VIP Sports Las Vegas Podcast · Steve Stevens

VIP SPORTS PODCAST #318 FEATURING THE LATEST HAPPENINGS IN THE NBA, NHL, MLB AND MORE...

June 15, 2021·33 min·3 clips

Steve Stevens reveals how his free Utah Jazz pick paid off for over 1,000 people yesterday.

1. VIP Sports Las Vegas Podcast episode 318, hosted by Steve Stevens and Poppy, is a sports handicapping and betting analysis show broadcast from Las Vegas on June 9, 2021. 2. Steve Stevens, whose real name is Darren Otero, operates as a paid sports picks service branded around aggressive betting language and high claimed win rates. 3. The episode opens with Stevens recapping a promotional free pick given the previous day: the Utah Jazz moneyline won, generating over 1,000 DMs, contact with 350 people, and 211 paid deals. 4. Stevens reports his personal plays are 13-2 in the last 15 games and emphasizes that subscribers who had the Dodgers run line also won, despite a late home run scare. 5. Stevens covers Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets winning the 2021 NBA MVP as a +4,000 long shot at DraftKings, averaging 27 points, 11 rebounds, and over 8 assists — the first center to win MVP since Shaquille O'Neal in 2000. 6. He acknowledges MVP cases for Stephen Curry, James Harden, and Luka Doncic but says Jokic's center numbers are hard to argue against. 7. Stevens recaps the Floyd Mayweather vs. Logan Paul fight, saying Mayweather robbed a bank by earning approximately $100 million for easy work, with the best value being the distance bet. 8. On Chad Johnson's boxing debut, Stevens and Poppy assess that Johnson performed respectably but was knocked down once, and Stevens argues Johnson should not pursue a match against Conor McGregor, who he calls an absolute beast that would 'kill' Chad in a real boxing match. 9. Stevens analyzes Denver Nuggets at Phoenix Suns Game 2, noting Phoenix shot 52% in Game 1 to win by 30+ and Denver is 7-1 to the over in their last eight games, though key players Jamal Murray and a backup point guard are out for the season. 10. The episode's strongest analytical segment covers Brooklyn Nets at Milwaukee Bucks Game 3: Brooklyn leads 2-0 despite Harden missing both games, is listed as +3.5 road underdogs, and is 11-1 against the spread in their last 12 games. 11. Stevens argues the Bucks' line was deliberately set to attract action and that Brooklyn's ball movement under coach Steve Nash — with Durant, Kyrie Irving, Blake Griffin, and Joe Harris — makes them the best team in the playoffs. 12. He criticizes the NBA's trend toward excessive three-point shooting and argues Milwaukee's Giannis Antetokounmpo should drive to the hole rather than settling for threes, especially given his poor free throw shooting. 13. The MLB segment covers the league's new policy of pre-game umpire scouting reports on pitchers who use foreign substances, with up to eight to ten checks per game on both pitchers and position players. 14. Stevens highlights the Milwaukee Brewers as a betting value at 10-1 straight up in their last 11 games and 9-2 ATS in their last 12 games, and 17-9 straight up as underdogs this season. 15. He discusses the Boston Red Sox as one game back of Tampa Bay in the AL East and criticizes the Yankees for being seven games back after four straight losses, suggesting manager Aaron Boone should be fired regardless of injury context. 16. The NHL segment focuses on the Vegas Golden Knights' playoff run against Colorado, with Stevens admitting he was wrong to doubt them early in the series and predicting they will win the Stanley Cup. 17. Tampa Bay Lightning won Game 5 over Carolina 2-0 to win the series 4-1 and are pursuing back-to-back Stanley Cups — the first team to repeat since the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016. 18. Stevens briefly covers the Belmont Stakes winner Essential Quality and horse trainer Bob Baffert's two-year suspension from Kentucky racing following a positive drug test, with Baffert filing a lawsuit arguing the substance was a therapeutic product, not a performance enhancer. 19. The episode closes with a lengthy monologue about post-COVID labor markets, with Stevens arguing that unemployment benefits have discouraged people from returning to work, and encouraging listeners to get back on 'the grind.' 20. Regular listeners of sports betting analysis shows who want a high-energy, Las Vegas-based handicapper's take on multi-sport action will find this episode characteristic of the format.

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A loud betting-room recap where the confidence is the product and the picks keep coming.

The episode stays in betting-room mode from start to finish, moving from promo results into NBA talk without much pause. Darren Otero, the paparazzi, a free Utah Jazz moneyline, and a Dodgers run line all surface early, so the whole thing lands somewhere between tip sheet and…

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