A few newie questions

The General · 03-24-09, 08:15 PM

Welcome aboard

sickler · 03-24-09, 08:26 PM

Also, what are some of the best websites to look at trends? I know scoresandodds.com which is good, not really trends though. Any good ones free?

Covers

Also, I notice some people say when the line moves pretty drastic they don't want any part of this. Why?

Because those people were late to get on the right side.

bobbyfk · 03-24-09, 08:36 PM

sickler: i use covers myself, don't know of any others

milkshakeballa · 03-24-09, 08:40 PM

Covers...nice...thank you!!!

And that makes sense. Looks like I already learned my lesson in seeing the Spurs get down to -8 and STILL taking them...learning...its a process

Odraca · 03-24-09, 08:43 PM

buying points goes the other way, if villanova is -2, and you buy 3 points (+3) then its villanova +1, i dont think you can go the other way

Chi_archie · 03-24-09, 08:44 PM

welcome milky
covers can give you alot of trends if that is what you are into....

strictlywinners · 03-24-09, 08:50 PM

You can make Villanova -4 but not many sites let you do it, it is called selling points, or if you like another team to crush the spread, you can put it a Pleaser.

milkshakeballa · 03-24-09, 08:59 PM

Selling points - so The Greek won't let me...Pinnacle...does Vegas?

The HG · 03-24-09, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by milkshakeballa

Also, I notice some people say when the line moves pretty drastic they don't want any part of this. Why?

Because if there is a major line movement and you don't know why, it's usually because there's a key piece of info you don't know about.

Originally posted by milkshakeballa

For example, today the Spurs game was around -10 and jumped to -8. I'm asusming this is because of the Duncan might not play possibility correct?

Yes, that kind of short-term line movement doesn't happen in the NBA (except on opening lines, every so often) unless there's new injury info.

Originally posted by milkshakeballa

I see Nova beating Duke by 4-5 points. I want to change the spread to Nova -4 and give myself a bigger payout. Is this common? I believe this is called buying points right. What do you guys recommend with this stratagy? Should I just stay at the -110 spreads and pick my winner?

Buying and selling points is fine, and sometimes advisable, provided you are getting a fair price on the buying and selling - be careful, because you often aren't. If you are getting a bad price on the buying and selling of points, then it's usually better to just stick with the original line. The "half-point calculator" here on SBR is useful for that.