never cross zero on a teaser. old antiquated advice : Nominated Post

[govolz]

Originally <a href='http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=25196771'>posted</a> on 01/24/2016:

It's a 7 pt teaser and what's old is ppl saying "never cross zero" Yada Yada Yada. I've played many a teaser over the years where I bet a team down from -5 down to +1. Makes a huge difference because so many have won by 3 pts do they wouldn't have covered the 5. Crossing zero was smart

Ok so in that line of thinking, you won the bet by 4 pts(zero not possible) if you would have went by the standard rule not to cross zero you would have the other team teased from +5 to +12. They lost by 3 so you won the bet by 9 pts. The second option of not crossing the zero gives you less stress(winning the bet by 9 pts instead or a closer game spread by 4 pts) and you also didn't pay extra juice for numbers that are worthless... It's not rocket science bud. It's simple mathematical smartness