Nascar is fun, but low limit & too unreliable.
I have a Pepperdine-MBA friend that likes Nascar & he used to cap happy hour times, it made us some nice change in '98 & '99, as back then Ford and the restrictor plate debate made for some nice "big track/long straightaway" wins, then played the Gordons & Rusty Wallace on small tracks..but wrecks, caution flags, and team politics make it too dicey..this year bettors will live and die as drivers gamble on marshmellow tires & running on fumes via passing the final pit.
IMHO..examples of better opps..NCAA Hoops' Conference Tourneys(esp:3rd go-around game dogs w/0-2 season marks, & teams needing one or two last W's for Big Dance) & Head-to-Head Power Conference March Madness 2nd & 3rd Rnd Gm Dogs, MLB pre All-Star break(esp: upstart teams like KC last spring & also Div leaders on streaks last twenty to break..like Atl last two years!), along with NBA(vs Phil Jackson in Gms 4 & 5 ATS, especially if in hole 0-3 SU) & NHL Playoffs(spots for Unders in Seaboard series & ML Dogs),etc..all provide great value outside of NCAA & NFL Football season.
The exotic recs in this thread, make me think of Rail in the role of Vanderbeek's Jonathon Moxon, whereupon Voight's Coach Kilmer reminds his mad genius/pupil, "stick to the basics, stick to the basics.."
P.S. It's not that exotics and other sports aren't profitable(because many here @ Rx are very good w/ them, and I follow some), it's that I'm too dumb to master them!
[This message was edited by Horseshoe on February 24, 2004 at 01:33 AM.]
I have a Pepperdine-MBA friend that likes Nascar & he used to cap happy hour times, it made us some nice change in '98 & '99, as back then Ford and the restrictor plate debate made for some nice "big track/long straightaway" wins, then played the Gordons & Rusty Wallace on small tracks..but wrecks, caution flags, and team politics make it too dicey..this year bettors will live and die as drivers gamble on marshmellow tires & running on fumes via passing the final pit.
IMHO..examples of better opps..NCAA Hoops' Conference Tourneys(esp:3rd go-around game dogs w/0-2 season marks, & teams needing one or two last W's for Big Dance) & Head-to-Head Power Conference March Madness 2nd & 3rd Rnd Gm Dogs, MLB pre All-Star break(esp: upstart teams like KC last spring & also Div leaders on streaks last twenty to break..like Atl last two years!), along with NBA(vs Phil Jackson in Gms 4 & 5 ATS, especially if in hole 0-3 SU) & NHL Playoffs(spots for Unders in Seaboard series & ML Dogs),etc..all provide great value outside of NCAA & NFL Football season.
The exotic recs in this thread, make me think of Rail in the role of Vanderbeek's Jonathon Moxon, whereupon Voight's Coach Kilmer reminds his mad genius/pupil, "stick to the basics, stick to the basics.."
P.S. It's not that exotics and other sports aren't profitable(because many here @ Rx are very good w/ them, and I follow some), it's that I'm too dumb to master them!
[This message was edited by Horseshoe on February 24, 2004 at 01:33 AM.]
for me:
Arena Football (I LOVE going to the avengers' games - i hava a BLAST when i go)
College Baseball (of course it helps having an alma mater like cal state fullerton - even though we are having an "off" year so far)
College Hoops - but that goes w/o saying.
Hockey - LOVE this sport
Arena Football (I LOVE going to the avengers' games - i hava a BLAST when i go)
College Baseball (of course it helps having an alma mater like cal state fullerton - even though we are having an "off" year so far)
College Hoops - but that goes w/o saying.
Hockey - LOVE this sport
