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Welcome to Circles Off. This is your source for educational sports betting content powered by The Hammer Betting Network. This channel looks to provide you with the highest quality sports betting content across multiple divisions. On this feed, we house the Circles Off flagship podcast hosted by Rob Pizzola as well as the Circle Back show which covers the latest from Gambling Twitter.Follow this feed to keep up to date with all of the great content and go to The Hammer website for all of your sports betting content needs: https://thehammer.bet/

When Sports Bettors Celebrate Too Early, Embracing Variance + More | Presented By Underdog
Last Friday at 11:45 AM

The Circle Back crew of Jacob Gramegna Jeff Nadu, Joey Knish & Chris Dierkes dive deep into the latest and greatest news and drama from Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show, we discuss the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers choking away their first two second-round playoff games, embracing variance, and much more.


Whether you’re here for the insights or just the entertainment, don’t miss this lively discussion on the hottest topics in the betting community on Circle...


The Biggest Hypocrites Of Sports Betting, Main Character Syndrome + More | Presented by Underdog
Last Tuesday at 11:45 AM

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week with Geoff Fienberg, Kirk Evans, and Jacob Gramegna. In today's show, we react to a bold statement from the DubClub CEO, Man of the Library's main character syndrome, and plenty more.


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How Sports Bettors Actually Get BANNED From Casinos | Presented by Underdog
05/02/2025

The Circle Back crew of Jacob Gramegna Jeff Nadu, Joey Knish & Chris Dierkes dive deep into the latest and greatest news and drama from Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show we discuss how bettors actually get limited, the life cycle of sports bettors and much more.


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Why Shadeur Really Fell In The Draft, 1 Gorilla vs 100 Humans + More | Presented by Underdog
04/29/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week with Geoff Fienberg, Kirk Evans, and Jacob Gramegna. In today's show, the cast takes on the GRP Wins Real vs. Fake quiz, analyzes Matt Zylbert's alleged innocence, investigates a new NBA betting strategy and more.


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Can You Actually Profit Betting On Nick Castellanos Home Runs? | Presented by Underdog
04/24/2025

The Circle Back crew of Jacob Gramegna, Joey Knish & Chris Dierkes dive deep into the latest and greatest news and drama from Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show, we investigate the insane handle on Nick Castellanos home run bets, Flup and Knish publicly going head to head and much more.


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We Took On The Impossible GRP Wins Quiz | Presented By Underdog
04/22/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week with Geoff Fienberg, Jason Cooper, and Jacob Gramegna. In today's show, the cast takes on the GRP Wins Real vs. Fake quiz, analyzes Matt Zylbert's alleged innocence, investigates a new NBA betting strategy and more.


Whether you’re here for the insights or just the entertainment, don’t miss this lively discussion on the ho...


The Truth About Big Bets: How Much Is Too Risky? | Presented by Underdog
04/18/2025

The Circle Back crew of Jacob Gramegna Jeff Nadu, Joey Knish & substitute guest Isaac dive deep into the latest and greatest news and drama from Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show, we cover Man Of The Library and Brett Fiensod's boxing match, Jackie Robinson's parlay boosts, whale-sized bets and much more.


Whether you’re here for the insights or just the entertainment, don’t miss this lively discussion on the hottest topics in the betting community on Circle...


The Most Interesting Man In The Sports Betting World | Presented by Underdog
04/15/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week with Geoff Fienberg, Jason Cooper, and Jacob Gramegna. In today's episode the crew discusses, Rory McIlroy's historic Masters Win, Matt Zylbert's downfall, the most interesting man in sports betting and much more.


Whether you’re here for the insights or just the entertainment, don’t miss this lively discussion on the hottest topics in the...


How They DESTROYED Their Brand In Just 24 Hours (Mistakes Were Made) | Presented by Underdog
04/11/2025

The Circle Back crew of Jacob Gramegna Jeff Nadu, Joey Knish & Chris Dierkes dive deep into the latest and greatest news and drama from Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show, we discuss PropSwap losing their credibility, juggling bets, a new expert golf betting strategy, and much more.


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How The Duke Collapse SHOOK The Sports Betting World | Presented by Underdog
04/08/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week with Geoff Fienberg, Kirk Evans, and Jacob Gramegna. In today's episode, we process Duke's Final Four collapse, a new pick-selling tactic, Alex Ovechkin's 895th goal and plenty more.


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The Downfall Of Sports Betting Content - What Happened? | Presented by Underdog
04/04/2025

The Circle Back crew dives deep into the latest and greatest news news and drama from Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show, we discuss the recent development's on the spaces, Rob Pizzola's continued beef with Steve Fezzik, the NFL rule changes and much more.


