How is a Sharp Identified by a Book?

Rainbow · Mar 23, 2005

So many books out there call some people sharp that aren"t. I witnessed this more than onetime. expecially when a player goes on a long winning streak, automatically they say this guy is sharp. when I focus on people that are winning, the first thing that comes to mind is what number did he bet all his plays. I seen way more than one occasion that a square would bet bet lines and still win and the book would say he"s sharp. it defintely matters what books we are talking about. top books knows that guys that bet bad numbers will lose in a long run.

Rainbow · Mar 23, 2005

Rainbow said:
So many books out there call some people sharp that aren"t. I witnessed this more than onetime. expecially when a player goes on a long winning streak, automatically they say this guy is sharp. when I focus on people that are winning, the first thing that comes to mind is what number did he bet all his plays. I seen way more than one occasion that a square would bet bet lines and still win and the book would say he"s sharp. it defintely matters what books we are talking about. top books knows that guys that bet bad numbers will lose in a long run.

5th line is bet bad lines.

Rainbow · Mar 23, 2005

Rainbow said:
5th line is bet bad lines.

I will get it right before next year. the 6th line bet bad lines.

JudgeWapner · Mar 23, 2005

They consistently beat the closing #.

THE SHRINK · Mar 23, 2005

Judge Wapner said:
They consistently beat the closing #.

That might be a MOVER as well...

JudgeWapner · Mar 23, 2005

Ahhh, but moving for a sharp.

THE SHRINK · Mar 23, 2005

But what if a sharp moves for the originator, then what? :smoker2:

JudgeWapner · Mar 23, 2005

Then the originator is sharp and hence so is the action.

Horseshoe · Mar 23, 2005

THE SHRINK said:
But what if a sharp moves for the originator, then what? :smoker2:

Then they may be a Billy Beard..

Got any fake Burt Reynolds/John Holmes/Ron Jeremy 'staches around the house do we Shrinkie?..maybe a full Grizzly Adams setup?

Dawoofdaddy · Mar 24, 2005

DougJ said:
Top books don't care about middlers. Bet overnight at Pinny, come back bet the other side 3 points different, they won't care !

Most middle at different books, but I'm sure many do both ends at Pinny, on wait and see middles. Naturally real-time middles are at different books.

Excellent point. Pinny would probably be happy to have some money on that other side, since it will probably pay the infamous "sharps" that played the earlier number.

"Sharps" will certainly be tossed from the books giving the free half points. To my knowledge, they are paid and asked to play elsewhere.

However, with my NIT plays, any book would beg for me.