Join the Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly as he dives into the thrilling world of high-stakes poker and sports betting with the legendary Sean Perry!
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Sean Perry
Yeah, it's called moving the market. Yeah.
Host
Yeah. Because you picked the underdog a lot, right?
Sean Perry
Well, I pick underdogs, favorites. I bet it all. But now you could use this to your own advantage. So what I can do is I can fake the market is what it's called. So what I can do is I can go use my circuit count, bet it, have them move the market for me, and then get a better line and bet the opposite side everywhere else.
Host
Wow. So you're playing chess.
Sean Perry
Oh, 100. That's what sports is. So it's a beautiful thing.
Host
All right, guys, the number one sports better in the world is here. Sean Perry. Thanks for coming, man.
Sean Perry
Thank you for having me, buddy.
Host
Yeah. You've taken your poker skills over to sports betting now.
Sean Perry
Absolutely. Well, I've been gambling for a long time, so it's nothing new for me.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
Been in this gambling space for a long time, ever since I was a kid.
Host
It's cool to see, though, because you rarely see someone being able to dominate both poker and sports betting.
Sean Perry
Yeah. Yeah. 100. I guess the reason why I went to sports is because I got and surrounded myself in private poker games. And like, if anyone's watched a movie, Molly's Game, I basically play in that kind of game, but in the real life version of it, a bunch. And through that was able to get down. There are a lot of billionaires and stuff in sports. And so became friends with all the sharpest betters in the world and then found a way to be able to get down a lot of money and moved into the sports world. Yeah.
Host
Because there's some people that think there's no advantage in sports betting, but you're. You're clearly proving there is.
Sean Perry
Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. My results speak for itself. Yeah. 100.
Host
How big were the stakes at these poker games?
Sean Perry
The poker games? Well, I've played in some games where I've been on some super yachts with some billionaires and lost like $6 million over the course of a few days.
Host
Jesus.
Sean Perry
Have obviously won a lot as well, more than I've lost. But, yeah, I've played in some very nosebleed stakes poker games, for sure.
Host
You ever play against Dan Bazerian.
Sean Perry
So I've played with him on online apps. I've never played with him in person. It's actually a funny story. I've been around him a bunch. But yeah, he necessarily honestly doesn't really play much poker to be honest. Anymore. Yeah. So yeah, I mean he sometimes played Aria, but he plays like a smaller game, like for fun I guess. But he did play back in the day when I was under 21 and. Yeah, but I've played with him online a few times.
Host
Okay.
Sean Perry
Yeah.
Host
Who some of the best people you played against, poker wise?
Sean Perry
Well, I've kind of played against them all to be honest. So in past, in the year 2021, I was a third ranked poker player in the world. Well, they have this thing called poker go to which is binds of 10,000 or greater. So 10K up to $1,000,000. And there's over 100 tournaments across the world of these stakes of Vines and they have a ranking system and I finished third in the world in that ranking system. I won like I have over 7 million winnings.
Host
Poker at a young age, that's just public winnings.
Sean Perry
Yeah, that's just public winnings. Nothing to do with the private cash games. That's just the tournaments.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
But yeah, I've played against like all the greats. So I mean the big names are like Phil Ivey and Danny Negreano and you have people now like David Peters and like just, you name it. Basically I've played against every single person. Yeah.
Host
Were you able to ever get a read on Ivy because he's just stone cold.
Sean Perry
Yeah, he definitely is a stone cold killer. But I'm able to get a read on basically. Basically anyone you play against, so. Really? Yeah. But at the same time is like truth is that Ivy doesn't even play much poker anymore. He's on to other things. But yeah, I've played with him and like this Trident cash game series or tournaments and so like overseas I played with him and yeah, but it's. Poker is a lot of fun. I've loved it. I grew up, my bar mitzvah was poker themed. Oh, that's so my dad was a professional poker player. He played in all the biggest cash games in the world. That's kind of how I got in the gambling scene. I grew up wanting to be like him. I remember when I was young, like what kids used to go out to parties and stuff like that. I used to go rail my dad the WSOP events, like put on a hoodie and watch him play poker all the time begging to the day I turned 21.
Host
You gonna make a world Series main event run anytime soon?
Sean Perry
I don't really play many of the WSOP tournaments. Be honest, I'm kind of fully in sports world now.
Host
Okay. Yeah, the money's way better, right?
Sean Perry
Yeah. So like, thing is, in poker it's kind of capped. So like for instance, I've had like $7 million in tournament winnings where in sports I'm like making eight plus figures a year betting.
Host
So.
Sean Perry
So yeah, that's insane.
