What I like to do when im picking future bets to win conference tournys is to pick a team i think could win the tourny and rather than take the future bet...just play that team in each game on the money line...usually you will get a better return especially if its a team that probably will be an underdog in at least 1 or 2 games...this also works great if a team has to win 4 or more games to win the conference tourny...for example
Lets take wisconsin +300 to win the big ten tourny..
its seems like that the first game they will probably be around a -400 on the money line
100 dollars will win you 25...
if they draw purdue in the next game this will be closer to a pickem where now your 125 will win you 125 or maybe even more
now with the last bet if they get to Ohio st your looking at catching anywhere between +200 or +300 on your 250 so assume its +200 which is on the low side...your 250 wins you 500
now you have 750, minus your 100 dollar initial bet your plus 650 twice as good if you would have taken the future
even for ohio st to win the big ten this would work they are -110 to win the big ten tourney...( i think thats a lock by the way)
you take the first game and its -1000 so i bet a 100 to win 10...the next game they are -300 my 110 wins 37...and in the championship it probably will be around -250 so on my 147 wins about 65...so now my total winnings are 112 on my 100, better odds
I understand this is very dependent on the moneylines and i am doing very rough estimations and upsets along the way can completely throw off who these teams are playing...just a strategy to consider and the best part is you can walk away before it gets to crazy without ever losing anything more than your first investment...
Good luck to everyone during the most exciting time of year!!!
Lets take wisconsin +300 to win the big ten tourny..
its seems like that the first game they will probably be around a -400 on the money line
100 dollars will win you 25...
if they draw purdue in the next game this will be closer to a pickem where now your 125 will win you 125 or maybe even more
now with the last bet if they get to Ohio st your looking at catching anywhere between +200 or +300 on your 250 so assume its +200 which is on the low side...your 250 wins you 500
now you have 750, minus your 100 dollar initial bet your plus 650 twice as good if you would have taken the future
even for ohio st to win the big ten this would work they are -110 to win the big ten tourney...( i think thats a lock by the way)
you take the first game and its -1000 so i bet a 100 to win 10...the next game they are -300 my 110 wins 37...and in the championship it probably will be around -250 so on my 147 wins about 65...so now my total winnings are 112 on my 100, better odds
I understand this is very dependent on the moneylines and i am doing very rough estimations and upsets along the way can completely throw off who these teams are playing...just a strategy to consider and the best part is you can walk away before it gets to crazy without ever losing anything more than your first investment...
Good luck to everyone during the most exciting time of year!!!