Most sports activities bettors would in all probability be pleased with a $400,000 rating and the possibility to play for an additional $4 million. That wasn’t the case for high-stakes skilled poker participant and sports activities gambler Sean Perry.
As the $1,000 buy-in Circa Survivor NFL pool reached the ultimate 13 gamers final week, 12 of these remaining agreed to that precise deal. However, Perry was the lone holdout – nixing the settlement and selecting to play for the entire enchilada.
Instead, the 27-year-old son of poker professional Ralph Perry counter offered in which he would get $2 million in the deal.
“I said, ‘With all respect, I’m the best bettor in the world. There’s no way I’m ever chopping. I wish you guys all the best. I’ll see you at the finish line,’” he instructed the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
“Why would I chop when I have an edge? If you do $400K each, any money I take out of the prize pool is money I’m, in theory, losing because I have an edge. I believe I have the best team left, and I’m confident in my ability. This is what I do. I’m a big-time crusher. I’ve been the biggest winner in sports for the longest time.”
And in fact, there are good arguments for not chopping.
No Cash, But No Regrets
But regardless of his bravado, Perry bowed out of the competition over the weekend when the Broncos misplaced 26-23 to the Patriots. As the NFL will get nearer to the tip of the common season, gamers had restricted choices when it got here to groups they hadn’t chosen earlier than.
The Broncos had been a 7-point favourite and 6 of these remaining within the Circa contest additionally chosen the Broncos. There at the moment are solely 4 gamers remaining and three weeks left to find out a winner. The contest produced a area of 9,267 entries and can pay out virtually $9.3 million to the winner.
No doubt many bettors can be disenchanted for not cashing in after working so deep, however Perry appeared to haven’t any regrets at rejecting the deal.
“I wish all the haters a merry Christmas, remember that I still am the biggest winner in sports and I will be having a wonderful Christmas still,” he famous on Twitter. “How I found out about the Circa contest was I went in to set up and deposit $1 million into my new Circa account. I proceeded to make $500k within the first couple weeks before my limits got reduced. So gambling at the Circa was still very profitable for me. I still am the #GOAT.”
Life As A Gambler
It appears solely becoming that Perry would launch into the world of poker and playing. His father Ralph is an old-school gambler who has $3.7 million in dwell event poker winnings and gained a World Series of Poker bracelet in 2006 for $207,817.
Poker runs within the household and Sean Perry has greater than $6.8 million in dwell event winnings himself. That file contains quite a few main scores and several other excessive curler PokerGO Tour titles.
In current years, a lot of his motion has been on sports activities and he cashed in on moneyline winners within the 2022 and 2023 Super Bowls to the tune of just about $2 million in earnings. After the 2022 win, he posted a video of himself stuffing money winnings in a suitcase.
I’m going to wish a much bigger suitcase this 12 months!! #imnotchopping pic.twitter.com/YmBbY2WAM2
— sean perry (@itsvegassean) December 22, 2023
Perry might not want a suitcase for the Circa Survivor this 12 months, however says the money isn’t actually the objective.
“It’s just another day in the office,” he instructed the Review-Journal. “I just love the battle. The winning is more important for me than the money.”
