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    Why bet if your plays not worth max?

    i see alot of guys in the hockey pool (xxx's nhl playoff) making bets for 5u 3u 7u . if your bet isnt worth the max in your mind why bet it?

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    A lot of times I make 2 bets to cover eachother. For example I took Chicago +1.5 for 10u and Chicago ml for 5u. Since the +1.5 is -245 I will make about 4u if it cashes. That will pretty much cover my ml bet if it loses. I don't know if this is a good idea or not but I like it and have done well so far in the playoffs witha lot of similar bets.

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    And this would be an example of that plan backfiring.

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    I understand that even though it was a bad example for yah... lol but worked good for rangers .... i would think although i surely wont tell you your doing something wrong (+ 1 million dollars this postseason ) If we only played the games we felt best about hence max play , record would be alot better . Hell you would have bet everything max yourself you might be up 2 million. lol what ever your doing can never be questioned though cuz your on fire !!!

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    Playin, lets say someone came up to you and offered you a bet on a fair coin flip. He will give you +110 on the side of your choice.

    You are being offered a 50/50 proposition at a better than 50/50 price. Would you turn this down?

    You WILL lose this bet 50% of the time, but it was still a +EV bet.

    Same goes for hockey or any other sport. You should bet when you see an edge; not only when you are extremely sure about it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by playinragz View Post
    i see alot of guys in the hockey pool (xxx's nhl playoff) making bets for 5u 3u 7u . if your bet isnt worth the max in your mind why bet it?
    This is not a question worth answering.

    Do you go all in on every bet?

    Betting 10 units is maxing out your bet. I rarely max out bets in real life, so why would I do it here?

    Sometimes I bet MLs when I feel the game is about 50/50 and I can get +140 or so ML. Would I max it out? Ridiculous. But value is value.
    Last edited by yisman; 04-23-09 at 11:39 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by yisman View Post
    This is not a question worth answering.

    Do you go all in on every bet?

    Betting 10 units is maxing out your bet. I rarely max out bets in real life, so why would I do it here?

    Sometimes I bet MLs when I feel the game is about 50/50 and I can get +140 or so ML. Would I max it out? Ridiculous. But value is value.
    yisman loves arguing

    u see that caps game? i thought i was wathcing a repeat og the flyers/pens game from tuesday....all these powerplay chances, all these shots, hits the post, and only one goal

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    nope. Didn't watch any of the games last night. Was too busy.

    Penguins have outplayed the Flyers, though. I've watched a lot of that series.

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    not the last 3 games they didnt, they out shot and out played the pens, fleury dominated the flyers

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    u see that caps game? i thought i was wathcing a repeat og the flyers/pens game from tuesday....all these powerplay chances, all these shots, hits the post, and only one goal[/quote]

    HENRYYY!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flyers09 View Post
    not the last 3 games they didnt, they out shot and out played the pens, fleury dominated the flyers
    Penguins deserve to win the series. As a whole, they've outplayed Philadelphia.

    Saying they haven't is being a sore loser.

    Even if Fleury was the only guy who played well (he wasn't), the Penguins have still outplayed the Flyers because the goalie is a huge component.

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    well yisman i have a max bet in life during hockey and yah i bet it every game unless situation is to collect or something other then im teleconectic and i think my play is only worth 1/2 of what the other one is... yah then its called i dont bet it... man o man yisman i know the name is wacky but yah dont have to match it with yah thinking too.

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    a key part of betting is knowing how to allocate.

    Anyway, Crosby has won about 64% of his faceoffs. Pittsburgh overall is winning about 55%.

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    vastly outplaying the Flyers here.

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