How to start from scratch with $5,000

We originally asked our audience to send in their sports betting questions through YouTube comments, email, and Discord. The problem? Most of them were terrible. So we did something different: we took every comment from the past year on Circles Off, fed them into ChatGPT, and asked it to generate the 10 questions that every serious sports bettor actually needs answered. The result is a brutally honest, evergreen sports betting Q&A focused on improving your process, avoiding common mistakes, understanding edge, bankroll management, market selection, and what it really takes to become a profitable bettor.

Professional sports bettor Rob Pizzola and basketball originator Kirk Evans break down each question and explain how sharp bettors think differently. If you’re serious about improving at sports betting, this is the test. Let us know in the comments how many you could answer confidently, and subscribe for more sports betting analysis, strategy discussions, and Q&A episodes right here on Circles Off from The Hammer Betting Network.

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SHOW INDEX

0:00 - Circles Off Q&A with Rob Pizzola and Kirk Evans

2:22 - Question 1: Accepting you're a loser

9:13 - Question 2: If you had to start from scratch with $5000

14:01 - Question 3: Building your first model

16:12 - Question 4: Understanding your model

18:46 - Question 5: Beating the closing line but still losing

23:03 - Question 6: Using AI in sports betting

26:44 - Question 7: The dangers of AI in betting

31:29 - Question 8: Sportsbooks using AI

33:43 - Question 9: Smart people still losing

39:44 - Question 10: Finding a sustainable edge

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