Originally Posted by
KVB
No, they shouldn't.
Not at all. Any bettor can put the work in and figure that out.
I don't agree with the McDonald's analogy either.
Most books learn quickly to fall in line with the market, not the open or orginiators but most players have to understand that the originators and market moves all show not only the math involved, but intent as well. If books don't fall in line, they get picked off. It was the name of the game 2 decades ago.
Remember, the goal is not to "get equal money on both sides" it's to get acceptable or enough action on each side. These are two different things.
I regularly use several forecsasts and some of them will predict and mirror openers. It rotates and different methodologies apply at different times of the season. I've had a few threads that touch on this and have written extensively about it.
Each line I typed in this post could have a page dedicated to it's entirety. Maybe I'll get to it, but I think you get the idea.