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Circa Survivor NFL contest has entered its fourth week, with only 13 contestants left in the game, all of whom started with 9,267 players. Each participant selects a football team every week, with successful picks earning them progress while failed picks result in elimination. As the last person standing takes home the entire prize pool, which has grown to over $9 million this season.
Some remaining players began to propose a deal: splitting $400,000 each and continuing to play for the remaining part. However, a few contestants weren’t interested, believing they still had stronger teams left and a competitive edge. One of the remaining players, Sean Perry, publicly expressed his confidence in his selections via Twitter:
“I am indeed Goldenboy, but I have full faith in my plays, so I’m not interested in splitting. I’m the best bettor there is!! Good luck to everyone, and I hope to see you all at the finish line☺️”
Sports bettors across the United States were stirred up by this tweet. Who is this guy? More importantly, who does he think he is? The greatest “bettor” ever? Surely this was just a joke, right?
Maybe, but perhaps not, according to those who were familiar with Sean Perry.
In 2002, Sean Perry’s father, Ralph Perry, made the final table of the World Series of Poker Main Event. Sean reminisced, “I was there. I even selected his outfit.” Ralph had been a professional gambler for several years, and he met Sean’s mother in the Mirage poker room. From his family background, Sean was born and raised in Las Vegas, with gambling deeply etched into his DNA. He never really had the opportunity to become anything else.GG扑克返水
“My bar mitzvah had a poker theme,” Sean said. “I dreamed of gambling as a child. That’s what I loved. At 10 years old, I remember my dad gave me a thousand dollars in $10 bills, and I bet against him.”
Sean excelled in math and sports at expensive private schools, and his parents sent him to live with his uncle in San Diego at the end of high school, so he could attend a school with an excellent basketball program. However, being 18 years old, he could skip classes every day with his friends and drive 45 minutes to Barona Casino to play blackjack and poker. “As a high school senior, I was just going to the casino, making $500 or a thousand bucks a day with my friends. I loved it. I lived, breathed, and dreamed of poker.”
Sean went to Cal Poly for college, with the aim of becoming a tech entrepreneur. However, following his freshman year, he returned to Vegas and spent his days and nights at the Aria, using his fake ID to gamble, and by the end of the summer, he had made $30,000. “I said to my mom, ‘I’m not going back to school. I’m just going to pursue gambling.’ But she said, ‘No, you’d better get a degree. No one in my family has a degree.'”
Instead of treating his family as a cautionary tale, Sean viewed learning from his father’s mistakes as a potential advantage. He would avoid substances and alcohol, stay level-headed, and prepare for downturns. “Growing up around this stuff is a big reason why I became so successful at a young age.” Sean abandoned college and frequented poker rooms in Montreal and Florida, where the legal gambling age was 18. He discovered private games, entered tournaments, and began with a winning streak. By the time he turned 21, he had developed a brash and self-assured exterior. “I was telling everyone, ‘I’m the best there is.'”
On his 21st birthday, Sean participated in the World Poker Tour Five Diamond World Poker Classic at the Bellagio, finishing fourth and winning $500,000. “I went straight to the Commerce and played against the best professionals in the world, going non-stop for seven days. I was essentially crushing everyone, and I earned $500,000 in six days there.” Despite his success, he eventually realized the economic benefits of pretending to be less skillful were greater than pretending to be the best. “So even though I was dominating tournaments, making lots of money, and excelling at cash games, I started telling everyone that I was awful and just a lavish kid living off his dad’s wealth. Then I received invitations to participate in these private games. I made over a million dollars playing in these private games.”
During this time, Sean was introduced to sports betting as a result of his close association with wealthy poker players. As he had direct access to affluent gamblers, sports handicappers approached him with a proposal: they wanted him to place bets with or through the people he played poker with, as they struggled to place significant bets at sportsbooks due to being identified as astute bettors. “I could pay those guys millions per year to work exclusively for me. Then I wager whatever I want,” Sean said, sharing that he made bets based on the selections made by sharp handicappers.
As the word spread about Sean’s capability to place bets for sharp gamblers, more handicappers approached him. “They all operate under my guidance. I have a complete team of top handicappers in each sport, as I can place significant bets.”

