What books are good to SCALP?

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Any books you often 'scalp' with?

Any sites with odds, to help / guide you in scalping?

I don't scalp myself, but I assume books with 'opinionated' lines and of course 'low-juice' are favorable. And do people actually use Don-Best for the 'scalping' needs???

When is the BEST TIME to scalP?
 

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Get yourself a minimum of THREE monitors.

MAIN WORKSTATION

LIVE LINES FEED

LIVE ******** SPORTSBOOK LINE FEED(a shop you prefer).
 

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Pancho and D2 would agree with me, I'd bet - it's a lot harder these days to find anything other than on a spot basis. Everyone knows about SIA, but as for the others, you'll have to find them on your own. Billdozer once asked this question some months ago, and my reply to him then was that those who've done it usually have spent a lot of personal time finding them and figuring it out, and to simply and explicitly lay it out for others is foolish (I'm talking specific books, not the technique itself) because you just make it that much harder for yourself to catch a decent line since they generally move once you bet them. When I first started at Covers a couple of years ago, I didn't fully understand that and it really didn't matter much then - but it does now and I do understand now. Also, naming specific books could (and probably would) alert them, but as I said above, it's one hell of a lot harder to do it these days compared to even last year, so even if you do find them, you'll find that you'll either be limited relatively quickly or perhaps even booted if you manage to find and hit soft lines.

That's the best answer I can give you - no hard feelings, I hope - GL.
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p.s. Here's a good analogy - let's say you know some good, honest guys who love poker but are only fair-to-poor players and regularly lose, and someone asks you if they can have your seat in the Friday night game, where you might be making a nice sum every week without pissing them off, while enjoying yourself. How stupid would it be to give him that seat???
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR> Get yourself a minimum of THREE monitors.

MAIN WORKSTATION

LIVE LINES FEED

LIVE ******** SPORTSBOOK LINE FEED(a shop you prefer). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

this may sound like a stupid question, but I have one tower...I understand I could get a video card that supports two monitors to have an extra moniter...but how does your mouse & keyboard know which moniter you want to control at that time?
 

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I personally have 2 desktops and a labtop hooked up to my DSL Cable.

I am a neophite when it comes to using video card technology but understand it is probably a better way to go.

Just to lazy to look into it personally, but will have to soon I presume.
 

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Scalping is NOT as easy as most think. If you think you're going to sit at your computer and scalp simultaneous lines from quality books that actually might pay you, you're wasting your time.

Scalping is all about leads, and there is risk involved. It really sounds a lot easier than it is.

Reduced vig and early overnight lines are essential in scapling. Jazz makes a good point too.
 

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this is a stupid question, but what exactly is scalping?
 

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this may sound like a stupid question, but I have one tower...I understand I could get a video card that supports two monitors to have an extra moniter...but how does your mouse & keyboard know which moniter you want to control at that time?[/QUOTE]

You can also use mutiple video cards. It very easy to set up multiple monitors and your mouse will move freely from screen to screen.
 

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Illini here is an example:

Book #1

Team A -115
Team B +105

Book #2

Team A -130
Team B +120

You have a five cent scalp so bet at book 1 on Team A 115/100.At book 2 bet team B 100/120.Team A wins break even,team B wins win five dollars.
 

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If you are serious Ivan, take the time to list 50 books you would play at and then look them over for lines and movements. Should be easy to find what you need on your own if you are serious enough about it to put time in it.
 

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