Host
And there's no cap because there's billions flowing into sports.
Sean Perry
Well, 100. Yeah, especially sports keeps getting bigger and bigger. It's like, I mean you see it everywhere. You see like all these promoters, influencers, promoting all the sports casinos, which is like super good for me. Gives me more places to bed and stuff. But the thing is, is like the sports world's really tough because when you bet and you're a winner like most people don't know about, they cut you off or they limit you. And so I have a perfect example of this story. Circa Sportsbook here in Vegas is known to take the biggest limits of any sportsbook in town. And so what I did was I went there and I told them, hey, I'm a big whale in the casinos. Meaning like I'm a degenerate gambler. I lose a bunch of money. I show them the highest level players cards at all the casinos, which by the way, is a hustle for me. What I do is I go to the casinos, I'll gamble mass in the pits and. And then I'll go to the sportsbook in order to get big action. Right? So if you're just walking off the street, they might let you bet only 20k or 50k. But if you go in, you play in the pits a little and max bet bachelor or blackjack, or whatever. You could come in, you could talk to the supervisor sportsbook and bet a couple hundred thousand a game. Oh, wow, there's things like that. So basically I went to circa with 500,000 cash and I go, hey, I'm a massive gambler. Set me up an account, right? I want big limits. So Jeffrey Benson personally put me in a group chat, who's the head of the sportsbook over there. And. And I was getting like a hundred thousand, $200,000 limits in a game. And within the first week there, I ended up winning over half a million dollars before my limits were reduced. But the first day I signed up, what's kind of interesting about that sportsbook there is they told me to enter their competition. They had a Survivor contest, which is a $1,000 buy in and winner take all. And what you gotta do is you basically pick a team each week in the NFL and if your team wins that week, you move on to the next week. But the condition is you can only use each team one time. And so what happened is there was 9,300 people that entered and we're down to about 13 people left. And I'm not even paying much attention to this tournament at this point because the truth is I'm gambling seven figures a game in sports anyway. So it's like at this point, each team's worth about like 770k or something like that. And someone comes to me and my friends goes, hey, they're looking for Golden Boy. They're Golden Boy's. Only one left out to chop. And Golden Boy was me. And they're talking about on Twitter. At the time I didn't really have a Twitter. I never tweeted, I wasn't on social media. And so I get to the social media, I go, hey, I'm a Golden Boy and I actually am the best bettor in the world. I'm definitely not chopping. Like this is what I do for a living. But I wish everyone luck and I hope to see you guys at the finish line. So then basically it went viral and a lot of people were talking about it because they're like, holy shit, how does some guy have 1000 and not want to chop and he could just take 770,000 home right now, right? And I was like, dude, like I have an edge here. My team is better than your guys teams. I have confidence in my abilities and I'm going for the 9.3 million. Unfortunately, I end up not winning. I got eliminated when there was five people left.
Host
So you lost money?
Sean Perry
Well, I didn't. I lost a thousand in that competition, basically. But there was another competition they had which was a 1k buy in. It's called not the Survivor, but it's called a. What was the name of the competition? Basically you're basically, I'll tell you the concept. I'm blanking on the name right now, but the concept is you pick five teams each week against the spread and at the end of the whole entire season you have rating system. And so out of over 6,000 people there, I came in ninth place against the spread each week and I turned my 1000 there into 75k.
Host
And what sport was that in?
Sean Perry
In football. Football, yeah. So basically I Showed up with circa 500,000. I doubled that money. They limited me and I also won 75 came their competition off 1K.
Host
Wow.
Sean Perry
So, yeah, it was not a bad football season that circa. But yeah, that's the annoying thing about like sports is like you'll go somewhere and you'll be a winner. And it's just like what they'll do is if they figure out that you're winning better, they're going to limit you. And you can't bet there because like, for instance, with circa, I can still. I'm allowed to bet, but my limits are low. And then once I bet, they know I'm sharp, so they're going to move their lines against me. And now what happens is all the other sportsbooks follow and then it means that I can't actually go bet anywhere else.
Host
Wow, that's crazy. So they'll adjust the whole line just because of you betting?
Sean Perry
Exactly, yeah. That's called moving the market. Yeah.
Host
Yeah. Because you picked the underdog a lot, right?
Sean Perry
Well, I pick underdogs, favorites. I bet it all. But now you could use this to your own advantage. So what I can do is I can fake the market is what it's calling. So what I can do is I can go use my circuit count, bet it, have them move the market for me, and then get a better line and bet the opposite side everywhere else.
Host
Wow. So you're playing chess.
