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What I Bet - Tuesday May 19th May 19, 2026

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Tuesday. Griffin Warner is back with one of the bigger Tuesday episodes of the What I Bet season on the Pregame.com Straight Outta Vegas AM podcast, opening fresh off a dramatic Montreal Canadiens overtime win over the Buffalo Sabres in Game 7 of the second round before pivoting immediately to two English Premier League plays and then ripping through the entire Major League Baseball slate with opinionated, number-driven analysis that covers side leans, total plays, home underdog angles, and situational edges from first pitch to last out, closing with a New York Yankees moneyline best bet over the Toronto Blue Jays that caps another lean-loaded episode, and the action begins in the EPL where Warner identifies Bournemouth as a three-quarter goal home underdog against Manchester City with a meaningful rest edge — Bournemouth sat out the FA Cup Final weekend while City had to grind — and follows that with a Tottenham Hotspur plus half-goal lean at a Chelsea side he describes as a cycling disaster that sacks capable managers and replaces them with unproven ones every season, before shifting to baseball where Martín Pérez pitching as a road favorite for Atlanta draws skepticism and Miami home underdog Braxton Garrett draws interest in his return from Tommy John surgery, Chase Burns gets a strong lean as one of the best young arms in baseball against a Phillies rotation missing Kyle Schwarber, the Cleveland Guardians' under at Detroit Comerica Park becomes the most confident total lean of the night with Parker Messick in strong form and Keider Montero coming off his worst start of the year, Tampa Bay gets the nod at home over Baltimore's Kyle Bradish based on the Rays' relentless offensive production at Tropicana Field, Jacob Misiorowski's brilliance for the road Brewers does not outweigh Warner's affection for Ben Brown as a Cubs home underdog at Wrigley, Ranger Suárez on a scoreless roll creates a Boston lean despite reserved trust in Kansas City's Bailey Falter fresh off the injured list, Lance McCullers Jr. pitching for a quietly rebuilding Houston squad draws skepticism against a Minnesota lineup that has been productive, Kumar Rocker at Coors Field gets a lean to the over on the ten-and-a-half total given Denver heat conditions, the White Sox get plus money respect with Anthony Kay facing a returning Bryce Miller in Seattle, and after all of it Warner lands on the Yankees at minus-132 as the official What I Bet Best Bet, trusting New York's bullpen superiority and Will Warren's consistency over the risk of relying on Dylan Cease to go the distance in the Bronx, make sure you visit Pregame.com and use promo code PICK25 to get savings on picks, packages, and all-access passes from Griffin Warner and every pro on the network, and subscribe to the Straight Outta Vegas AM podcast wherever you stream so you never miss a What I Bet drop.

