22 Aug - 4 short price sure things.

jw · 08-22-10, 04:51 PM

Hoosier - Race 3 - #3 - Got A Question - Morning Line 5/2 - Win Bet - Scratched
Charles Town - Race 4 - #4 - Polish Smile - Morning Line 9/5 - Win Bet - Won @ 1.60
Charles Town - Race 6 - #5 - Go Navy - Morning Line 5/2 - Win Bet - Lost
Emerald Downs - Race 1 - #3 - Mack's Gold Bullet - Morning Line 2/1 - Win Bet - Won @ 2.40

3 bets - 2 won - profit - 1 point.

**gtkid911** · 08-22-10, 11:42 PM

did 1 dollar pay 1.6?

jw · 08-23-10, 12:11 AM

... sure did ....

I can pick 'em can't I?

Sorry I always work to decimal odds.

**dugbug15** · 08-23-10, 10:08 AM

jw;chalk eatin' dogs quite often get nothing to eat but the bone. suggest you try 6-1 odds choices or higher to put meat on the table.
not only will you have a full belly,but you will be less stressed out trying to win your next 10 or so chalky bets just to get even.
good luck,
dugbug15

jw · 08-23-10, 10:21 AM

Originally posted by dugbug15

jw;chalk eatin' dogs quite often get nothing to eat but the bone. suggest you try 6-1 odds choices or higher to put meat on the table.
not only will you have a full belly,but you will be less stressed out trying to win your next 10 or so chalky bets just to get even.
good luck,
dugbug15

I do quite well following chalk thank you very much.

The key is to not bet into the pools and get set prices before the price tanks ..
I regularly get 3/2 odds about a horse that goes off at 1/5 ....

As long as you pick and choose your spots - making money with chalk is easy .. especially with fixed odds betting ...

**Rio DiNero** · 08-23-10, 12:42 PM

Originally posted by jw

I do quite well following chalk thank you very much.

The key is to not bet into the pools and get set prices before the price tanks ..
I regularly get 3/2 odds about a horse that goes off at 1/5 ....

As long as you pick and choose your spots - making money with chalk is easy .. especially with fixed odds betting ...

Where can you bet fixed odds betting?

jw · 08-23-10, 12:54 PM

ehorsex for US people ... or betfair/uk sites for everyone else.

jw · 08-23-10, 01:00 PM

... as an example - Great Aztec - R4 Suffolk ... freely available @ 2.10 on ehorsex ... more than $750 available @ 2.0 + .. starting price was 3/5 ...

.. every dollar you bet on the tote gets you back $1.60 .. using ehorsex - every dollar gets you back $2.10 ... thats a HUGE difference. if you can make 50 cents on the dollar more in each race you bet - you almost can;t lose

**Rio DiNero** · 08-23-10, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by jw

... as an example - Great Aztec - R4 Suffolk ... freely available @ 2.10 on ehorsex ... more than $750 available @ 2.0 + .. starting price was 3/5 ...

.. every dollar you bet on the tote gets you back $1.60 .. using ehorsex - every dollar gets you back $2.10 ... thats a HUGE difference. if you can make 50 cents on the dollar more in each race you bet - you almost can;t lose

That's great I never knew about this, I'm in US, does ehorsex pay?

jw · 08-23-10, 01:52 PM

Originally posted by Rio DiNero

That's great I never knew about this, I'm in US, does ehorsex pay?

Yip - they pay just fine - cash out is expensive though ... $50 or so per withdrawal.
I don't have nearly as much money here as I do in betfair ...

Couple of negatives ....

They have the occasional "glitch" which seems to take down the system once or twice a month for an hour or two ....
They don't cover all meetings each day ....
Liquidity is not always there - especially at the late evening races or at the smaller meetings.
It's win only - no place or show betting ... no exacta's or anything like that ...
Once you have "fixed" your price .. you're in - if the odds drift .. you are screwed.
Betting generally only available 10 mins or so before the race starts ... (whereas with betfair you can bet the day before.)

Despite all of that - fixed odds betting is really the only way for ME to make a decent profit at this ...
I pick and chose my races very carefully and even then - I only play when the price is right.

Good luck if you decide to try them.

jw · 08-23-10, 01:54 PM

edit - next @ Finger Lakes ... #2 horse .. I just locked in @ 5.35 .... then some more at 4.85 ... current odds on track 2/1 - I could "sell" my bet now for a small profit ....

**Rio DiNero** · 08-23-10, 02:22 PM

Originally posted by jw

Yip - they pay just fine - cash out is expensive though ... $50 or so per withdrawal.
I don't have nearly as much money here as I do in betfair ...

Couple of negatives ....

They have the occasional "glitch" which seems to take down the system once or twice a month for an hour or two ....
They don't cover all meetings each day ....
Liquidity is not always there - especially at the late evening races or at the smaller meetings.
It's win only - no place or show betting ... no exacta's or anything like that ...
Once you have "fixed" your price .. you're in - if the odds drift .. you are screwed.
Betting generally only available 10 mins or so before the race starts ... (whereas with betfair you can bet the day before.)

Despite all of that - fixed odds betting is really the only way for ME to make a decent profit at this ...
I pick and chose my races very carefully and even then - I only play when the price is right.

Good luck if you decide to try them.

Thanks for the review, I'm going to look into it, I too think I can take advantage of this big time!

jw · 08-23-10, 03:11 PM

Originally posted by Rio DiNero

Thanks for the review, I'm going to look into it, I too think I can take advantage of this big time!

Finger Lakes - R 7 - Crafty Mark - tote returned 2.60 for a $1 bet - ehorsex gave me 3.50 ... 90 cents on the dollar better payout ...

**Rio DiNero** · 08-23-10, 03:43 PM

Saratoga race8 #3 horse

**callmejrk1** · 08-23-10, 06:11 PM

sure things are always great

jw · 08-23-10, 06:36 PM

Originally posted by callmejrk1

sure things are always great

Far from it .. I posted plenty of negatives above ...