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About Steve Fezzik

Steve Fezzik is renowned for his remarkable achievements. A charismatic Math Geek with an outgoing personality, Steve earned the title Facile earned the title of Chess Candidate Master (and secured 2nd place in his High School State Championship) before becoming a Fellow in the Society of Actuaries. From 1995 to 2001, he served as a Vice President at a prominent Los Angeles insurance firm. Yet, his true passion lay in outsmarting the casinos. During the 1990s, Fezzik spent nearly every fall weekend traveling to Nevada to wager on football. By the late 1990s, he was earning more per hour from betting than his day job—and loving every minute of it. In 2001, he relocated to Las Vegas, initially keeping a low profile. But his victories in elite sports betting tournaments soon thrust him into the spotlight. Over the decade, Fezzik claimed victory in six major sports betting contests, amassing nearly a million dollars!

In an unparalleled feat in sports betting history, Fezzik triumphed in the Las Vegas Hilton SuperContest in consecutive years (2008 and 2009), outshining fields of over 300 competitors each time. Widely regarded as the “World Series of Sports Betting,” this contest has never seen another two-time champion. Steve’s exploits have graced the pages of numerous magazines and newspapers, including a feature profile by the LA Times. In 2013, he played a key role in the film Life on the Line, where he was hailed as “the world’s top bettor.”

Beyond sports gambling, Fezzik is a master of Advantage Gambling. His résumé boasts poker tournament victories and a 3rd-place finish in the prestigious Blackjack Ball, the annual showdown of the globe’s elite blackjack players.

Known as an “advantage player,” Steve employs probability, statistics, and mathematical strategies to optimize the “expected value” of his bets, cementing his legacy as a betting icon.