Sean Perry
Oh, 100%. That's what. That's what sports is. So it's a beautiful thing. That's cool.
Host
Are you banned from any other casinos?
Sean Perry
Yeah, I'm definitely every casino I've ever been gambling on. Restricted in the sports book. So like I'm basically only go to the big sports book. So Aria is big in town Resorts World. I mean you have all these online.
Host
Books and yeah, you do the crypto ones. They probably don't limit as much, right?
Sean Perry
Um, every single one does. Oh, they do the. The. Yeah, a hundred percent. Like it's like basically, for instance, you go to the casino and you beat them blackjack and you're winning blackjack player. They're going to tell you, hey, you got to start flat betting. And then after that they're going to say, hey, you're no longer allowed to play blackjack here if you're still beating them all. Flat betting. Um, but yeah, so like there's like, actually there's four things that you can beat a casino in and all four only. And I'll go through those right now. So one of them is poker and the reason why is the casino doesn't care who wins. They just take a rake out of each pot. The second thing is sports, as we just discussed. The third thing is blackjack. And the fourth thing is progressive slot machines, which is interesting, right? So you people think those are real degen and stuff. But what a progressive slot machine is is when the you're basically playing, you're just pushing a bunch in. There's no skill involved whatsoever. And every dollar that gets put into the machine, some of the money gets added to the progressive jackpot. So the jackpot could start at 100,000 and then say for instance, it gets like 650k. That machine now becomes profitable with each click. So yeah, you'll never get banned. There's actually teams of people and stuff out here that are professional slot players. My dad is. We actually, we've done it before and stuff. We've gone to casinos and played these progressive slot machines and try to hit chase after big jackpots and things like that.
Host
I've heard about it. I hear people full time, they just walk the strip. They look for a certain thing on the slot machine, matches their criteria. They'll just put 20 bucks and you start making.
Sean Perry
Yeah, well, I mean, I don't know about 20 bucks. You have, you need to have a bankroll.
Host
Oh, you do?
Sean Perry
Yeah, a hundred percent. Especially on these progressives. Those people that are walking around saying, oh, this machine's about to hit, like that's complete nonsense. That doesn't exist. Yeah, yeah, 100%. So like the mechanism behind a machine is basically, you have to envision it as there's just a ball behind and it's spinning in a circle. And whenever you hit the button, the laser is going to hit that number on the ball. So now there may be one in a hundred thousand hit that jackpot. So you don't know when it's going to come because that that ball behind the machine keeps on spinning in a circle and then whenever you press the button, it has to hit that. The laser will basically hit that and then input. It'll show what landed on that ball.
Host
Got it.
Sean Perry
And that comes. So people are like, oh, this machine's about to hit. It's just complete nonsense.
Host
Yeah, yeah. You see people like that all the time.
Sean Perry
100%. Another phony. There's a lot of phonies out there in the gambling world, obviously.
Host
So you've actually met people that make money with blackjack though.
Sean Perry
Oh, of course. I can go right now and beat any casino, really. So what's Funny is I dropped out of school to gamble when I was in college and I went to. I was 19 years old. With my first week of dropping out, I went to Florida. Cause you only had to be 19 plus to play over there at Semahar Rock. I made a million dollars my first week out of school. Blackjack, playing poker.
Host
Oh, poker.
Sean Perry
I came back home and I was gambling. It's my dad. Which is actually funny. I lost a couple hundred thousand and I was tilted. So then I. What I did was I studied blackjack and I drove to Brona, which is in San Diego, which you only had to be 18 plus to play. And I started counting cards there and I brought like 50k with me and I was up like 200,000. I was getting unlimited comps. I was calling my boys, I was like, yo, come through. Like, I got the suite. I got like unlimited food, caviar, all you can name it. They're bringing us on golf course massages, blah, blah. By the time they made the drive over, I was already banned from the, from the casino for counting a blackjack. So it's not hard to beat blackjack and probably takes about me about four hours of studying and that's it. Yeah, it's super easy. But because they have the eye in the sky, like, it's like.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
So they know instantly if you go play and I'll. I could go sit down at a casino and within 10 minutes if I'm actually counting and stuff, like, someone will come walk over and be like, hey, like, you're not allowed to play here.
Host
Wow.
Sean Perry
Yeah. Yeah.
Host
It's crazy. And do you do single deck, double deck? Any.
Sean Perry
Well, you double deck, double deck. But I never do it because like my whole hustle is I'm trying to beat them for all the money. And so the best way to beat the casinos through sports.
Host
Right.
