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    San Jose St.-2.5

    Not a lot of action today but I feel good about this one. The line flipped, go Sparta

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    Let’s roll.
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    Line just dipped, maybe people trying to middle

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    Good Luck, Nate.

    Let's see if you can get on a hot-streak:


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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    Good Luck, Nate.

    Let's see if you can get on a hot-streak:

    Thanks, I need to catch lightning in a bottle

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    Well this isn't the start I wanted

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    This was a trap bet. I didn't get the memo.fuk now I'm in a hole

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    Go for the massive Polish middle?????

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    BURIED. Bad run for me. Need to find a winner tomorrow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    Go for the massive Polish middle?????
    What's that? I don't speak encrypted

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    Quote Originally Posted by mjsuax13 View Post
    BURIED. Bad run for me. Need to find a winner tomorrow.
    I need a ladder to take me out this hole
    Last edited by Nate rasta; 02-18-23 at 12:23 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Nate rasta View Post
    What's that? I don't speak encrypted
    It's a gambling term that's been around for a while. I'll give you two examples:

    1) The "Scandies" are looking for value. Traditional middle would be trying to set up a "landing spot" number that would trigger TWO WINNERS. And we'd like to take the risk at a cheap price.

    Think about a key number like NFL value of "3". If a bettor can go to post with +3.5 (-110) and -2.5 (-110). That is surely a winning portfolio play over time.

    So, a guy from Gdansk seeks out a "Polish middle." Maybe he's not too sharp. He shops the lines and winds up with:
    -3.5 (-110) and +2.5 (-110). Game lands 3, he loses both sides.

    2) Sometimes, guys will think about the Polish middle on halftimes, too.

    On the halftime, the term "Polish middle" has less application IMHO. But I'll give an example:

    *If you are holding a -2.5 ticket for the full game and team is down by 19 at halftime, the equity in that ticket has less value than a tissue to blow your nose.

    Some might say that a chance to get out of Dodge would be to play the OTHER side at half. Let's say the other side is +5 on the 2nd half.

    That's one hell of a window where you can lose BOTH sides. Hence, the "Polish middle."

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    You see Nate the polish are notoriously stupid. I mean you’d never believe how many of them it takes to screw in a lightbulb
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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    It's a gambling term that's been around for a while. I'll give you two examples:

    1) The "Scandies" are looking for value. Traditional middle would be trying to set up a "landing spot" number that would trigger TWO WINNERS. And we'd like to take the risk at a cheap price.

    Think about a key number like NFL value of "3". If a bettor can go to post with +3.5 (-110) and -2.5 (-110). That is surely a winning portfolio play over time.

    So, a guy from Gdansk seeks out a "Polish middle." Maybe he's not too sharp. He shops the lines and winds up with:
    -3.5 (-110) and +2.5 (-110). Game lands 3, he loses both sides.

    2) Sometimes, guys will think about the Polish middle on halftimes, too.

    On the halftime, the term "Polish middle" has less application IMHO. But I'll give an example:

    *If you are holding a -2.5 ticket for the full game and team is down by 19 at halftime, the equity in that ticket has less value than a tissue to blow your nose.

    Some might say that a chance to get out of Dodge would be to play the OTHER side at half. Let's say the other side is +5 on the 2nd half.

    That's one hell of a window where you can lose BOTH sides. Hence, the "Polish middle."
    I've heard that term before I had a feeling that's what it was. It's risky but in this game it would have worked. New Mexico won the second half by nine points. I wish I would seen Gaucho's post at halftime I would have made the move

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    I would say that a polish middle is rarely a good idea. Just take the L and move on in most cases. I don't always take my own advice though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by texhooper View Post
    you see nate the polish are notoriously stupid. I mean you’d never believe how many of them it takes to screw in a lightbulb
    POTY

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    Quote Originally Posted by gauchojake View Post
    POTY
    I know that's the running joke.

    My counter is always that Copenicus was born in Poland and studied in Poland:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus

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    Quote Originally Posted by ChuckyTheGoat View Post
    I know that's the running joke.

    My counter is always that Copenicus was born in Poland and studied in Poland:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus
    **insert joke about Poles not being able to spell**


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