THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN HANDICAPPING?

Search

ODU GURU
Joined
Feb 26, 1999
Messages
20,881
Tokens
Ghost,

You did answer correctly and I will see to it that you get a shirt...

Rob,

Thanks for the kind words with regards to this site...

Ken
 

New member
Joined
Dec 21, 1999
Messages
1,563
Tokens
the "legend" continues
icon_rolleyes.gif
 

Doin' the life thing...
Joined
Aug 20, 2001
Messages
3,878
Tokens
icon_biggrin.gif
icon_biggrin.gif
icon_biggrin.gif
icon_biggrin.gif
icon_biggrin.gif


<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>There are TWO, one is technical, the other is not...

1-KNOWING WHAT SIDE OF THE GAME BILLY WALTERS IS REALLY ON... <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Shrinky Pooh disses Tha Tiger and kisses make-up with Billy.

With all due respect Shrink, I'll be fding your ass all season long. I'll be looking forward to your posts... especially for the NCAA Bowl Season... past years of fading you have been kind and generous...

1036316054.gif
 

I am sorry for using the "R" word - and NOTHING EL
Joined
Oct 21, 1999
Messages
9,024
Tokens
getting the price/number you are willing to lay/take and not accepting anything less.

if you like the fave at no more than -3 or -120 you pass on the game if the fave is -3.5 or -130 or higher.
 

RX Senior
Joined
Apr 20, 2002
Messages
47,431
Tokens
billy moves a lot of money. 53% to him is a fortune to us. but thats just it. 53% or so isnt all that spectacular. therefore, seeing if billy is on a given side is not going to lead to succesful handicapping.
 

ODU GURU
Joined
Feb 26, 1999
Messages
20,881
Tokens
Walk,

I am not dissing Tiger. I consider him a friend and a very sharp gambler, particularly so in NFL, along with the main guy at Pinnacle...

Rather than fade me, why not book my action with any sports book on the screen?
icon_wink.gif


I might be able to arrange that for you...

You can go partners on my bets with them...

Rob,

BW hits 56-67% during the past four years according to what I observed. Thats' a BIG difference than what u posted...

Ghost,

Send me an email with your name and address to:

shrink@therx.com

THE SHRINK
 

New member
Joined
Sep 25, 2000
Messages
4,257
Tokens
....and here all along I was thinking that the most important factor in sports betting was taking the team with the prettier uniforms...

....ugly jerseys never cover...
moninc.gif
 

Doin' the life thing...
Joined
Aug 20, 2001
Messages
3,878
Tokens
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Walk,

I am not dissing Tiger. I consider him a friend and a very sharp gambler, particularly so in NFL, along with the main guy at Pinnacle...

Rather than fade me, why not book my action with any sports book on the screen?

I might be able to arrange that for you...

You can go partners on my bets with them.. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

No thanks Shrinkster. Despite of being a wise ass at times, I know what's good for me. Hard to make any profit off of players like the ones you just mentioned.

icon_wink.gif
 

ODU GURU
Joined
Feb 26, 1999
Messages
20,881
Tokens
Ok Wise ass,

We all can be that way at times...

So I don't bet my own plays?

I can't compete with them...
icon_frown.gif


Ken
 

New member
Joined
Dec 21, 1999
Messages
1,563
Tokens
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Pancho Sanza:
"The line doesn't mean shit. The line is only a factor about 17% of the time. Getting the BEST line might give you an extra 1.5 to 2% edge, but only if you bet every game."

What an ignorant statement. Getting 3.5 when the world is 3 is more than 1-2% extra.

Please stick to sclaping.
icon_rolleyes.gif
<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>


Only IF you got it every game. And even then it is only about 9.5%. Since 1992 there have been 487 games that closed at -3. Of those 487 games 46 landed right on 3. So those 46 pushes would have been wins.

But then again that is make believe, but still it is best case scenario. You can't make more winners if they aren't there.

I have break downs for every line posted, and where it closed, and how it did ATS. Trust me, getting the best line doesn't make that much of a difference. Because it is still the same guy, and knowing when to bet to get that very best line still entails some ability. That is why doing make belive doesn't really work. It can only give you a read on what is the very best one could expect, and ecven at the very best, it isn't that big an advantage. If everyone has -3, and you could get a Pk, if they lose straight up that line didn't help a bit. I have all that shit written down,so I know. It isn't that big a deal.

It isn't like baseball where EVERY penny is an advantage when you win, for the most part a half point isn't going to mean much. As mentioned above it means something about 9.5% of the time in that scenario, in baseball it manes something 100% of the time.

So lines in baseball are infinately more important than they are in football.
 

ODU GURU
Joined
Feb 26, 1999
Messages
20,881
Tokens
Walk,


lolBIG.gif


Pun inttended huh?

Including ODU games?
grandmaisalush.gif


Are you coming to our party?

THE SHRINK
 

New member
Joined
Sep 21, 2003
Messages
42,910
Tokens
shrink... PLEEEEAAAASEEEE change that avatar... I am already so dizzy keeping up with Bugs Bunny...
 

Doin' the life thing...
Joined
Aug 20, 2001
Messages
3,878
Tokens
Shrinkster;

Must give it to you, Old Dominion is your "pocket of aces", when it comes to forum plays.

I will be looking forward to those... but I will fade you in the rest...

icon_biggrin.gif


Can't make it, Shrinkster... Will be flying out right around that time.

Missed it again... the time is not the best for me either... right before the big dance... But I know you guys will manage to have a great time. Bring Dante to C.R. for the Christmas parties... I'll fly in just so we can show him around town...
icon_wink.gif
 

RX Senior
Joined
Apr 20, 2002
Messages
47,431
Tokens
Shrink just for the record, I know I talk a lot of smack about billy. I know he's in class by himself in many regards, but I have to downplay that.

But coming on here and saying thats the #1 element to handicapping is just plain BS and tottaly unfundamentaly sound. This is like the Lakers thing to me, youre just giving the hundreds of RX followers ill advice here.

I mean if you really observed billy hitting that %, why arent you doing it and sharing it with us. If you are already, why is a guy like walk of life saying the things he is?! If it has to be kept a secret between you and whom ever why even come on here and say that.

I only idolize a handful of people in this industry, but I don't know somebody could be one of them until he is telling everyone come NFL season make sure you see what billy has got when: 1.not everyone and their mom is exactly privy to this info and 2. theres no real track record for people to look at.

Billy's got money coming in from all over now, he can go 40% and itll still look like 65% because of the success his businesses/investments are realizing.
 

New member
Joined
Sep 21, 2003
Messages
42,910
Tokens
in reality Billy's plays are about the last thing the average gambler should be worrying about...
 

New member
Joined
Sep 21, 2004
Messages
61
Tokens
shrink, can you give me your list of the top 5 best sports bettors, please also rob funk who on this forum do you depend on and follow the most
 

Forum statistics

Threads
1,110,610
Messages
13,471,663
Members
99,577
Latest member
huonghoa8490
The RX is the sports betting industry's leading information portal for bonuses, picks, and sportsbook reviews. Find the best deals offered by a sportsbook in your state and browse our free picks section.FacebookTwitterInstagramContact Usforum@therx.com