| Avoid Super Bowl "needle-in-the-haystack" | | | | to catching lightning in a bottle or nailing a keno |
| propositions and "donkey bets" and you could | | | | 12-spot; it happens, but rarely. |
| enjoy a profitable Sunday. | | | | Sure, the Bus can run for six TDS and 100 yards, |
| So says Fezzik, the single-named sports bettor | | | | but is it likely? |
| and blackjack player who is one of the hottest | | | | "Look for props you can answer 'yes' or 'no,''' |
| personalities/properties to hit Las Vegas sports | | | | Fezzik suggested. |
| gambling since Sonny Reizner lit up the | | | | Fezzik notes bookmakers often get harried as |
| Castaways' Hole-in-the-Wall Sports Book on a site | | | | the public storms about seeking propositions -- |
| now occupied by the Mirage. | | | | known to fill 20 or more pages a pop -- and |
| Fezzik finished second in the Stardust Invitational | | | | mistakes frequently are made. |
| this year -- going 7-0 one week -- and was | | | | "Shop around (for the best prices) and read |
| runnerup in Leroy's College Football Challenge. | | | | everything carefully," he said, noting that yardage |
| He originally made a name for himself locally | | | | figues next to a name don't necessarily ask the |
| through broadcasting, filling in last winter for Larry | | | | same thing at different stores. |
| Grossman on "You Can Bet On It" and regularly | | | | Additionally, Fezzik advises avoiding donkey bets, |
| appearing on Stardust Line radio shows. | | | | such as those that ask if there will be an |
| Fezzik also has had an online presence for several | | | | overtime. |
| years and hosts a popular forum called Fezzik's | | | | "There hasn't been a Super Bowl overtime in 39 |
| Place. | | | | years," Fezzik said. |
| Some have likened him to the World Poker Tour's | | | | Another tip from the Fezzik files is to "play your |
| Barry "Robin Hood" Greenstein in that both heavy | | | | correlations." |
| hitters like giving things away. | | | | "If you bet there will be a score in the first 6:30 in |
| Fezzik, who plays blackjack for a living, has been | | | | the game, then bet under on first quarter punts," |
| handing out plays, taking his lumps and laurels as | | | | he said. |
| he goes. | | | | Fezzik, whose name is derived from a comic strip |
| Friday night he appeared at a Las Vegas Hilton | | | | chatacter, predicted a 24-23 Pittsburgh victory, |
| Super Bowl seminar and offered advice for | | | | meaning Seattle would cover and the total would |
| proposition players. | | | | land on 47. |
| Hitting needle-in-a-haystack props can be likened | | | | |