In a story as improbable as the eight-game win streak the Green Bay Packers are currently on, a man has put his faith and a good chunk of change in the resilient team. Starting off with $300 and a hunch that Aaron Rodgers’ declaration the Packers would run the table was prophetic, this man laid down a bet that the Packers would win the first game of the streak.
And when they did, he continually recycled his earnings back into the next bet. Following the Packers-Dallas Cowboys game last night, a man named Jonathan Schecter posted this tweet.
My boy in Vegas bet $300 on the Packers money line (to win) 8 wks ago. He reinvested the winnings each week. Tonight $300 became $28,213 🔥💵 pic.twitter.com/1tcZnZcJHV
— Jonathan Shecter (@SheckyGreen) January 16, 2017
A great story to say the least.
But let’s be real no, if you turned $300 into $28,000, you wouldn’t risk that $28,000 the following week, right?
Wrong.
And here's the sick part: he just pressed the bet again! +170 will make the winnings $76,000. Requires fortitude, dedication, degeneracy. 🙈 pic.twitter.com/FrNqvRlexQ
— Jonathan Shecter (@SheckyGreen) January 16, 2017
Putting all $28,000 down on the Packers at +170 over the Falcons, if Green Bay were to win the ticket would pay out $76,000. If that happens it seems safe to assume the man would put $76,000 on the Packers to win the Superbowl — a payout that would easily surpass six figures.
The man is an idol to many across the country for these series of bets. I plan to root for Green Bay to win it all, purely to see the reaction from this man winning all that money.