'I wager with my heart': How a St. Louis Blues fan could win $100K

     

The main reason Scott Berry was in Las Vegas back in January was to work a corner at a business meeting. An easygoing card shark, he enjoys blackjack and craps however hadn't gotten an opportunity to hit the tables on this work trip.

However, before his outing to McCarran International Airport to head home, the St. Louis local made a couple of critical fates wagers on his preferred groups - $400 on the St. Louis Blues to win the Stanley Cup at 250-1 and $100 on the St. Louis Cardinals to win the World Series at 15-1 - at the Caesars sportsbook at Paris Las Vegas.

After four months, his Blues wager - which would win $100,000 - has an authentic opportunity to money as St. Louis heads into Game 6 of the Western Conference finals with a 3-2 arrangement lead over the San Jose Sharks.

"I wager with the heart on this one," Berry told ESPN. "Before I hit my flight I chose that had I been here betting I most likely would've lost around $500, so I hauled that out of the ledger. My maximum withdrawal was $500, so that was everything I could take out. I put $100 on the Cardinals at 15-1 and dumped the lay on the Blues."

Subsequent to taking a gander at the chances at two or three sportsbooks (the Blues were just 150-1 at The Bellagio), Berry put the bet, jumped on the plane and messaged his sibling and father about the wager. With the Blues out of the playoff picture in January, they weren't as idealistic as Berry about St. Louis' odds.

"Preseason, I realized they had a decent squad," Berry told ESPN. "Be that as it may, I'm no professional. My sibling and father are somewhat more hazard unfriendly than I am. They presumably thought I was an imbecile."

Berry said he didn't begin thinking the ticket had a genuine opportunity to money until the Blues crawled into the playoff picture a couple of months back. He has purchased tickets to each home game all through the playoffs on StubHub.

Through PropSwap, an outsider commercial center not related with any gambling clubs that enables bettors to purchase and sell prospects wagers, Berry has gotten a few ideas to purchase his ticket. He turned down a $20,000 offer for the ticket before Game 7 against the Dallas Stars ... and after that watched the game in the stands with a potential $100,000 pay day riding on the outcome.=

"That was extreme, most likely not the sharpest move," he said. "Individuals were attempting to converse with me amid the game, yet I wasn't generally reacting. My face was as white as a phantom. After Pat Maroon, the St. Louis local, covered that objective, I was in tears there for a hot moment. It was truly passionate."

Berry doesn't have a value edge he's searching for so as to sell the ticket, rather confiding in his gut and being a fan to lead him.

"I'm not a mogul using any and all means; I could clearly utilize the cash," he noted. "It's a unique little something where you're difficult and wagering with your heart."

While his sibling needs him to take the payout, Berry stays unsure, however he clowned that he needs the cash to pay his StubHub charges. In the event that the Blues make the Stanley Cup Final, he'll "be there for however many amusements as could be expected under the circumstances."
On Monday evening, Berry got another high idea of $24,000.

"I found out about that Texas Tech fellow [in the NCAA tournament], and that was a disgrace," Berry bemoaned. "I would prefer not to be that person. I need this to have an upbeat completion."