why people bet -200 straight up ill never understand
gordon gekko
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05-01-08
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#2
1 - 0 top of the 8th, I hope Patty jumped on the marlins.
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Tsoprano
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04-14-08
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#3
Originally posted by Cloak & Dagger
why people bet -200 straight up ill never understand
Because most of the time they win if you pick em smartly.
Cloak, your making one game represent them in general. Any team can lose at any time, with any amount of chalk. We all know that.
Cubs, Twins, Mets, and probably others too that I havn't mentioned yet that are cashing as we speak. Cardinals are losing, ok.
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Cloak & Dagger
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11-15-07
4781
#4
Originally posted by Tsoprano
Because most of the time they win if you pick em smartly.
Cloak, your making one game represent them in general. Any team can lose at any time, with any amount of chalk. We all know that.
Cubs, Twins, Mets, and probably others too that I havn't mentioned yet that are cashing as we speak. Cardinals are losing, ok.
you show me ONE sports bettor that comes out ahead betting 1/2 straight up bets in MLB and ill listen to whatever you have to say
in reality....it WILL NEVER BE PROFITABLE RISKING 2 TO WIN 1
I know professional horse race bettors with bankrolls bigger than yours by 10x that have lost tens of THOUSANDS of dollars betting 1/2
the only difference between a -200 in sports and 1/2 at the track??
at the track its a QUICK death....in sports betting its a LOOONG DRAWN OUT SLOW DEATH
holla
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jtuck
SBR MVP
02-18-08
2051
#5
Cards should have won, Snell pitched way over his head. Soprano is right, as long as you dont do stupid things like lay -220 on Atlanta the big favorites will almost always come through for you.
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Tsoprano
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#6
Originally posted by Cloak & Dagger
you show me ONE sports bettor that comes out ahead betting 1/2 straight up bets in MLB and ill listen to whatever you have to say
in reality....it WILL NEVER BE PROFITABLE RISKING 2 TO WIN 1
I know professional horse race bettors with bankrolls bigger than yours by 10x that have lost tens of THOUSANDS of dollars betting 1/2
the only difference between a -200 in sports and 1/2 at the track??
at the track its a QUICK death....in sports betting its a LOOONG DRAWN OUT SLOW DEATH
holla
Please show me where I said that -200 plays is the ONLY way to bet? I did not, but there is nothing wrong with picking a couple of them daily. I've sometimes hit 10 HIGH CHALK mlb plays in a row. Risk a unit to win half a unit, risk 2 units to win 1 (you know the math), and those "small profits" add up if you pick them here and there.
But I agree, it is not the smart choice to do full time, and for the long run. But to just ban the practice of placing those bets because you see 1 of them losing tonight is ridiculous.
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Cloak & Dagger
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11-15-07
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#7
Originally posted by jtuck
Cards should have won, Snell pitched way over his head. Soprano is right, as long as you dont do stupid things like lay -220 on Atlanta the big favorites will almost always come through for you.
lmfao
RISKING 2 TO GET 1 WILL NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER PUT YOUR OVER THE HUMP
remember that
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Cloak & Dagger
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11-15-07
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#8
Originally posted by Tsoprano
Please show me where I said that -200 plays is the ONLY way to bet? I did not, but there is nothing wrong with picking a couple of them daily. I've sometimes hit 10 HIGH CHALK mlb plays in a row. Risk a unit to win half a unit, risk 2 units to win 1 (you know the math), and those "small profits" add up if you pick them here and there.
But I agree, it is not the smart choice to do full time, and for the long run. But to just ban the practice of placing those bets because you see 1 of them losing tonight is ridiculous.
ok...nice points there
and hey...to each their own
I didnt say "ban" the practice...but thats a practice Ive never done
ever.....I will say though....Ive known a few people....once they start doing that....they never stop their entire life
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jtuck
SBR MVP
02-18-08
2051
#9
I'm not afraid to bet chalk if the team has a huge advantage and i'm doing quite well this year, maybe it just hasnt caught up to me yet
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Tsoprano
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#10
Originally posted by Cloak & Dagger
lmfao
RISKING 2 TO GET 1 WILL NEVER AND I MEAN NEVER PUT YOUR OVER THE HUMP
remember that
I am not diagreeing with you on that statement. I am disagreeing though with how you have answered my post.
I NEVER, and never WILL say that it will help in the long haul. But I am respsonding to your question as to why anyone wold EVER (even once in a while) place that type of bet.
And remember this: Anything can be profittabe if its done right, and depending on them entirely, is not the right way, so there we do agree.
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Cloak & Dagger
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11-15-07
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#11
Originally posted by Tsoprano
I am not diagreeing with you on that statement. I am disagreeing though with how you have answered my post.
I NEVER, and never WILL say that it will help in the long haul. But I am respsodning to your question as to why anyone wold EVER (even once in a while) place that type of bet.
fair enough...whatever floats their boat
your avatar owns
holla
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Cloak & Dagger
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11-15-07
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#12
Originally posted by jtuck
Cards should have won, Snell pitched way over his head. Soprano is right, as long as you dont do stupid things like lay -220 on Atlanta the big favorites will almost always come through for you.
the game is far from over....but at -220 err -240 its pretty gay they make you sweat ya know?
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Tsoprano
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#13
Originally posted by Cloak & Dagger
fair enough...whatever floats their boat
your avatar owns
holla
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jtuck
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02-18-08
2051
#14
Originally posted by Cloak & Dagger
the game is far from over....but at -220 err -240 its pretty gay they make you sweat ya know?
I got on them when it opened last night at -192. I wouldnt count on them doing much, they left the bats in the clubhouse. Snell? Come on.
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Tsoprano
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#15
Originally posted by jtuck
I got on them when it opened last night at -192. I wouldnt count on them doing much, they left the bats in the clubhouse. Snell? Come on.
They've gotta be due for a run..
Hopefully they get it next inning.
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5 star bomb
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10-12-07
5370
#16
fade Venditto and he will bury yur ass
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Cloak & Dagger
SBR MVP
11-15-07
4781
#17
Originally posted by 5 star bomb
fade Venditto and he will bury yur ass
who said anyone about fading him?
have you paid your debts yet?
cubs won at -500
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pat venditto
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05-07-07
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#18
Anyone who watched the game knows I'm taking a brutal bad beat here.
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BeatTheJerk
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08-19-07
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#19
bad beat ? lmao what ................ bad play u mean , lol bad beat wtf is wrong with you ? a bad beat is when the florida marlins the other night against the cubbies , marlins winning the whole game it's 4-2 in the 9th, and cubbies get 3 to win , thats a bad beat .......
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Cloak & Dagger
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11-15-07
4781
#20
and patty said I was barrled in....in the SBR chatroom
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element1286
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02-25-08
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#21
Originally posted by pat venditto
Anyone who watched the game knows I'm taking a brutal bad beat here.
It would have been a bad beat for the Pirates if they lost. Cards were out-pitched, Snell had that slider working, he was un-hittable tonight.