Wagering Method Question?

[jorzavfa]

A friend of mine told me to bet this way put a straight up to my favorite and that the other in a parlay. I was wondering if this can help me make more money??

any advice?

 

[mvbski]

what happens when the other side wins but your other team in your parlay loses

just stick to the straight bets

 

[jorzavfa]

thats the reason I asking, just to see if this might help getting more money or not

 

[TheGeneral+]

If you wager 3-5 straights for $100, then play a parlay against all for a quarter. It's a good strategy. I very seldom play any parlays.

 

[Fishhead]

Parlays, as a whole, have a very UNDESERVED reputation as being a terrible type of wager.

 

[maxdemo]

I do this with a few wagers a week. It doesn't really help me make money but helps me not lose as much..

 

[drunkguy]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by The General:
If you wager 3-5 straights for $100, then play a parlay against all for a quarter. It's a good strategy. I very seldom play any parlays.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Very bad strategy, although many on these boards seem to condone it...Those 0-5 days really piss you off and stick in your mind, but if you watch they will occur very rarely. If you are betting 5 games a day and you hit at 55%, you will go 0-5 about once every 2 months on average. That day is the ONLY day that you benefit from this strategy. Every other day you are throwing away that "insurance" parlay. It adds up and will turn a winning player into a losing one real quick...

 

[drunkguy]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by FISHHEAD:
Parlays, as a whole, have a very UNDESERVED reputation as being a terrible type of wager.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

2- and 3-teamers are fine. They will make you win/lose faster, but it affects the quality of your wagers only minimally. (In fact 3-teamers hold slighlty LESS juice than straight wagers at -110)

HOWEVER...any parlay of 4-teams or more should be avoided always. Book takes much more vig out of these than straight wagers. In general, the more teams you parlay, the more of an edge you are giving to the book...