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How Legalization Has Changed Sports Betting Forever ft. Joe Brennan | Presented by Underdog
04/03/2025

Rob Pizzola is joined by Joe Brennan, a man who has played a massive role in shaping the sports betting industry, from aiding in the legalization of sports betting to helping launch one of the true sharp friendly books. Joe talks about the behind-the-scenes of regulation, how sports betting has changed since its legalization, and much more in this in-depth interview.


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What You're Getting WRONG About March Madness ❌🏀 | Presented by Underdog
04/01/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show we react to the March Madness of the favorites, the drama resurfacing from the Elf pushups, the New York Yankees torpedo bats and much more.


Whether you’re here for the insights or just the entertainment, don’t miss this lively discussion on the hottest topics in the betting community on Cir...


These Enemies Came Together To Take Down The WORST Of Gambling Twitter | Presented by Underdog
03/28/2025

The Circle Back crew dives deep into the latest and greatest news news and drama from Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show, we visit the current state of Sean Perry and Mazi's boxing rematch, a sportsbook that may have scammed it's players, reignite the previous beef between our hosts and much more.


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Mr. Peanutbettor joins for a discussion | Presented by Underdog
03/27/2025

Rob Pizzola is joined by Mike, the man behind Mr. Peanutbettor to discuss his experiences as a sharp sports bettor going from behind the counter to in front of it. Mike shares the development of his practices and his edges (sometimes obscure) as one of the most interesting accounts on gambling Twitter shares his story.


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This Is The Boxing Match That TOOK OVER The Sports Betting World 👀🥊 | Presented by Underdog
03/25/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show we go in-depth on Sean Perry's boxing fight with Mazi, the first week of March Madness, and much more before revealing a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT at the end of the show that you will not want to miss.


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Mark Hill joins for a discussion | Presented By Underdog
03/19/2025

Rob Pizzola is joined by the Director of Trading at Amelco, Mark Hill to discuss the behind-the-scenes of sportsbook operations, the inner workings of the regulated market, the future of the sports betting industry, and much more in what is bound to go down as a classic Circles Off episode.


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Why This Is The BEST Time Of The Year For Sports Betting | Presented By Underdog
03/18/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. In today's show we discuss the insane takes from March Madness, the sports betting influencer bracket, air our grievances and much more.


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These Are The Gambling Questions That NOBODY Would Answer.. | Presented by Underdog
03/13/2025

Rob Pizzola is joined in studio with Joey Knish to answer the BANNED questions from previous Circles Off Q&A's. Those who have asked have had to be patient but we're finally getting the answers to the deepest questions out there. How far will they go with their replies?


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You Won't Believe Who's Selling NFL Picks Now.. 😲🚨 | Presented By Underdog | ft. Joey Knish
03/11/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week but we're doing it with a different cast. Rob is joined as usual by Kirk Evans but has special guest JOEY KNISH also joining in studio.


Today's show discusses GRP's decision to go tout, Matt Zylbert cashing in for showing his $45.60 bet, the horrible week that was for Steve Fezzik and so much mo...


Episode 189: Sbinfluencer joins for a discussion
03/06/2025

Rob Pizzola is joined by the man behind the Sbinfluencer account to discuss his origins into the sports betting space, the growth of his social following and the future goals of the brand. Rob and SB dive into the best and worst of what gambling Twitter truly has to offer.


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The Frightening Truth Behind The Sports Betting Industry.. | Presented By Underdog
03/04/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show features a discussion around the state of the sports betting industry, the NFL moving away the chain gang and the Matt Zylbert experience.


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Episode 188: Elf joins for a discussion
02/27/2025

Rob Pizzola and co-host Jason Cooper are joined by Elf (yElff_), the creator behind the ever extremely popular Twitter spaces that are bringing the entire sports betting community together. Rob, Jason ask about Elf about his intros into sports betting and content creation, the state of Twitter spaces, and the hard-hitting questions you have been waiting to hear the answers to.


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Pro Bettors Expose The WORST Pieces Of Gambling Content 👀🚨 | Presented by Underdog
02/25/2025

Pro Bettors Expose The WORST Pieces Of Gambling Content


Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show discusses the recent spaces, a notorious capper's crash out, the best sporting day of the year and much more.


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These Bettors Got HEATED Over The Canada/USA Rivalry 🔥🚨 | Presented by Underdog
02/18/2025

The Circle Back crew takes on a new shape to dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show covers the Canada vs. USA rivalry in the Four Nations Faceoff, Amanda Vance's venture to Twitter, the strangest flex of all time and so much more.