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Cash That Ticket - Monday May 18th May 18, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Monday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back for a loaded Monday edition of Cash That Ticket on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed, and the Western Conference Finals take center stage right from the jump as these two dig deep into Game 1 between the San Antonio Spurs and the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight at Paycom Center. The series odds on DraftKings have the Thunder as minus-260 favorites and the Spurs sitting at plus-210, but both guys make a compelling case for San Antonio, pointing to a 4-and-1 regular season record against OKC, consistent spread coverage across a wide range of lines, and a style of play that gives the Spurs a real chance to compete against the defending champions. Munaf officially takes the Spurs at plus-220 for the series on FanDuel and likes them plus six and a half for Game 1 as well, arguing that Oklahoma City's price is built on public perception rather than a genuine gap between these two rosters, and that the defensive attention funneled toward Victor Wembanyama will open the floor for Stephon Castle, Dylan Harper, and De'Aaron Fox in exactly the ways that have made this Spurs team so dangerous all season. Dave agrees the spread is inflated, spots the number as high as seven on FanDuel, and leans to San Antonio plus the points while also backing the under despite a market that has pushed the total north of 221 at multiple books. The total discussion is sharp, with both guys citing under trends in game ones for both franchises and pointing out that OKC's big offensive outputs this postseason came against Phoenix and the Lakers, neither of which remotely resembles what San Antonio brings defensively. On the prop side Dave goes with Ajay Mitchell over 13 points at minus-123 on DraftKings, making the case that Mitchell has scored fewer than 14 points only once in eight postseason games and is the kind of off-brand value that separates sharp bettors from the crowd, while Munaf tracks Stephon Castle at 17 and a half given Castle's history of scoring 32, 22, 24, 19, and 20 against OKC this season. The baseball card gets the same thorough treatment across five games: the Reds-Phillies over is the consensus call with Nick Lodolo struggling badly since returning from injury and Andrew Painter's numbers even weaker than his reputation, the Orioles-Rays matchup generates a yellow flag despite Shane McClanahan's exceptional form because the line movement tells an interesting story, the Blue Jays-Yankees game produces a first-five over recommendation at four and a half with both Patrick Corbin's regression metrics and Ryan Weathers' fly-ball tendencies pointing toward early scoring, and the Dodgers-Padres game is where both guys get loudest, taking San Diego at plus-128 because Yoshinobu Yamamoto has allowed at least three earned runs in four straight starts and Michael King has been one of the better starters in the NL over the same stretch. Dave wraps up with a smart segment on weather handicapping that every baseball bettor should hear, breaking down exactly how to factor wind, temperature, humidity, and air pressure without blindly chasing overs every time conditions look favorable. Best bets to close: Dave takes the Padres run line at minus-130, Munaf fires on the Braves-Marlins under at eight and a half backing Max Meyer's breakout campaign against rookie J.R. Ritchie making his first appearance against Miami. Use promo code RISE10 at pregame.com for ten dollars off any purchase including rest-of-May all-access through May 31st.

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Cash That Ticket - Friday May 15th May 15, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk sports betting for Friday. Munaf Manji and Uncle Diamond Dave Essler are back on the Cash That Ticket podcast for a Friday, May 15, 2026 episode that covers more ground than most, starting with two NBA playoff closeout games and working all the way through the MLB Friday card, a PGA Championship round one update, and a genuine milestone moment as Munaf officially becomes a Pregame Pro on Pregame.com — selling picks for the first time after years of giving them away for free on this pod, and receiving a full public endorsement from Dave that was honest, direct, and exactly what you would expect from a man who has been in the pick-selling business long enough to know the difference between a handicapper and a salesman. On the NBA side, the guys break down Game 6 of Cavaliers versus Pistons at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, where the Cavs hold a three-games-to-two lead after surviving overtime in Detroit behind 30 points from James Harden and a 31-free-throw performance that Dave argues is simply not repeatable — not the free throw volume, not the 40 percent three-point shooting, not the pace that produced 211 points in regulation plus overtime, and both hosts land on the under at 211 and a half as their conviction play, with Dave adding Detroit plus four and a half as his side bet, pointing to the Pistons' history of holding opponents under 101 points in five of their six wins this postseason and the brutal minutes load both rosters are carrying out of an overtime game where Cade Cunningham played 48 of 53 available minutes and Evan Mobley, James Harden, and Donovan Mitchell each logged 43. In the Western Conference, San Antonio leads Minnesota three to two and travels to Target Center as road favorites, and Dave likes the Timberwolves in the spot — citing the loss of emotional fuel that powered the Spurs' 29-point blowout in Game 5 after the Victor Wembanyama ejection, the correctable nature of Minnesota's poor shooting and paint numbers from that game, and his standing rule about backing home underdogs in elimination games, which Munaf reinforces with data showing the Wolves have consistently been excellent coming off losses and pointing to Anthony Edwards as a player who needs a signature moment tonight, with both hosts taking Minnesota plus five and a half and the over at 218 and a half and flagging Naz Reid three-pointers made and Jaden McDaniels points and rebounds as the ancillary prop angles on the Wolves side. On the MLB card, they fade Aaron Nola against the Pirates and Braxton Ashcraft, building the case around Nola's fly-ball evolution, his seven home runs in 42 innings, his trend of pitching worse in back-to-back matchups against the same team, and the road context at PNC Park tonight, preferring the Pittsburgh first-five-innings run line as the cleanest execution vehicle. In the Subway Series, Cam Schlittler — who is putting up historic numbers not seen since Walter Johnson in 1913 — starts for the Yankees at Citi Field against Clay Holmes and the Mets, with cold temperatures, wind blowing in, and a total of seven making the first-five-innings under the natural play for both hosts. Dave's best bet is the over in the Rockies-Diamondbacks game at Coors Field, where Merrill Kelly arrives with a 7.62 ERA and 19 hits allowed in 14 road innings, and Munaf's best bet is the under eight in Atlanta between the Braves and the Red Sox, with Spencer Strider making his third start back from an oblique strain against a Boston offense that has scored five combined runs over its last four games. Use promo code RISE10 at Pregame.com — R-I-S-E-1-0 — to get ten dollars off anything including the rest-of-May all-access package, now available at eighty-nine dollars through May 31, and head to the Buy Picks tab to find Munaf's daily package and Dave's three-star playoff game of the month.

