This person should start hedging

[cadillacman]

One more win earns Fulkerson $1M for 25 straight picks

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<!-- end page tools --> <!-- begin story body --> <!-- template inline -->Jordan Fulkerson is one win away from becoming the first ESPN Streak for the Cash winner.
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Streak for the Cash

Jordan Fulkerson, from Louisville, Ky., has the longest streak to date in ESPN's Streak for the Cash. Check it out here. Fulkerson's streak
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<!-- end sidebar table --> Fulkerson, from Louisville, Ky., successfully picked Boston College to beat Wake Forest on Saturday to get his 24th win in a row. The 25th correct pick will be worth a $1 million prize. Fulkerson began his current streak on Oct. 29 with a soccer pick (three goals or more in the Ajax-Heracles Almelo game). His 22nd win was a rugby game Saturday morning (South Africa over England) and he got to 23 with Clemson's 13-3 win over Virginia. That tied him with Scott Conant, who had 23 wins heading into Saturday.
Conant lost his streak when he picked Wake Forest, which lost to Boston College 24-21.
During his streak, Fulkerson has picked seven NBA games, six college football games, six NFL games, two golf tournaments (Davis Love with a better nine-hole score than Chris DiMarco on Oct. 30 and Billy Andrade with a better nine-hole score than Carlos Franco on Oct. 31), the rugby game, the initial soccer game and the presidential election (where he had Barack Obama straight up over John McCain on Nov. 4).



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[nimue77]

Yeah, make a pick for #25 and then bet the other side of the game so that he makes around 1/2 million on each side.

 

[Santo]

Probably unlikely the guy can raise the 500k to do so

 

[joeyfitzclick]

Wheres he gonna raise $500K ?

 

[Cusipz]

Sharp guy like this... gotta have 500k

:lol:

 

[Doug]

500k is too much of a hedge.

prize is more like 6ook after taxes.

 

[Wynn]

Wheres he gonna raise $500K ?

Lloyd's of London - Special Risk Division

 

[DrunkenHorseplayer]

Even if his next pick is correct it isn't guaranteed that he'll win the million. Someone else is right behind at 23 wins and if both people hit 25 on the same day (one can make more than one pick per day) the other person wins the tie-breaker.

 

[krk1030]

24 straights ATS? Damn

 

[D2bets]

If these are legit ATS bets, I've got the odds of 24 in a row at almost 17 million to 1.

 

[krk1030]

I checked into it. I guess its not against the spread. They give you a few games each day to pick the winner of, so its not as hard as going ats but you can pick florida over the citadel as a pick.

 

[nimue77]

I checked into it. I guess its not against the spread. They give you a few games each day to pick the winner of, so its not as hard as going ats but you can pick florida over the citadel as a pick.

In that case, you don't need a half million to hedge it off....if you take a -200, then you only need a quarter million on +200 to hedge..

 

[Gaz]

500k is too much of a hedge.

prize is more like 6ook after taxes.

Bingo. Hedge the bet with what you can come up with up a couple hundred K. Either way a nice chunk of change for some capping with no cost tied to it.

 

[JoeFalls]

the guy had a chance to end it last nite & didn't pull the trigger on the sooners at pick. no 7 pt favs today. i was following this whole thing yesterday. i says to myself, 'WTF, he didn't take oklahoma'.

he passed this morning on the early games.