Polymarket market · Sports
Pacers vs. Pelicans
Resolved: Pacers won · See it on Polymarket ↗
23 whales traded $121K on this market since Oct 21, 62% of their buying on Pacers. Copying their buys off the order book we recorded about 5 minutes later would have cost 2.5¢ more per share, with 100% of the size there to buy. Pacers won, with 62% of the whale buying on it. Of the 17 whales whose whole position we captured, 11 made +$30K and 6 lost −$23K: +$7.4K between them. Biggest win: Scary-Fannypack, +$8.4K on Pacers. Biggest loss: Grown-Difference-Burnout, −$11K on Pelicans.
The whales on this market
23 whales| Whale · record | Backed | Bought | Sold | Made on it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grown-Difference-Burnout
249 settled bets Beat the odds* |
Pelicans @ 48¢ | $23K | — | −$11K |
| Chief-Ashram-Pill
1 settled bets Too few bets |
sold only | $0 | $17K | — |
| Scary-Fannypack
185 settled bets Beat the odds* |
Pacers @ 45¢ | $14K | — | +$8.4K |
| Same-Kidney
90 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pacers @ 58¢ | $12K | — | +$8.4K |
| Innocent-Grape
142 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
sold only | $0 | $11K | — |
| Indelible-Try
62 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pacers @ 66¢ | $6.6K | — | +$3.4K |
| Single-Saviour
1 settled bets Too few bets |
Pacers @ 77¢ | $5.0K | — | +$1.5K |
| Cultured-Location
9 settled bets Too few bets |
Pacers @ 66¢ | $3.5K | — | +$1.8K |
| Dependable-Waterfront
444 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pelicans @ 61¢ | $3.2K | — | −$3.2K |
| Ill-Fated-Clasp
24 settled bets Beat the odds* |
sold only | $0 | $3.2K | — |
| Limited-Dragonfruit
3 settled bets Too few bets |
Pelicans @ 71¢ | $3.1K | — | −$3.1K |
| Prickly-Barrel
47 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pelicans @ 72¢ | $2.5K | — | −$2.5K |
| Glass-Treat
37 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pelicans @ 62¢ | $2.4K | — | −$2.4K |
| Wide-Swordfish-Latitude
61 settled bets Worse than the odds |
sold only | $0 | $2.4K | — |
| Noisy-Word
23 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pacers @ 66¢ | $2.0K | — | +$1.0K |
| Closed-Trolley-Catalysis
4 settled bets Too few bets |
Pacers @ 70¢ | $2.0K | — | +$840 |
| Unkempt-Image
114 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pacers @ 58¢ | $1.8K | — | +$1.3K |
| Hurtful-Nonconformist
68 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pacers @ 49¢ | $1.5K | — | +$1.6K |
| Optimistic-Version
8 settled bets Too few bets |
sold only | $0 | $1.3K | — |
| Drab-Funding
20 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
sold only | $0 | $1.1K | — |
| Trusty-Amusement
63 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pacers @ 67¢ | $1.1K | — | +$540 |
| Powerless-Savannah
2,703 settled bets Beat the odds* |
Pelicans @ 65¢ | $1.1K | — | −$1.1K |
| Unruly-Rocker
145 settled bets Can't tell from luck |
Pacers @ 37¢ | $1.0K | — | +$1.7K |
Where the whale money went
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Pacers won$53K62% of whale buying · 12 buyers · $25K sold
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Pelicans lost$32K38% of whale buying · 7 buyers
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Pacers lost$00% of whale buying · 0 buyers · $11K sold
From the whale trades we capture ($1,000+) on this market, Oct 21 to Oct 22, 2026. Whether it resolved, and each whale's record, are from the daily run. “Made on it” is what each whale took out plus what its shares paid at the end ($1 for the winner, nothing for the rest), counting only trades we captured. A dash means it sold more than we saw it buy, so part of its position is missing and it's left out of the totals. How profit is counted.
Results and records from the run (1792652408).
More sports markets the whales bet on
All Sports →| Market | Whale money | Whales | Result | Last whale bet |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spread: Pacers (-3.5) | $51K | 7 | Won: Pelicans | |
| Spread: Clippers (-4.5) | $58K | 6 | Won: Clippers | |
| Mavericks vs. Rockets | $101K | 11 | Won: Rockets | |
| Jazz vs. Grizzlies | $276K | 10 | Won: Grizzlies | |
| Hornets vs. Nets | $438K | 26 | Won: Hornets | |
| Spread: Trail Blazers (-3.5) | $75K | 5 | Won: Trail Blazers | |
| Hawks vs. Magic | $140K | 29 | Won: Hawks | |
| Bucks vs. Wizards | $115K | 19 | Won: Wizards |
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