Bodog is learning a lesson with these NE games that maybe it is advantageous to allow advantage bettors who may help balance your action.
Those books who choose not to allow professional action get killed everytime NE wins. And NE is bringing in A LOT of action from the public, and it has been mainly one sided. A book like Pinnacle or Cris can adjust its lines and rely on at least some balanced action as they are not afraid to book $30K bets from someone who knows what they are doing.
Books like bodog now have two choices, one of them: make the line incredibly large, much larger than everyone else, to try to ensure the book wins the bet. The drawback of this approach is it could result in losing customers who don't like the obvios rip off prices being charged by the book.
The other option is to post a line that is just a little higher than everyone else - what bodog usually does - but taking this option leaves them biting their nails, unless they themselves can lay off the action somewhere else.
Those books who choose not to allow professional action get killed everytime NE wins. And NE is bringing in A LOT of action from the public, and it has been mainly one sided. A book like Pinnacle or Cris can adjust its lines and rely on at least some balanced action as they are not afraid to book $30K bets from someone who knows what they are doing.
Books like bodog now have two choices, one of them: make the line incredibly large, much larger than everyone else, to try to ensure the book wins the bet. The drawback of this approach is it could result in losing customers who don't like the obvios rip off prices being charged by the book.
The other option is to post a line that is just a little higher than everyone else - what bodog usually does - but taking this option leaves them biting their nails, unless they themselves can lay off the action somewhere else.
