[the josh]

just finished, lost, but my question is regarding the +5.5 games won handicap.

i might be retarded, or too high, or whatever, but if you lose a match where the opponent needs to win 3 sets in order to win, then arnt you going to lose by 6 games in total either way?

so isnt the +5.5 handicap essentially betting on that person to win the match outright, because if you lose, youre going to lose by more than 5.5 games.

am i retarded? this has been in my head for hte past 3 hours

[Crofta]

What if the score line is 7-5, 6-4, 7-6?? You win....

[the josh]

ah true. just seems like kinda a retarded handicap line, way too small to be realistic

[Dillonious Monk]

Not really, because there is always the possibility that it goes 5 sets or that there can be 1 tiebreaker, in which case, your chances would be greatly increased. A tiebreaker in that last set would have won it...it was only half a game away. Good line setting by the bookies with a bit of luck, I guess, as the + games was the heavier side.

I got Vollandri at +10 1/2 games earlier at + money.