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  • RabidDog
    SBR High Roller
    • 02-10-06
    • 136

    #1
    Overnight Lines
    Does anyone have any tips on how to tell if a line is going to move one direction or the other.. I do look at covers and the consensus but sometimes you'll have a big % on one side and the line will move the other way.. Just looking for some tips.. thamks
  • Brick Tamland
    SBR MVP
    • 08-12-05
    • 1336

    #2
    watch the leaders and youll know. covers is worthless for that.
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    • Mudcat
      Restricted User
      • 07-21-05
      • 9287

      #3
      I have developed a bit of a sense for predicting line movement - I am confident in saying I am correct well over 50% of the time - but I still consider it a crapshoot. I don't know of any formula or definite pattern. It's just a sense.

      What I tend to look for are big favorites that are likely to draw public money and become even bigger favorites - like a first place ball team with a hot pitcher on the mound, or a hot team playing at home in the NBA.

      Which ones are predictable? Like I say, there is no rule I know of. I basically just look at the numeral and a few stats like winning streaks and, bearing in mind that the public likes favorites a little too much, I ask myself, "Just how loony is the public going to be on this one?"

      And I make my best judgement.

      A general rule for me: if I'm going to bet a big dog in just about anything, I almost never do it early. More often than not the line will improve.

      This isn't timely but I find that NFL home dogs that open at less than +3 go up more often than not (i.e. the away favorite will draw money).

      But I couldn't count how many times I felt positive a line would move one way - and not only didn't it go that way - it took off the other.

      But I'll keep an eye on this thread and see if it produces any gems.
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      • Lucas
        SBR MVP
        • 12-20-05
        • 1062

        #4
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        • David
          SBR Wise Guy
          • 08-11-05
          • 875

          #5
          Originally posted by Lucas
          Yup, never fails.
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          • pags11
            SBR Posting Legend
            • 08-18-05
            • 12264

            #6
            it's just not an exact science...a lot of it is based on feel and how you feel the public will react to the number intially posted...I sometimes wager a little on the overnight line and then a little more the next day, but for the most part it's just a gut call that you learn the more you handicap games...
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            • bigboydan
              SBR Aristocracy
              • 08-10-05
              • 55420

              #7
              all i can really suggest to you bud is from personal experience.

              theres a few other places that will give you consensuses. although, you really just have to really study and follow line movements on a daily basis.
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              • RabidDog
                SBR High Roller
                • 02-10-06
                • 136

                #8
                i have a little feel for it, I was just wondering if anyone else had any opionons on it... other then covers where else can you get a consensus ...
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                • BuddyBear
                  SBR Hall of Famer
                  • 08-10-05
                  • 7233

                  #9
                  it takes years and years to develop any sense of which way the line moves. I can't tell you how many times I've secured a line I thought was going to move in my favor only to move the opposite. The best you can do is to hope to be right around 55% of the time...it's pretty much a crap shoot.

                  Additionally....key numbers are important. For example...if a line opens up at +7.5 in a football game and you feel that is the correct play then it get it at that number. No sense in hoping it gets to +8 since that is not really a common number compared to say +7.
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