Sean Perry
So I beat a lot of these casinos for like millions of dollars, things like that. And I mean, you're never going to do that playing Blackjack in case 20k probably. Yeah. They. Well, it's, it's not about the number. It's just about the way you play and the strategy. And you could actually be banned while being down. So for instance, I've been banned from sportsbooks down money. So I've opened up an account before at Caesars and I was down like 700,000.
Host
Damn.
Sean Perry
And on their mobile app and then they completely limited me because they realized like, sports is a lot about beating the lines and beating the market. Similar stock trading.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
And so I'm always on the right side of the market. I'm beating the lines and things like that. And so they realize, hey, long term, we're not going to beat this guy.
Host
Wow. So they probably have algorithms, right?
Sean Perry
Yeah, 100%. So each sportsbook has a trader who works there who's like a professional better. But the thing is, is like, they're not elite. So any professional better that's working at sportsbooks, they're making about 150,000 a year. Like, why would I ever go work for a sportsbook? To run their. Run their office for 150,000, make eight figures a year betting for myself.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
So it's easy to fake them and it's easy to, like manipulate them. And they don't really know they're not super elite. So it's just. Yeah, that makes sense.
Host
You do parlays?
Sean Perry
Yeah, I do it all. I've done parlays. I've hit some massive ones.
Host
What's the biggest bet you've hit?
Sean Perry
So the biggest public bet I say is like. So it's hard to. I would always bet massive. Right. Publicly. The thing is, there's nowhere to bet massive except super bowl time. So how the sports books in general work is that all they want to do is just balance out team A versus team B. So if they have a million dollars spent on team A and they have a million dollars bet on TV, they're going to just make $100,000 on the game because they charge 110 juice. So what happens is during super bowl, their limits are massive because the whole public and the whole world is coming to bet on the games. So it's very easy to go to casino and fire a million dollars on Super Bowl. So I've done that a few times. I had a million dollar bet a few times. I've had a few winners. In the last six years, I've won five of six Super Bowls with my last year actually losing.
Host
That was your first time you lost?
Sean Perry
The first time I've lost since I've been 21 years old on the super bowl was last year. I bet a million dollars on San Fran. And people are like, oh, are you pissed you lost? Blah, blah. I was like, dude, this is a numbers game. Like for instance, I bet the San Fran minus one, the line closed, minus one and a half. So, like, I made my value right. And that's all I care about is beating the number. But at the end of the day, I know I have proper bankroll and long term I'm gonna win. I have some Crazy stories around super bowl time too is like a one time entered a poker tournament for $50,000. It was a two day tournament. I ended up winning it for 640k. I tipped the dealer $2,000. Super bowl was in two days. I walked straight to Caesars. I bet 638,000 on the Rams to win the super bowl, and I end up winning.
Host
Wow. So you won a million?
Sean Perry
Yeah, a little over a million dollars. And I have a viral video on that one, viral on the Internet, of me putting cash in a suitcase.
Host
So you turned 50 and they gave you cash?
Sean Perry
Yeah. It was very annoying too, because it's like the truth. I came with chips, and it's easy to have 25k chips. It's very discreet. And I was like, hey, can I get chips back?
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
They're like, nah. I was like, okay, can I get a check? And they're like, no. I was like, how am I supposed to get paid? They go, cash. And I'm like, okay, can you take me to the back room? And they're like, we don't have a back room.
Host
Holy.
Sean Perry
So I had to literally take out over a million dollars in cash in front of everyone. And now I'm just like, what am I supposed to do? I was like, do I hire a security guard escort me with this cash? I don't know, because it's like, obviously not really safe. And I obviously couldn't trust the security guard. So it's funny, as I brought my mom, I was like, mom, put a pistol in your purse and we'll just go just in case. And I brought a suitcase and just in front of everyone, in the middle of sportsbook, put a million dollars in a suitcase.
Host
Shout out to your mom. That's a real one.
Sean Perry
Oh, she was ready.
Host
Yeah. People would have followed you out for that. For less, probably. I mean, a million, jeez.
Sean Perry
Yeah, 100%.
Host
But that's crazy.
Sean Perry
I wasn't too happy. They don't even have a back room for me to grab the money. And from the sports book, I thought.
Host
They prefer like a checker, like a wire.
Sean Perry
Dude, they weren't doing checks. No. Digital age, the crypto, right?
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
I would have taken crypto 100. Crypto's the best.
Host
Yeah. Bitcoin, ethereum, baby.
Sean Perry
That's the future right there.
Host
Yeah, you got a lot.
Sean Perry
I plead the fifth on that right there. If the IRS is watching, I'm paying my taxes. Don't worry, Uncle Sam.
