A Numbers Game | October 16, 2026 | Hour 3

Steve Fezzik (0:00)

The numbers told the story, they always do.

SPEAKER_2 (0:02)

I just want those idiots who believe in analytics. This is A Numbers Game with Gill Alexander on VESN.

Gill Alexander (0:08)

Our number three of A Numbers Game at VESN, eSports betting network, vesn.com, Game Plus, iHeart Radio, YouTube TV, Sirius X of Channel 189

Kelley is behind the glass. It's Gill Alexander here on this Friday, because you know what that means. At noon Eastern, 9 a.m. Pacific, it's time for Fezzik Fridays with Steve Fezzik. Let's go.

SPEAKER_2 (0:27)

Whether it's at the Sportsbook or anywhere else in the casino, he's always helping us find an edge. It's time for Fezzik Fridays.

Gill Alexander (0:35)

Starring the only back-to-back winner of the Hilton Super Contest, Steve Fezzik. What is Steve short for? Steven? Steve Lind? Like Stevie Wonder? Steve Lind? Judkins Fezzik? Steven. Steven. Oh, I thought so.

How you doing, man? By the way, follow him on Twitter at Fezzik Sports at your own peril. I didn't send you there.

I would never do that to you.

Steve Fezzik (0:54)

You know what? I block someone and they text me like, man, you blocked me.

Gill Alexander (0:58)

You block people?

Steve Fezzik (1:00)

And I go, I'm sure there's a reason. And he texts me back. I'm sorry. Can you unblock me? I'll be better.

Gill Alexander (1:05)

I'll be better. Would you like to take some listener questions before we move on?

Steve Fezzik (1:09)

Let's do it.

Gill Alexander (1:10)

OK, here's the first one. This is because you're a great contest player. Fred Leonard. I would enjoy hearing you and Stevie. He didn't say Stevie. Discuss the game theory of taking slash not taking the Panthers and Millions. Would you advise just joining the masses and use Carolina, avoid either side or use the Eagles?

Steve Fezzik (1:28)

So it depends where you are in the contest. As Yogi Berra once said, it's getting late early for all those who are right around 500 So if that's the case, you might consider shoving with the Eagles and trying to make up a game on everybody because you're going to have to do it eventually.

But in terms of if you're in contention and you're doing well, it's just a bingo square everybody's going to have. So you might want to diversify if you've got multiple entries. Like, let's say I've got like 100 entries. I don't have 100 I got my 10 entries. So my like on my top four entries, maybe I won't use them on one of the four to try to diversify.

Gill Alexander (2:04)

I don't know if you'll have an answer to this process. 1870 was like, here's an idea. Parlay Man City to win the prem and to get regulated. Ask Fezz to do the math for me. Is it a good parlay?

Steve Fezzik (2:13)

I will defer to Paul Carr.

Gill Alexander (2:17)

I was kind of tongue in cheek on that.

Steve Fezzik (2:18)

Yes.

Gill Alexander (2:18)

Here's one for you. This one's the one I really want you to answer. This just came in moments ago from Pete at Tree True. Can we learn Fezzik's Guide to Visualization?

Steve Fezzik (2:28)

Right. So famously, what happens is, so we have like a group text. Yes. All right. Or we have we have Will Hill and we have Chris the Bear Fleeck. And I find both of these fellows to be very fair and unbiased in their evaluations. We have Gilley and the same. And of course, the great TGO, the great one, Todd, wishing him.

But I am a big believer in that you if success, if you visualize that you're going to be successful.

It helps. Now, a big reason for that is that you work harder and you save yourself. And famously, the student, the one student shows up at an Ivy League late to class and the professor is written to, you know, impossibly difficult math problems that have never been solved. And he and the student writes them down. He goes home. He thinks it's the homework. It's like, wow, the homework was really hard yesterday and solves both the problems. He visualizes success and he solves these unsolvable problems. So the idea is that if you think you can, you will. All right. I get it. Once the game starts. OK. Probably rooting for your team to win. Probably won't have a result unless you're like Todd and you're attending the game at Mandalay Bay. Are you going to blow the free throw? And you're like heckling the other girls. But for the most part, it can't hurt to think positively and visualize when. So I'm always saying that. And Todd says it's all complete utter nonsense.