How can anyone top this for class?
Pinnacle had betting on Chess. It was a series of matches between Candidates for the World Championship. The betting was seperate on each match -- who will advance to the next round? The dates of play were not fixed yet.
I took +140 for $500 on an American player, Kamsky against the Frenchman, Bacrot.Kamsky, a former top ranked player was making a comeback in a tournament in Bulgaria and was killing everybody, including Bacrot , who came in last . +140 seemed to be an absolute steal.The line started dropping, to +117, Bacrot was down to -127 from -150.
Two weeks later both players went to Rome in the Olympiad. Complete turnaround. Bacrot was sensational, Kamsky mediocre, when they played each other Bacrot crushed him.
My steal was looking very sick.To save myself from blowing $500 I grabbed the scalp, laying $635 to $500 on Bacrot.So I couldnt lose, but would still win $65 if Kamsky won.
Time dragged by, no sponsors were found for the matches, and it became highly unlikely that the matches would ever be played.
Yesterday Pinnacle removed Chess from its wagering menu.I e-mailed them that I had $1135 tied up in the chess and certainly didnt want it tied up indefinitely on matches that may never be played and what did Pinnacle intend to do about the pending wagers? I pointed out my scalp situation and said I would be perfectly willing to give up my advantage, let them grade the bets no action and return the $1135 to my account.
Within 15 minutes the $1135 was back in my account, plus an additional $30 for the value of my "equity" !!
How many books would be that gracious --or generous?
Pinnacle had betting on Chess. It was a series of matches between Candidates for the World Championship. The betting was seperate on each match -- who will advance to the next round? The dates of play were not fixed yet.
I took +140 for $500 on an American player, Kamsky against the Frenchman, Bacrot.Kamsky, a former top ranked player was making a comeback in a tournament in Bulgaria and was killing everybody, including Bacrot , who came in last . +140 seemed to be an absolute steal.The line started dropping, to +117, Bacrot was down to -127 from -150.
Two weeks later both players went to Rome in the Olympiad. Complete turnaround. Bacrot was sensational, Kamsky mediocre, when they played each other Bacrot crushed him.
My steal was looking very sick.To save myself from blowing $500 I grabbed the scalp, laying $635 to $500 on Bacrot.So I couldnt lose, but would still win $65 if Kamsky won.
Time dragged by, no sponsors were found for the matches, and it became highly unlikely that the matches would ever be played.
Yesterday Pinnacle removed Chess from its wagering menu.I e-mailed them that I had $1135 tied up in the chess and certainly didnt want it tied up indefinitely on matches that may never be played and what did Pinnacle intend to do about the pending wagers? I pointed out my scalp situation and said I would be perfectly willing to give up my advantage, let them grade the bets no action and return the $1135 to my account.
Within 15 minutes the $1135 was back in my account, plus an additional $30 for the value of my "equity" !!
How many books would be that gracious --or generous?