Host
Taxes must be rough because you got a capital gains on the sports betting, right?
Sean Perry
It's 30%, so it's. It is what it is.
Host
That's not too bad, actually.
Sean Perry
In general, the way I look at it is like, tax is an issue everyone should not worry about. It's like, just make money and everyone has to pay taxes.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
It's a good problem to have, right?
Host
Yeah, that makes sense. So you said you're doing eight figures now, sports betting a year?
Sean Perry
Yeah. Profit? Yeah.
Host
That is crazy.
Sean Perry
Yeah, yeah, yeah. 100%.
Host
What do you even buy at that point? Buy whatever you want.
Sean Perry
To be honest, I'm not a big spender.
Host
Really?
Sean Perry
Yeah, I like to invest, but. And I kind of just like to use my money to make more money.
Host
So no material, cars or like, I'm here.
Sean Perry
I have no jewelry and stuff here. I'm just. I have cars and things like that. But I mean, I'm not like out there driving Bugattis and I don't own five Ferraris or things like that. Right.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
I mean, my daily is a Tesla.
Host
I got a Tesla too.
Sean Perry
Yeah. It's the nuts it drives for you, right? So you could. The other day, actually, my mom FaceTimed me. She was an Uber drive in Uber car and she was showing me that there was no one driving the car. And I was like, this is what I need. Like, I can just be driven completely and work, like. Because I like to work. So I'm betting a bunch and things like that. And if I ever drive, it's like, time is money. And so if someone's able to. These cars nowadays can just drive for you, which is incredible.
Host
It's pretty nuts. I haven't tried it on, like, residential streets, but on the highway, I turn on the auto drive.
Sean Perry
You scared or something?
Host
I don't know if it could turn and should that can it?
Sean Perry
No, it doesn't. Well, it can, but basically in Nevada, it's not allowed to do it.
Host
Oh, really?
Sean Perry
So, yeah, it definitely can turn. It can do everything. Like your car can summon to you in the inside. In the grocery stores and things like that. Yeah. You've done that? Yeah, I've seen it.
Host
I've just never.
Sean Perry
Yeah. You have the new one or.
Host
No, I got the Model 3 2021.
Sean Perry
Oh. So I don't know if. The thing is though, with the Tesla is I think that they're automated to where, like, the old ones get programmed because it's like a system kind of thing where it could learn it. I have the. The new X, so.
Host
I thought you were going to say cybertruck. I would have been like, right now. No.
Sean Perry
So I actually put on my deposit for the Cy Cyber truck, but then Elon loves to.
Host
Three years.
Sean Perry
Yeah. And then also loves to tweet negative things about the crypto space. So I'm just like, you know what, man? I'm on strike over here now.
Host
Yeah, but he'd be dropping those prices. The Y is 30k now. Dude, I spent 70 on my 3.
Sean Perry
Dude, I spent like 140 on my AX.
Host
And I think it's like, they're probably like 80 now.
Sean Perry
Yeah, it is what it is, buddy.
Host
Yeah, he just keeps dropping it, man.
Sean Perry
Yeah.
Host
Cars not the best investment. Yeah, I'll stick with crypto.
Sean Perry
Yeah.
Host
Sports gambling.
Sean Perry
There we go.
Host
You sell your picks and stuff.
Sean Perry
Yeah, exactly. So another thing is, is like, it's basically I decided someone came to me was like, hey, like, your picks are very valuable and people want them. Like, why not offer a place that you could help others make money as well? So basically, that's what I've been doing. And a lot of people have been crushing, for instance, my baseball plays. So far this month that I've been releasing to people, there are 30 units.
Host
Holy shit.
Sean Perry
So if someone's betting a thousand a game, they're up $30,000. Everything's documented. I have, like, best bets. I have UFC, UFC things. I basically give my place to everyone. And what I do is the reason why you could see that they're actually going to win long term is because over 90% of my bets, the. The line closes in my favor. And what that means is, is like the same as my NFL bet that I lost a million dollars on is I bet it at minus one. The game started at minus one and a half. So if you beat the market by half a point, that's worth 8 cents.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
And every 8 cents is worth 4%. And how you calculate that is 2 cents is you divide it by. You divide 2 cents by 2 and you come with a 1 percentage.
Host
Wow.
Sean Perry
So, yeah. So it's basically like, people long term. Like, I'm showing you, like, the actual math and coaching everyone through everything and helping people out and showing you guys. Yeah, this is how you're going to win long term. So I've met up with some celebrities and people like that as well and help them make a bunch.
Host
Yeah. So you gamble with Brace Hall.
