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Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has given his bank balance a huge boost after scooping $1.65million on Scottie Scheffler winning The Masters.
The millionaire media personality - and notorious gambler - held his nerve to see Scheffler pull on a second Green Jacket on Sunday night, turning his $300,000 wager into a cool $1.65m.
Incredibly, it is the second huge windfall he's secured in a week, after he put $600,000 on UConn to win March Madness, turning that into $2.76m.
That takes his earnings to an eyewatering $4.41m in the space of just six days, surely pulling off one of the most successful weeks of his gambling life.
Portnoy was live-tweeting the majority of the tournament at Augusta National, mostly slamming the American world No. 1 when he did something wrong.
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy has taken his gambling earnings this week to $4.41m
Scottie Scheffler's Masters win sealed another huge payday for the sports media personality
Throughout the day, Portnoy went through a range of emotions on his social media pages
It ended in delight for the Barstool Sports man, who labeled the world No 1 as 'that dude'
As Scheffler played the front nine on Sunday, Portnoy tweeted: 'How the hell is a Scheffler the worlds #1? He can't string together 2 good shots in a row all weekend. It's over.'
Just two hours later, that turned into: 'SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER IS THAT DUDE. A beast. A manchild. Never blinks. BEST IN THE WORLD AND ITS NOT EVEN CLOSE. I never doubted his greatness. He didn't just win! He won for fun! Toyed with the competition. I hate to say I told you so but I told you so. #themasters'
Scheffler went into the tournament as the big favorite and that didn't change across all four days, with the 27-year-old in contention throughout.
Portnoy had made fans aware of his huge $300,000 wager long before play began on Sunday
Six days ago, he scooped $2.76m when UConn was crowned back-to-back NCAA champions
He called his $600k wager to win $2.76million 'the greatest bet of my life' on X
At the turn on Sunday, he birdied holes eight, nine and 10 in a row to extend his lead, before a slight blip on 11.
He then birdied 13, 14 and 16 to extend his lead over Ludvig Aberg to four shots, making the final two holes at Augusta a relative procession.
It is Scheffler's second Green Jacket in three years, and he now has two major championships.
It would be a surprise, though, if he doesn't add to that very quickly, with the PGA Championship, US Open and The Open Championship closely following in May, June and July.
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