Chinese PhD student forgot to close his GitHub before a lab meeting. Screen shared for 11 seconds. His advisor saw a repo called polymarket-sports-arbitrage.
The advisor didn't report him. He asked for the wallet address.
432614799197. $2.67M profit. 2,911 predictions. All sports NFL, Premier League, Ligue 1. Account created in January 2026.
$824K bet on PSG won't win โ $2.28M payout. $1.13M bet on Bills vs Jaguars โ $2.45M payout. $781K bet on Packers vs Bears โ $1.79M payout.
Million dollar positions. From a guy who lives in a campus apartment and bikes to class.
The bot tracks Asian bookmaker lines that move 2-3 hours before Polymarket updates. By the time American traders wake up, the mispricing is already gone. He catches it while they sleep.
The GitHub README has 127 stars now. Last line: The market doesn't know what timezone you're in. Use that.
His advisor asked to invest. He said no the edge works better with less capital in the pool.
223K people watching. $214K still loaded in active positions. The lab meeting ended awkwardly. The wallet didn't care.
โ No 28c - Girona vs Barcelona
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