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    Bettor accuses Barstool Sports of punishing him for winning

    Druff's note: I split this off from the sportsbetting thread. The thread title is mine, even though it appears under Sanlmar's name. The post, however, is his.

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    Stories from the legalized wagering files. Barstool Sports

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    None of this surprises me, but it's not even as bad as what a lot of brick and mortar sportsbooks do. They aren't backing off "Joey Knish". They're just ending promotions to him, stating that they see him as a pro player, and thus don't see a need to entice his business.

    In other words, "You can keep betting here, but we're not going to incentivize it."

    I actually don't see a problem with that. All customers aren't created equal.

    For those wondering, Barstool Sportsbook is a legalized book in Pennsylvania. It's run by Barstool Sports, led by Dave Portnoy. Portnoy has bashed certain offshore sportsbooks in the past, such as MyBookie.

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    Dave Portnoy is entertaining to a degree, but the more you watch you get to see hat he's an annoying fuck.

    watching some of pizza vids you can see what a douche he is and the way he treats people and some that work for him.

    seems like a boss from hell and one that you want to pound his face.

     
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    Johnny Manziel will be the 1st pick in the draft. I truly believe not only will Johnny Manziel be rookie of the year, quite possibly he will be MVP as his style will shock defensive coordinators. Manziel may only be 6 feet tall, but he has size 15 feet. And he has HUGE hands. I know some NFL scouts so I know what I am talking about.



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    Business tries to get most out of customer, color me shocked

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    Quote Originally Posted by dwai View Post
    Business tries to get most out of customer, color me shocked

    There it is folks. We can shut the thread down now.


    And Druff is right here - this isn’t even a “cut off”. A cut off would be saying to Kinish (who is an excellent Twitter follow BTW) no you can’t bet $1000 on the Red Sox tonight, how about $25? All they are saying here is he’s not eligible for bet boosts and other free money type give Away’s.

    Bonuses, freeplay and bet boosts are NOT for winning players. It’s that simple.

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    This isn't too different from the Pokerstars Supernova Elites bitching that Stars was degrading their benefits.

    They thought they had a right to unlimited high rakeback.

    I said that Stars acted unethically to change the terms of the benefits in the middle of the 2-year cycle, but they had every right to do it going forward after that.

    Many of these pros disagreed.

    The simple fact is that books and poker rooms covet fish, and as long as they tolerate pros, you can't really complain.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    This isn't too different from the Pokerstars Supernova Elites bitching that Stars was degrading their benefits.

    They thought they had a right to unlimited high rakeback.

    I said that Stars acted unethically to change the terms of the benefits in the middle of the 2-year cycle, but they had every right to do it going forward after that.

    Many of these pros disagreed.

    The simple fact is that books and poker rooms covet fish, and as long as they tolerate pros, you can't really complain.
    It’s a decent analogy but at least the winning poker players participate in generating rake. Sports players just suck money out.

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    I wouldn’t attempt to speak for San, as it wouldn’t be as smart or eloquent, but I’m guessing he got a kick out of the non-recreational tendencies line.

    It seems like verbiage you’d find in psychiatrist notes. I find patient A to be exhibiting patterns of non-recreational alcohol consumption and needs further monitored.

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    I’m a clown. I didn’t read “promotions”. I read what I wanted to see.

    In my defense, I was blind betting Padre’s Live NBA picks and NBA makes me crazy.

    I admit nothing to see here but Joey Knish is funny and a good follow

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    Surprise surprise I’m not surprised

    Agree with the above about Dave Portney. Sometimes I like him sometimes I don’t. Generally agree with his opinions, I find his voice difficult to listen to. Dude fucks tho, multiple sex tapes have been leaked.

    In general Barstool is an overrated site with mostly “filler” content

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    Was an interesting back and forth between Portnoy and Kinish.

    The cliffs are Portnoy acknowledged the tweet and called Kinish the equivalent of a card counter.

    Kinish said yeah, what’s the big deal.

    Everyone else jumping in with “what they don’t like winning players what type of BS is this”.

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    This is nothing out of the ordinary. Books and Casino have been cutting benefits to advantage players for years. I have had this done to me several times. A couple of local Casinos have cut all free play to Video Poker players and only allow it to be use on regular slots. Another told me and a friend that our free play was cut because we were winning. And the Seminole Hard Rock will not give me X card membership (it is invitation only) because .."You don't lose enough...". This is even though my bet handle is certainly high enough. I can't bitch though, because I get a bunch of free stuff and I earn a ton of comps and free play from them.

    Bottom line is, it's not like they're saying he can't bet. They are just not going to give him free stuff. He can always choose to go elsewhere. But he won't because he's a DG.

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