Sean Perry
Yeah. Bryce Hall's up a few hundred thousand. He's loving it. Richard. Kid is up over two and a half million with offset. He's up over a few million dollars.
Host
Crazy.
Sean Perry
Like, a lot of these People are, like, loving it, and it's just. Yeah. I'm happy to help others make money as well. Because the truth is, is, like, there's so many bookies out there.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
And my goal is to help everyone crack every bookie. And the bookie killer.
Host
A lot of people call themselves a bookie killer.
Sean Perry
Oh, really? Yeah.
Host
I mean, you see these Instagram posts. They'll post like 173, and I'm like.
Sean Perry
Well, okay, so that's impossible. Obviously, it's not a thing. Like, some of the best bettors in the world have like a 6% ROI, which is like a return on investment. And that's six practical. Like edge. Yeah. 6% edge per bet. For instance, like real estate, you're very happy if you make 8% a year in real estate.
Host
Right.
Sean Perry
With sports betting, you can make 6%, but it's not per year, it's per bet.
Host
Right.
Sean Perry
And you can make numerous bets per day and you could just get real rich real fast with the compound. Exactly.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
So you just have to have proper bankroll management. And that's what I preach. And don't tell everyone, hey, don't go all in. Like, never bet too much. Don't tilt bet, don't chase losses, things like that. And so I sit there and I help coach people and help people make money.
Host
That's cool. Are you betting daily?
Sean Perry
Oh, I bet basically every single sport possible. Yeah. I have a whole team of handicappers and stuff that I pay millions of dollars to work under me and things like that, and originate lines and. Wow.
Host
So you're very analytical. It's all numbers for you.
Sean Perry
It's not even sport. Oh, 100%. You don't even. We don't even watch games.
Host
Wow.
Sean Perry
Yeah. Yeah. So basically how it works is we have algorithms that know everything about everything. Like, the algorithms are so sophisticated. Like, for instance, with baseball, we know, like, the positioning of the sun at certain times.
Host
Holy.
Sean Perry
So it's going to be over the plate and whatnot. Like, obviously, batters aren't going to be able to bat as good as. We'll bet unders and things like that, depending on some positions. So we have everything analyticalized and every single pitch and every sport, every single. Like, for instance in ufc, every single punch that's ever been thrown. Like, just. It's the. It's so complex, obviously. And what happens is I originate my own plays. So we use the algorithms and basically the algorithm will come up with a score. For instance, like, it'll be a basketball game and say the Lakers are playing the Heat, it'll be like, okay, the final score is going to be Lakers 110, Heat 106. Right. So it's like the total is going to be at 214. The Lakers are going to be a six point favorite. So if I know the Lakers are six point favorite now, what I do is I go anywhere where I can bet and I look if I could find anything where the Lakers have to give up less than six points or the Heat are getting more than six points, I'll bet it. So there's no such thing of, oh, I have a winner side. I have this. It's just you just keep trying to beat the numbers and long term you're going to make some money.
Host
Yeah, super logical. Only thing, it probably can't factor in his injuries, so.
Sean Perry
Exactly. So injury news and things like that. So even like releasing plays in the morning, like there's people out there that like try to say, oh, I'm betting and I'm releasing my stuff early morning. The truth is like, how can it be profitable if you don't know who's playing or not in the games?
Host
Right?
Sean Perry
So like, because I don't release my plays till later on in the day. And then people are like, yo, why aren't your plays released? I was like, dude, I have to wait for the injury news to come out in order to know like who to bet on.
Host
Right?
Sean Perry
So if for instance, like the Lakers a lot during the regular season, they sit LeBron or they say Anthony Davis, like, how can I make a profitable bet on that game until I know if LeBron or Anthony Davis is playing or not? And they. So yeah, it's just like there's a lot of basically me and gambling is like, I'm not, I'm by no means degenerate. I'm not someone that's going to go sit there and want to play Bachrod or Roulette or any of those things. Unless actually it's for me to hustle the casino in order to get the big accounts. But yeah, I'm super analytical. I was like a math genius when I was younger. Like, perfect act score.
Host
Wow.
Sean Perry
I mean, yeah, all those things. And yeah, gambling is just something I loved.
Host
That's cool.
Sean Perry
So I pursued it. Yeah.
Host
Who you got winning the NBA Finals this year?
Sean Perry
I guess by Sean Perry's picks and. Right. But there's a lot of good teams this year.
Host
Yeah, it's tough to say this year.
Sean Perry
Yeah, there's a lot of good teams.
Host
I think Denver, though.