Before long, he discovered more of a need for accounts to place his bets. While casino sportsbooks weren’t open to taking perceptive bets, they favored individuals who gambled on table games. To exploit this, Sean began to gamble extensively at the game tables in casinos to create an impression as a big spender, allowing him to later persuade sportsbooks to offer him more substantial account limits.

“I would go to casinos and gamble heavily at the tables so that they thought I was a big spender. Then I would tell the sportsbooks, ‘Hey, I’m a major client. Look at my table action.’ Thus, they offered me special accounts that were larger than anyone else’s.”

Offering some context, Sean recounted an incident in which an older gambler asked him to place a $5,000 bet on a game, but Sean misinterpreted the request. “I was betting six figures on games,” Sean recalled. “If you want to bet against me, it has to be at least $50,000.” After agreeing to the $5,000 bet, Sean lost and was asked for payment before the game concluded. This led to a heated exchange between the two, revealing that Sean was willing to stake billions of dollars on his games with high-profile figures.
Additionally, more occurrences in the poker world involved Sean Perry, including accusations of swindling one poker professional for over seven figures in a Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) contest, as well as claims from another player regarding non-payment of gambling debts. “He’s not trustworthy with money,” stated Shaun Deeb, in reference to Sean. “I’ve heard stories of Sean failing to pay out over seven figures to some people.”
Multiple long-time players in the gambling world took issue with Sean’s conduct. Captain Jack Andrews, who had been advising some of the last 13 entrants in Circa Survivor at the time of Sean’s public refusal to engage in a chopdeal,criticized Sean’s assertion that he held a competitive edge over the remaining contestants. “When it came to Survivor, nobody could really figure out the exact equity because they all have different teams and different schedules. So I built a simulation to play out the rest of the tournament tens of thousands of times a week based on what I thought their best play was, using the Unabated Survivor Optimizer, and [Sean] was never in the top realm of highest Expected Value (EV) to the point where he should block any kind of chop individuals to know, A, you can’t trust Sean Perry. B, he’s only doing what is in his best interest to make himself the most money. Furthermore, Andrews indicated that any chop proposals should take into account the potential impact of the money on an individual’s life.

Despite his contentiousness in the poker and sports betting communities, Sean doesn’t plan to renounce his current mode of operation. After being eliminated from the Circa Survivor contest, he quickly leveraged his vast social media following and notoriety by rebranding his Twitter handle from @itsvegassean to @seanperrywins, and started offering his sports picks to the public for a fee, becoming what’s known in gambling circles as a ‘tout’. However, touts have always been a subject of controversy among professional sports bettors. These individuals often raise the question, what would compel someone who can build a successful sports betting record to resort to selling their picks instead of betting on them?

Sean states that making money is not his primary goal as he does not require it anymore. However, when prompted about sharing his picks for free, he stated that he wouldn’t consider that option as it would diminish his value. Instead, he decided to charge $199 for a single “Lock of the Day” pick, or $9,999 for an annual subscription. Gambling is still rife with secrecy, discretion, and social stigma, and perhaps through touting, Sean is seeking the public acknowledgment that money alone no longer provides for him.

According to Sean, his motivation for touting extends beyond fame; he feels a sense of purpose in helping people and transforming their lives. Nevertheless, many professional bettors view touting as a predatory practice, exploiting vulnerable individuals with dreams that may never materialize. Despite this, Sean is determined to project his gambling success to the world. It’s clear that Sean is using social media to network with celebrities and social media influencers, accruing social capital and, potentially, exposure that will facilitate future connections and opportunities.
However, not everyone is supportive of Sean’s approach. For example, Spanky points out that many losing players look to touts for answers and as a source of hope, despite the unrealistic promises. Shaun Deeb expressed that Sean’s sole motivation is to make money, regardless of the expense to his reputation, and he questioned Sean’s ethics and values.

In summary, Sean Perry is determined to maintain his current course, despite the controversies and criticisms. Each day would be a new page in his life, the destinations marked by the highlights of lavish photographs and sports betting victories. For Sean, gaining the world is crucial, even if it costs him his soul.