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Will Doctor hosts horse sharp Paul Cush for a preview the 2026 Preakness! May 15, 2026

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Will Doctor and Paul Cush talk 2026 Preakness Stakes.

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What I Bet - Thursday May 14th May 14, 2026

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Thursday.

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108th PGA Championship Preview & Picks at Aronimink May 13, 2026

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Will Doctor delivers the 108th PGA Championship preview live from Aronimink Golf Club.

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Cash That Ticket - Wednesday May 13th May 13, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Wednesday.

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What I Bet - Wednesday May 13th May 13, 2026

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Griffin Warner talks betting for Wednesday.

Griffin Warner — Real_G Warner across all platforms — is back with a loaded Wednesday edition of What I Bet, and the card spans five sports, more than twenty betting matchups, and one of the more eventful MLB slates of the early 2026 season. Warner opens in England, where Manchester City hosts Crystal Palace with the Premier League title race suddenly alive after months of Arsenal dominance, breaking down the two-goal line, the under three and a half total, and why a defensive Palace side on the road might be the value play even inside a cup final atmosphere. From London to Rome for the Coppa Italia final at the Stadio Olimpico, where Lazio pseudo-hosts Inter Milan, the reigning Serie A champions, in a neutral cup final where Warner firmly leans under two and a half, expecting the kind of organized, low-scoring final that cup competitions reliably produce. Then it is off to Spain for four consecutive La Liga matches that all carry survival implications, from Villarreal hosting a desperate Sevilla side clinging to safety by three points with three games left, to Espanyol hosting a disappointing Athletic Club Bilbao squad in a motivation mismatch, to Getafe and the near-automatic under two goals lean, and finally to Warner's clearest play of the entire soccer card — Alaves plus the half against a Barcelona team celebrating La Liga on the road with a side Warner is not confident will show up fully motivated or fully staffed. The NHL gets one game on this Wednesday card, Minnesota visiting Colorado, and Warner pulls no punches: Colorado is the best team in the playoffs, the shot counts confirm it even when the scores were close, and his lean is toward the under in a game where Minnesota is competing for their lives but operating at a visible disadvantage. Then it is fourteen straight MLB games, moving from Reid Detmers facing Parker Messick and the under seven in Cleveland, to Nick Lodolo and the Reds hosting Jake Irvin with Warner leaning over nine in a park that rewards offense, to the emotional centerpiece of the MLB card — Andrew Painter struggling at 6.89 ERA heading into Fenway to face Ranger Suárez, who left Philadelphia for a five-year, $130-million deal in Boston this winter and who the Phillies are clearly missing already. Warner covers Griffin Jax transitioning to a starting role for a hot Tampa Bay team facing Dylan Cease, takes San Diego plus 136 with Michael King on the mound against Jacob Misiorowski in Milwaukee, backs Shōta Imanaga's opponent JR Ritchie at plus 119 with the over in Atlanta, leans Arizona and under in the gas grill that is Globe Life Field against Kumar Rocker, fades Simeon Woods Richardson in Minnesota against Max Meyer, leans over for Bryce Miller's 2026 debut against Lance McCullers in Houston, leans over in Oakland for Liberatore against JT Ginn, and wraps the slate with Robbie Ray facing Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers with an over lean on a total Warner considers surprisingly small. Before signing off, Warner drops the active promo code — SHINE10 at Pregame.com, good through May 26, for $10 off anything including Rest of May All Access at $89 — then delivers his official best bet for the episode: Philadelphia Phillies versus Boston Red Sox over nine, backed by Painter's struggles and a Suárez who has not quite locked in his new home rhythm yet. Find the show on the Straight Outta Vegas AM feed and follow Real_G Warner across all social platforms.

