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Originally Posted by LOSTINTHEFOG
no doubt he is good. i said that in my post.
but when you put $500 into a p5, use A-C's, miss a 6/1 clear winner, and still cash a 20k p5, thanks to a DQ where the 3rd place finisher (not fouled, and the longest odds of the top 3 finishers) becomes the winner, I dont know how you can call that anything but lucky.
there is nothing to be ashamed about in getting lucky, but dont tell me about preparation or ticket maker.
I've been betting horses seriously since 1999 and i'm still waiting for my big score thanks to a DQ.
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I am also a friend of Jonathon and I can speak from experience that the bet structure from Saturday is very atypical for him.
He was playing a $588 in pick 5's to win a live money contest. I was shocked to see him use C's. He was making this bet to to get a 3000 point lead in the NHC Tour, worth $75000 when he wins. Winning the $20k from the pick 5 was the bonus here.
With the HAW tournaments, a score of 10-15x is needed in order to win the contest. He played these tickets and structured them in a way to get the ticket well above the $3000-$4500 win target. The DQ did help him on the day, but that does not take away from the other legs:
-Having the 14-1 winner and 7-1 place horse both as A's in leg 1 ($267 $2 exacta)
-Having the exacta in the St. Leger with his 2 A horses and the tri with his 1 B horse in the race ($61 $2 exacta and $81 $1 trifecta)
-The most dominating winner on the card as his only A in the Secretariat
-Having the BA exacta in the Million ($60 for $2)
He is a one of the best handicappers and best contest player I know. It is scary considering how good he has got at contest play in such a short time.
