Pool. One of my biggest pay days ever! In fact I'm still celebrating it to this day.
There is nothing like the Breeder's Cup, the pools are huge and each horse will give it's all to get part of the purse (Pays 5
places) .
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