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Cash That Ticket - Tuesday May 12th May 12, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Tuesday.

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Cash That Ticket - Monday May 11th May 11, 2026

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Munaf Manji and Dave Essler talk betting for Monday. Monday night is a two-game NBA playoff card and Munaf Manji and Dave Essler on Cash That Ticket have every angle covered, starting with the most talked-about moment in the playoffs right now, Victor Wembanyama's first-career ejection from Sunday's Spurs-Timberwolves Game 4 in Minneapolis, where the 7-foot-4 San Antonio star caught Naz Reid with a flagrant-2 elbow to the throat area in the second quarter and was tossed from the game, with Minnesota rallying to win 114-109 and even the series two games apiece. Dave opens the episode in a great mood because his Minnesota team total over cashed, then both hosts dig into the debate: was Wembanyama out of line, was there provocation the cameras missed, and does playoff physicality change the calculus? Dave draws a sharp comparison to hockey, where the retaliator always takes the penalty even when the instigation started somewhere else, and Munaf adds context from Spurs coach Mitch Johnson's postgame presser, where Johnson pointed to the constant physical attention Wembanyama absorbs on every possession as context without excusing the play. The guys then pivot to the New York Knicks completing a stunning four-game sweep of the Philadelphia 76ers in the Eastern Conference Semifinals, a result neither host fully predicted, with Dave immediately raising the sharper question of what the sweep actually tells bettors, namely that New York will be significantly overvalued in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, probably by two to two and a half points more than the number should reflect, and Munaf flagging the OG Anunoby hamstring situation as a genuine rest-and-recovery variable that could matter if the Cleveland-Detroit series goes six or seven games as he expects. On to Monday's card: Game 4 of Pistons at Cavaliers sees Cleveland as a three-and-a-half-point home favorite with a total of 213.5, and Dave's sharpest play in the game is the first-half under 108, arguing the line is inflated because it prices in a repeat of Game 3's explosive first half when Cleveland held Detroit to just 48 points including 18 in the second quarter and then scored 64 themselves, a pace Dave does not expect to recur as the zigzag applies and Detroit comes out with more urgency early. Munaf takes Cleveland on the side, grounding his case in the Cavaliers' complete inability to win road games this postseason while their home record has been dominant, making this a functional must-win regardless of the point spread. For the nightcap, OKC arrives in Los Angeles as a 10.5-point road favorite looking to complete a sweep with Jalen Williams still out and Luka Dončić ruled out for the Lakers, and Dave makes the uncomfortable but inevitable case for Oklahoma City by walking through the Game 3 numbers: Los Angeles shot 47 percent from three, made eight more free throws than OKC even attempted, grabbed more offensive boards, and still lost by 23 points because the Thunder generated 30 points off turnovers, 19 fast-break points, and 64 points in the paint. Dave plays OKC and the Lakers team total under. Munaf adds the OKC team total over, noting the Thunder have scored at least 108 in all three games and won every game in the series by 18 or more points while covering the full spread in the second half alone even while spotting large numbers. On the MLB side, with just six games on Monday's light schedule, Dave makes his best bet the Giants-Dodgers first-five innings under 5.5, built on rookie Trevor McDonald's exceptional command and a Roki Sasaki who has posted a bloated ERA this season and may not be trusted by the Dodger Stadium crowd, with Munaf's best bet a repeat of the OKC play minus 10.5 for all the reasons already on the table. Use promo code BASIS10 at Pregame.com for $10 off May all-access through May 31st.

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