Sean Perry
You like Denver? I'M a Lakers fan, but Joe Kitch is so unreal. Yeah, he's so unreal, it's insane. Yeah, I mean, the Celtics are also a really good team, but I mean, I would definitely go. If I was to bet, like, one team, I'd probably like if I could just put even money, like. And I like, put a gun in my head. I definitely bet on the Nuggets, but a lot of it has to do with the line that you get right, so. Yeah.
Host
How'd you do on March Madness last month?
Sean Perry
I absolutely crushed. It was a good time. Yeah.
Host
I feel like that's one of the hardest things to predict.
Sean Perry
No. So actually, college, I actually predicted Yukon. I posted on my Instagram. I was like, hey, like, I did give away on some of my social media site. I get a giveaway, a lot of money, things like that. So I did a bracket challenge where I give away 5,000 doll. It's just people, whoever built the best bracket. And then I also said, hey, like, if you leave a comment right now, pick the winning team, you get an extra, extra money. And I told them, I think UConn. I have UConn winning it all. And UConn was in the finals. And of course, I stuck with my word. I even bet, went and bet more money on UConn and which they covered that last game. And I predicted my future bet, which came correct.
Host
Wow.
Sean Perry
But, like, so college sports and smaller market sports are sports that you have the biggest edge in. So like, UFC is like something that you can absolutely crush because it's like the markets aren't that big, so the lines makers and stuff don't pay as much attention to it because they're paying more attention to sports like NFL, where there's a lot of volume, or NBA or things like that.
Host
Interesting.
Sean Perry
So in college sports and small market games, like, the edges are way bigger.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
So it's way easier to be.
Host
Yeah, that makes sense. Did you bet on the Ryan Garcia fight?
Sean Perry
Yeah. So it's. It's crazy. I had just like, honestly, both sides, I was just like, I basically bet. I don't know how to say it. Like, I basically just like market manipulate numbers and things like that. So, like, whenever good numbers were popping up, I would arbit and stuff. But it's hard to get down, like a lot of money on that fight. For instance, boxing is not like a sport where you can bet a bunch on.
Host
Somehow Ryan bet 2 mil on them. I don't know if that's true. I saw that on social media.
Sean Perry
I Mean, I. I hope he did, but I've actually, I know some of the poker games. The. Ryan's a play, plays poker as well.
Host
He made a deep run in the main event last year. Oh, sick day seven, I saw. Oh, I didn't even know he played like that.
Sean Perry
Yeah, I. I've been in some games where, like, he plays out in la.
Host
Yeah.
Sean Perry
And I'm not going to say any details about the games and stuff, but in the private game scene and things like that. But I know the fight that he lost, like his one before this last one I had him and the dehydration dude.
Host
I mean, yeah, he didn't look.
Sean Perry
I'm surprised he won. He's been going. Going off the Internet. Right.
Host
Like he said, it was all planned.
Sean Perry
You know what? I believe it. Like, fake it to make you think. Right. Crazy dude.
Host
What you got coming on, man? What you got coming up next?
Sean Perry
So right now is the. The playoffs, basically. And I love basketball, so I just been firing basketball pretty hard, like you said, and just taking it one day at a time and just gambling every single day, enjoying life.
Host
Where could people find your picks and your site and everything?
Sean Perry
So you go right to my Instagram. Sean Perry wins on Instagram and the links in the bio. And it's that simple. All you do is like, sign up. I have a free telegram. So you get all my plays. Absolutely. For free. And I give a play in that at every single day. And I sit there and help you guys and teach people how to bet and show you guys exactly what to do. So I kind of do all the. I do all the work for you. All you do is have to find an account to bet on. You just go bet.
Host
Hell yeah, dude.
Sean Perry
Sounds good.
Host
We'll link it below.
Sean Perry
Thanks for coming on S. All right.
Host
Guys, thanks for watching. See you next time.
Sean Perry
Thank you.
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Digital Social Hour: The Billionaire Table – Sean Perry's High-Stakes Poker Journey
Hosted by Sean Kelly | Episode: The Billionaire Table: My High-Stakes Poker Journey | Release Date: September 16, 2024
In this riveting episode of Digital Social Hour, host Sean Kelly sits down with Sean Perry, acclaimed as the number one sports bettor globally. Perry delves deep into his illustrious journey from high-stakes poker to dominating the sports betting arena, sharing personal anecdotes, strategic insights, and the nuances of navigating both worlds.
Sean Perry opens up about his longstanding relationship with gambling, tracing his roots back to childhood influences. “[01:07] I've been gambling for a long time, so it's nothing new for me,” Perry shares, emphasizing his deep-seated passion inherited from his father, a professional poker player.
