Why would anyone EVER take a heavey ml favorite in basketball?

[Power Play]

they pay like nothing. and upset happens all the time

[Spyder31]

not all the time. and it does pay if you put enough on it or parlay it with a few different ml

[TheLock]

they pay like nothing. and upset happens all the time

Not sure. Check with G'sPks.

[Nielsen277]

I hit 10 team ML parlays all the time. I can't remember the last time I lost one! And they pay pretty damn good.

Don't pick them only based on odds...

[2daBank]

very good question i am constantly trying to tell ppl this is a terrible move yet they continue to have this mentallity that team A has to win right, then inevitable later on they will be back blaming every1 but themselves

[THE PROFIT]

a ML pays whatever you want to risk if it loses! If you have $1000 a -200 ML pays you $500

[70kgman]

With my style of capping, probably about 70% of my picks end up being 1-7 point home favorites. I think I would be up a lot more units if I played them all ML rather than spread. Rarely do the games I pick lose SU.

[THEGREAT30]

because they think its next to a sure thing

[whatsgood5]

I do this with points all the time in a parlay, but very rarely with real money.

[whatsgood5]

I hit 10 team ML parlays all the time. I can't remember the last time I lost one! And they pay pretty damn good. Don't pick them only based on odds...

I call BS. These never hit.

[Wilforth]

very good question i am constantly trying to tell ppl this is a terrible move yet they continue to have this mentallity that team A has to win right, then inevitable later on they will be back blaming every1 but themselves

Some think the spread necessarily indicates the chances of a favorite's SU win - meaning that the higher the spread, the more likely is the favorite to win SU. That way, they see a compulsory SU win for all DD favorites! That leads some to parlay up to five -500 favorites on the moneyline and when it cashes, they feel great. But in the long run, it's a money burner. The reason books post those ridiculous ML odds in the first place is because they're not 100% guaranteed.

[2daBank]

I call BS. These never hit.

sometimes you gotta just choose to ignore such post my friend...of coarse it is fukkin bs...

[Zubi]

Well the cheap s--ts Sportsbook won't let you bet ml on anything over a 12 point spread. Really twisted me up because I wanted some of the Rookies the other night.

[Nielsen277]

Saturday I hit on this (6 teams, know)

BoiseSt 80
Nevada 88 02/13/10(22:00 ET)
Nevada -700 Dartmouth 56
Yale 69 02/13/10(19:00 ET)
Yale -800 MurraySt 75
JacksonvilleSt 67 02/13/10(17:30 ET)
MurraySt -750 Rice 50
SMississippi 66 02/13/10(17:00 ET)
SMississippi -750 UofOregon 51
ArizonaSt 61 02/13/10(18:00 ET)
ArizonaSt -800 WashingtonSt 70
California 86 02/13/10(16:00 ET)
California -650

[Nielsen277]

Friday:

EKentucky -600
CollegeofCharleston -750
ArizonaSt -900
PortlandU -600
JacksonvilleSt -800
WrightSt -900

Last weekend:

ULLafayette -450
Buffalo -550
Duke -390
EKentucky -700
Kentucky -700
GaTech -600
Princeton -650
Tennessee -550
NIowa -550
UAB -480