1. 02-14-10 06:55 PM #1
    Power Play
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    Why would anyone EVER take a heavey ml favorite in basketball?

    they pay like nothing. and upset happens all the time
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  2. 02-14-10 07:39 PM #2
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    not all the time. and it does pay if you put enough on it or parlay it with a few different ml
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  3. 02-14-10 07:41 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Power Play View Post
    they pay like nothing. and upset happens all the time


    Not sure. Check with G'sPks.
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  4. 02-14-10 08:22 PM #4
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    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...
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    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
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  6. 02-14-10 10:22 PM #6
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    a ML pays whatever you want to risk if it loses! If you have $1000 a -200 ML pays you $500
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  7. 02-14-10 11:38 PM #7
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    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.
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    because they think its next to a sure thing
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  9. 02-15-10 10:18 AM #9
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    I do this with points all the time in a parlay, but very rarely with real money.
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  10. 02-15-10 10:19 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by Nielsen277 View Post
    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.
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  11. 02-15-10 10:25 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by 2daBank View Post
    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.
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  12. 02-15-10 10:27 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by whatsgood5 View Post
    I call BS. These never hit.


    sometimes you gotta just choose to ignore such post my friend...of coarse it is fukkin bs...
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    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.
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  14. 02-15-10 11:07 AM #14
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    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
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  15. 02-15-10 11:16 AM #15
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    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
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