I've heard 2% and even more quoted for finding the best line. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what that does to your bottom line. If you're playing at 10c juice, you need 52.4% to break even...shopping for lines means you only need to do a little better than 50% to break even. If you are playing at a reduced juice book, you are even better off.
IMO, the two most overlooked advantages a player can get are shopping for lines and playing reduced juice.
IMO, the two most overlooked advantages a player can get are shopping for lines and playing reduced juice.
This could pull Sick gambler out of his posting grave but...
If I could only choose 1, I would take great handicapping over the best number. I might footnote that not to include the numbers 3,4,6 and 7 in NFL foots. On those numbers I would say it was a toss up between capping and finding a 1/2 point the better.
Of course you have to be good at capping and the numbers to have a chance.
If I could only choose 1, I would take great handicapping over the best number. I might footnote that not to include the numbers 3,4,6 and 7 in NFL foots. On those numbers I would say it was a toss up between capping and finding a 1/2 point the better.
Of course you have to be good at capping and the numbers to have a chance.
One of the best books on sports gambling that I have ever read was by Lem Banker and one quote that I have pinned on my office wall is from that book:
"What you save is what you earn"
It is vital to shop and take the best number, college basketball I amazed at how many times I turn a push into a win or loss into a tie. It probably makes the difference between a losing and a winning season in that sport for me. Since I pick just over 50% winners in that sport.
"What you save is what you earn"
It is vital to shop and take the best number, college basketball I amazed at how many times I turn a push into a win or loss into a tie. It probably makes the difference between a losing and a winning season in that sport for me. Since I pick just over 50% winners in that sport.
Very good point BuzzRavenaugh, especially with the sheer # of bets during cbb. It'd be great to become a great capper, but with it being fairly easy to shop for numbers, I have to try to get the best I can or I'm just stupid or lazy and then my psyche gets all jacked around and then my wife don't wanna let me lick that pink thing and I get a ticket and then I run outta gas and well you guys know where this goes.
