In sports like basketball and football, most bets are placed on spread where the line is -110. I know many people like to bet moneylines as well. The thing i wanted to know is if someone is taking an underdog on the ML, how much should they bet on it compared to the spread?
For example, lets make it simple and say a person's average bet is $100. That is how much he bets on a normal game on the spread and lays 110 to win 100. Say this guy likes Pistons +6 on the spread but likes the Moneyline as well. Pistons ML is +210 lets assume.
My questions are
1. How much should one bet on the ML compared to the spread? I heard someone mention 1/4 on the ML and 3/4 on the spread was ideal. Is this a pretty good number? What about enough on the ML where if you hit the ML but lose the spread, you break even?
2. Would it be bad to only take the Pistons only on the ML? Thus for this player $100 to win $210 and then risk the Pistons losing between 1-6 points where they would win or at worst push if it lands on 6?
3. What if the ML was much lower or much higher? Such as the ML for the Pistons was +140 and the spread was +3.. Or if it was Pistons ML +500 and the spread was them +10. That would make a much bigger difference right?
So for Pistons +6 and +210 on the ML, would you say just using $100 as the base amount to make it simple, taking pistons for $75 on the +6 and $25 on the ML seem to be good? What if it was like in the situation below it where spread is much lower or much higher? I would assume that if spread was lower, you should put more on the ML and if spread was much higher, put less on ML?
For example, lets make it simple and say a person's average bet is $100. That is how much he bets on a normal game on the spread and lays 110 to win 100. Say this guy likes Pistons +6 on the spread but likes the Moneyline as well. Pistons ML is +210 lets assume.
My questions are
1. How much should one bet on the ML compared to the spread? I heard someone mention 1/4 on the ML and 3/4 on the spread was ideal. Is this a pretty good number? What about enough on the ML where if you hit the ML but lose the spread, you break even?
2. Would it be bad to only take the Pistons only on the ML? Thus for this player $100 to win $210 and then risk the Pistons losing between 1-6 points where they would win or at worst push if it lands on 6?
3. What if the ML was much lower or much higher? Such as the ML for the Pistons was +140 and the spread was +3.. Or if it was Pistons ML +500 and the spread was them +10. That would make a much bigger difference right?
So for Pistons +6 and +210 on the ML, would you say just using $100 as the base amount to make it simple, taking pistons for $75 on the +6 and $25 on the ML seem to be good? What if it was like in the situation below it where spread is much lower or much higher? I would assume that if spread was lower, you should put more on the ML and if spread was much higher, put less on ML?