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Rob Pizzola Got BETRAYED In The Latest Sports Betting Spaces 😵👀 | Presented by Underdog
02/11/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show reacts to the Super Bowl, the latest Twitter spaces and Rob' Pizzola's HUGE beef with Steve Fezzik and FarleyBets.


Whether you’re here for the insights or just the entertainment, don’t miss this lively discussion on the hottest topics in the betting community on Circles Back, the latest show on The Ha...


Gambling Twitter Is In CHAOS: The Wild Drama Unfolding In Spaces 🚨👀 | Presented by Underdog
02/04/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show discusses the takeoff of Twitter Spaces in the gambling space, Luka Doncic's trade, the best Super Bowl props and much more.


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PRO BETTORS REACT: NFL Is Rigged For Mahomes and The Chiefs? 🤐😳 | Presented by Underdog
01/28/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show discusses the fallout and crashouts from the Kansas City Chiefs' AFC Championship win over the Buffalo Bills, the new Twitter spaces trend, if size matters and much more.


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Episode 187: Diggs joins for a discussion
01/23/2025

Rob Pizzola is joined by Diggs, a professional gambler and one of the sharpest minds in NFL wagering. Rob and Diggs dive into their turbulent history, Diggs' love of Taylor Swift and Patrick Mahomes, how sports betting has changed and evolved over the years and much more.


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Sharp Bettors EXPOSE The Fake Experts Of Gambling Twitter 👀😬 | Presented by Underdog
01/21/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show reacts to Circa's error line on the Commanders, Big Cat's true fandom and whether Geoff is needed on the show going forward.


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Rob Gets Personally Attacked By "Pro" NFL Bettor On Twitter? 👀😵 | Presented by Underdog
01/14/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show reacts the scientific evidence that disproves CLV mattering, Rob's feelings of being personally attacked and so much more.


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WHO IS HE? 🤔 This Unknown Tout Just Took Gambling Twitter By Storm 👀 | Presented by Underdog
01/07/2025

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show reacts to the meteoric rise of blezbets, a new sportsbook subscription service recaps all that we missed from the holiday period and so much more.


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Episode 186: How To (Actually) Start Winning At Sports Betting In 2025 w/ Rob Pizzola and Johnny from betstamp
12/26/2024

Rob and Johnny discuss the true methods to becoming a winning sports bettor in 2025. Along the way they also discuss Uber Eats and customer service horror stories and reveal some major announcements for the channel. Stick around for the full episode so you do not miss out on anything.


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WE GOT EXPOSED: Circle Back Went Soft After Masterclass Disaster? 🤨😳 | Presented by Pinnacle
12/24/2024

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show reacts to the criticism from the masses over how we handled the Masterclass discourse, possibly the best Christmas gift for a sports bettor and much much more.


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Episode 185: Andrew Mack Joins for a Discussion
12/19/2024

Rob Pizzola is joined by Andrew Mack, author of Statistical Sports Models in Excel, to discuss his betting process, how he’s expanded his modelling experience beyond Excel over the years and much much more.


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HUGE REACTIONS: Gambling Twitter ERUPTS Over Sports Betting Masterclass 😱🤯 | Presented by Pinnacle
12/17/2024

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show looks into the chaos caused by the recently released sports betting Masterclass, when mistakes lines lose, some Fantasy Football collusion and much more.


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Episode 184: Matt Metcalf Joins for a Discussion
12/12/2024

Rob and Johnny are joined by Matt Metcalf, the former Sportsbook Director of Circa Sports and now the Chief Risk Officer at Mojo. Matt played a key role in shaping the sportsbook industry as we know it and tells all in this in depth interview which dives behind the scenes of the Circa trading room.


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HUGE Gambling Twitter Debate: Which Bettor Would You Trust With Your LIFE? 🤔🚨 | Presented by Pinnacle
12/10/2024

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show looks into which bettor you would trust to save your life, Timothée Chalamet's ball knowledge, how to be a capper and much more.


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Episode 183: Dean Sisun Joins for a Discussion
12/05/2024

Rob is joined by Dean Sisun, the CEO and O-Founder of Prophet Betting Exchange to discuss the betting exchange model, it’s future in the space and more.


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Drama On Gambling Twitter: When Is The WRONG Time To Cash Out? 🤔💰 | Presented by Pinnacle
12/03/2024

Rob Pizzola and the team from The Hammer Betting Network dive deep into the latest news and drama making waves on Gambling Twitter. From controversial takes to unexpected betting strategies, we’re breaking down all the must-know moments from the week. Today's show features the ongoing debates on when to cash out, if it is worth playing Circa Survivor, Steve Fezzik's "weather matters" bet and more.


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