Though I\’m not yet ready to declare football the new poker — or sports wagering for that matter — it is now safe to tell you about my dominance in something called U Pick\’em.
You may recall a post a while back about the heated non-poker competition in the Michalski family, where I was proving my prowess as a no-spread football picker. Of course in the week right after that post, I totally tanked — dropping dramatically on the family leaderboard and several percentage points nationwide.
But as in poker and life, you\’ve gotta play 60 minutes of football! … And with that (as well as the knowledge that I probably shouldn\’t post about my non-poker greatness) I clawed my way back to the top. With a last-minute switch to the Pittsburgh Steelers yesterday, my end results for the 2008 NFL season:
Nationwide: 277th out of 145,498
For people playing through the LVRJ: 33rd out of 9,727
Michalski family: Tied for 1st out of 13
Total winners picked: 176 out of 266 (66 %)
So clearly, I need to develop a sports-betting habit in 2009 to make up for all my rivers that don\’t hit in poker.
