fearless-pico action point challenge - make your picks

yisman · 03-27-09, 02:15 AM

what do you have against North Koreans?

pico · 03-27-09, 02:17 AM

Originally posted by yisman

what do you have against North Koreans?

one of the few countries that i cannot get ****. also i don't ever want to go to iraq or Lithuania.

fearless · 03-27-09, 02:18 AM

Originally posted by diogee

You guys could set up an x-bet on matchbook...the only problem is whoever accepts the offer would be paying commission so the offered odds would have to be around -101 instead of even money.

That's a great solution. diogee is always the voice of reason around here.

How does matchbook know when the contest is over?

fearless · 03-27-09, 02:19 AM

Originally posted by pico

one of the few countries that i cannot get ****. also i don't ever want to go to iraq or Lithuania.

Did you get my PM pico? I think my proposition is a great alternative.

pico · 03-27-09, 02:25 AM

i don't use matchbook.

pico · 03-27-09, 02:26 AM

i don't like the proposal. beaverball is not the same as NBA.

fearless · 03-27-09, 02:27 AM

Originally posted by pico

i don't use matchbook.

Me either. I think if we go with the plan I sent you in the PM it will be fine. I don't think there's a need for a middle man with that smaller amount of money. It will be fun and including the WNBA will be great because I'm looking forward to betting on that this summer.

pico · 03-27-09, 02:29 AM

who bets beaverball action points? action points only apply for major sports like NBA and NFL

fearless · 03-27-09, 02:32 AM

Originally posted by pico

who bets beaverball action points? action points only apply for major sports like NBA and NFL

More risk is better for you. Ten point favorites lose by 20 all the time in the WNBA, it can be very unpredictable. That works in your benefit.

Also, the WNBA has lines for games just like any other major league sport. Of course it's a major sport. Check pinnacle's limits. I believe they're the same for WNBA and NBA.

pico · 03-27-09, 02:39 AM

can you tell me which major book has action point betting for WNBA?

fearless · 03-27-09, 02:45 AM

Originally posted by pico

can you tell me which major book has action point betting for WNBA?

I thought this was a test of handicapping ability?

I'm looking up pinnacle's limits.

If the limits are the same then we should say that capping the two leagues is equally difficult and we should put the results of capping the leagues together in this contest, imho.

fearless · 03-27-09, 02:49 AM

I can't find pinnacle's limits for WNBA games but I believe they're the same as the limits for the NBA.

Can you find it pico?

pico · 03-27-09, 02:59 AM

again, tell me where can you bet action points for wnba?

pico · 03-27-09, 03:01 AM

would you do a contest for aussie rule football action points? i am pretty good with those.

fearless · 03-27-09, 03:02 AM

Originally posted by pico

again, tell me where can you bet action points for wnba?

Betcris has action points I'm going to talk to a live person right now and if they say that WNBA action points are OK then you're locked in, period. You can check after I do.

fearless · 03-27-09, 03:08 AM

Betcris/bookmaker has action points for WNBA games, pico! No more excuses, it's on buddy.

fearless · 03-27-09, 03:12 AM

You can go check at betcris/bookmaker. They're gonna tell you to call their office but just ask whether they offer WNBA action points... yes they do!

pico · 03-27-09, 03:13 AM

i'll check. hold on

pico · 03-27-09, 03:25 AM

ok i called them. this is what they said. for wnba, the max number of action points per game is 10 pts @-115. if you're okay with that, we can draft the rules for the wnba contest.

fearless · 03-27-09, 03:29 AM

Originally posted by pico

ok i called them. this is what they said. for wnba, the max number of action points per game is 10 pts @-115. if you're okay with that, we can draft the rules for the wnba contest.

That's their rules for the NBA too. They have a max for all action point bets on both leagues.

You want a 10 point limit for WNBA and no limit for NBA games?

I want the same rules for both leagues, no limits @-110. Betcris has the same rules for both leagues so we should too.

pico · 03-27-09, 03:31 AM

10 pts limit @-110 for both nba and wnba. no way i am doing no limits

fearless · 03-27-09, 03:43 AM

Originally posted by pico

10 pts limit @-110 for both nba and wnba. no way i am doing no limits

Forget it then. It's too hard to win with these limits.

I think it's ridiculous that on the one hand you're extremely confident that you'll win then you quickly need to change the rules like this.

A little while ago you wanted to bet $1000 on this with no limits now you say "no way i am doing no limits".

The whole reason we did this contest is because you said NBA games are totally unpredictable. If you really believed that then you'd know that no limits works in your benefit.

I guess I've proven my point. If you still want to prove to me that it's unpredictable then we'll do NBA and WNBA with no limits otherwise I know I've won the argument.

Nothing in this world is random there's only degrees of order.

pico · 03-27-09, 03:45 AM

i'll do NBA no limit if the sample size is big enough. i don't want to do wnba in the first place.

fearless · 03-27-09, 03:49 AM

Originally posted by pico

i'll do NBA no limit if the sample size is big enough. i don't want to do wnba in the first place.

I don't even know if WNBA games are worth betting on action points. I don't think you do either.

If you're concerned about WNBA games then we can make it a max of 50 WNBA games with 150 picks total for both leagues. I want unlimited action points though.

pico · 03-27-09, 03:49 AM

like i said, 30 picks means nothing. if you want to do 500 nba picks, we'll set this up. beaverball is not a real sport.

fearless · 03-27-09, 03:52 AM

Originally posted by pico

like i said, 30 picks means nothing. if you want to do 500 nba picks, we'll set this up. beaverball is not a real sport.

I don't care what you're opinion is. If pinnacle has the same limits for WNBA and NBA and betcris has the same rules for WNBA and NBA action points then that means the books consider them to be equal. That's the final word on that.

I want WNBA because it will help me improve my capping on that league.

max 50 WNBA picks
150 picks total

pico · 03-27-09, 04:07 AM

nope, i don't like to book beaver ball bets. who knows which one of them have pms.

NFL and NBA only. who watches wnba anyways.

fearless · 03-27-09, 04:11 AM

Originally posted by pico

nope, i don't like to book beaver ball bets. who knows which one of them have pms.

NFL and NBA only. who watches wnba anyways.

max 35 WNBA
150 total

That's my last offer.

pico · 03-27-09, 04:14 AM

no beaverball period. i don't watch them, i don't cap them.

fearless · 03-27-09, 04:17 AM

Originally posted by pico

no beaverball period. i don't watch them, i don't cap them.

Maybe we can set something up for the next NBA season. I'll be looking to do a one on one WNBA contest with somebody. No worries.

pico · 03-27-09, 04:23 AM

gl. btw, wnba has much lower limit than nba. you can bet 25k-50k on nba sides on pinnacle. can you bet that much on wnba?

if it is the nba playoff, you can bet 100k and more.

fearless · 03-27-09, 04:29 AM

Originally posted by pico

gl. btw, wnba has much lower limit than nba. you can bet 25k-50k on nba sides on pinnacle. can you bet that much on wnba?

if it is the nba playoff, you can bet 100k and more.

That's more than the Vegas books, right?

pico · 03-27-09, 04:36 AM

my point is NBA and WNBA are not the same. NBA and NFL limits are much different too.

vegas you can bet half mil to a mil if you talk to the casino. limit are pretty much discretion case to case basis.