Who is Sharky?
            I have been competitive my whole life, playing sports and board games, my competitive nature eventually led me into taking a shot at the gambling world. I started playing pool when I was 16, and by the time I was 19, I was one of the best players in Alabama.

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I had a knack for handicapping pool games and usually came out on top, whether I was playing the game myself or staking another player. I once went on a streak of booking 97 winners in a row.
       The pool environment eventually led to other gambling endeavors. The pool room manager was a bookie and I started to bet football games. At the age of 19, I went on a hot streak winning 12 weeks in a row which gave me enough money to buy my first car, a Chevrolet Camaro.
   
My dream was to become a professional pool player. That dream came to an end one night when I was having a few drinks with some friends. We began arm-wrestling, and I injured my shooting arm and had to learn how to play pool with the opposite arm.
    
A few of my pool buddies ran poker games, and I noticed the same people winning and the same people losing so I knew there was more to poker than just the luck of the draw .   I started reading all the poker books and anything I could find online. After about 6 months, I hung the pool stick up and fully concentrated on poker.
    
I have been playing poker professionally for the past 7 years, with the steady income and free time that poker provided me, I began handicapping football games on the side.
   
I had always enjoyed betting on sports, and the experience I gained from handicapping pool matches really helped me in handicapping sports matches.  I started betting football games in my teens with good success.  In 2007, I started taking handicapping more seriously and began betting on a larger scale with great results.
   
A couple of years later I found more research outlets on well known Internet forums. As part of this research, I decided I would start my own sports betting thread on one of the most popular forums. My thread would eventually become the biggest draw on the Two Plus Two forums with well over 100,000 views and many followers. Thanks to my advice, my followers have been able to make a lot of money over the last two years.

But how can one expect to make money just by studying games when Vegas has million dollar equipment designed to spot trends and analysts working around the clock? The answer to that is simple. Vegas aims to spread the bets with 50% on one side and 50% on the other. That way Vegas makes money every time people bet on overrated fan favorites or on the wrong trends. It doesn't necessarily mean that the given line on a game is fair, just that bets will be spread in a way that is guaranteed to make Vegas money. It is a business afterall, not a gambling operation. My biggest edge comes from a developed ability to identify when and where this is happening and that is what makes me a very successful sports bettor.

I have been a professional gambler for the last 10 years – playing pool, betting sports, and playing poker.  My success from the forums has carried me into this new endeavor.    My goal is to keep winning and make my followers money. I bet all of my picks myself so Im riding the train along with everyone else.

You can follow my betting at http://www.sharkys-sports.com - Find out why thousands of forum followers have stuck around

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