Perry recounts his ventures into elite poker circles, often mingling with billionaires and top-tier players. “[01:15] I’ve played in some games where I’ve been on super yachts with billionaires and lost like $6 million over a few days,” he admits, highlighting both the glamour and risks of high-stakes poker. Despite substantial losses, his overall success in private games surpasses his deficits.
Achievements:
Perry's shift from poker to sports betting was a strategic move influenced by his interactions within private poker games. “[01:15] Through that was able to get down a lot of money and moved into the sports world,” he explains. His transition wasn't just a pivot but an expansion, leveraging his analytical skills honed at the poker table to exploit opportunities in sports betting.
A significant portion of the conversation revolves around Perry's sophisticated strategies to outmaneuver sportsbooks. “[08:48] I can fake the market is what it's called,” Perry describes his technique of manipulating market lines to secure favorable bets elsewhere. This method involves using substantial bankrolls to influence sportsbook perceptions, thereby gaining advantageous lines.
Key Strategy: Moving the Market
Perry candidly discusses the challenges of being a consistent winner in sports betting. “[08:38] When you bet and you're a winner, most people don't know about it, they cut you off or they limit you,” he notes. Despite his success, continuous wins lead sportsbooks to impose betting limits or ban accounts, making it difficult for him to place larger bets subsequently.
Example: Circa Sportsbook Incident
One of the highlights of Perry's betting career is his engagement with Super Bowl wagers. “[14:14] I've had a few million dollars on Super Bowl bets,” he reveals. His approach during these high-volume events involves placing massive bets when sportsbooks typically have higher limits.
Memorable Moment:
Perry also shares his triumph during the March Madness tournament. “[25:01] I absolutely crushed [March Madness],” he states confidently. By leveraging his analytical prowess, Perry accurately predicted game outcomes, including backing UConn in the finals, which paid off handsomely.
Perry provides a detailed overview of other gambling avenues, emphasizing the mechanics that allow skilled players to gain an edge.
Blackjack: “[12:55] It’s not about the number; it’s just about the way you play and the strategy,” Perry explains card counting as a straightforward yet highly effective method to outperform casinos.
Progressive Slots: He demystifies progressive slot machines, clarifying that claims of machines being "due to hit" are baseless. “[10:52] ...you have to have a bankroll,” he asserts, emphasizing the randomness and lack of skill in playing slots.
Perry discusses the inevitability of being banned from casinos when consistently winning. “[09:13] I’m definitely every casino I’ve ever been gambling on. Restricted in the sportsbook,” he states, highlighting the systemic limitations imposed by casinos to curb potential losses from skilled bettors.
Despite his substantial earnings, Perry remains prudent with his finances. “[17:35] I’m not a big spender. I like to invest,” he mentions, focusing on reinvesting his profits rather than indulging in extravagant purchases.
Perry touches upon the tax implications of his earnings. “[17:15] It’s 30%, so it is what it is,” he states bluntly about the capital gains taxes on sports betting. While acknowledging the burden, he considers it a "good problem to have," reinforcing his focus on wealth generation despite tax liabilities.
Perry discusses his interest in technological advancements, particularly in automotive technology. “[17:59] It drives for you,” he enthuses about his Tesla, appreciating the convenience of automated driving features that allow him to maximize his time for betting.
While he appreciates modern technology, Perry expresses skepticism toward certain innovations. “[19:15] I’m just like, you know what, man? I’m on strike over here now,” referring to Elon Musk’s negative tweets about the crypto space, indicating his selective engagement with technology trends.
Perry extends his expertise to others by offering betting picks and coaching. “[19:36] I can help others make money as well,” he emphasizes, detailing his methods of providing actionable insights to followers through platforms like Instagram and Telegram.
Impact:
Perry is committed to educating others on bankroll management and strategic betting. “[21:10] My goal is to help everyone crack every bookie,” he declares, positioning himself as a mentor for aspiring bettors aiming to emulate his success.
As the discussion winds down, Perry hints at ongoing and future projects. “[27:15] So right now is the playoffs, basically,” he mentions, indicating his continued focus on basketball betting and daily wagering activities.
Accessing His Services:
Sean Perry's narrative is a compelling blend of high-stakes gambling expertise, strategic financial management, and a commitment to mentorship. His transition from poker to sports betting showcases his adaptability and analytical prowess, making him a formidable figure in the gambling community. Through Digital Social Hour, Perry not only shares his journey but also empowers others to harness similar strategies for financial success.
For more insights and detailed strategies from industry experts like Sean Perry, stay tuned to Digital Social Hour.