NBA playoffs - Page 26

nice moneyline winner erasa. miami ml is a vegas value lock winner. laying -300 or more in the nba is smart as hell and also recommended to everyone

Deron Williams really came to play today.

On May 08 2014 19:48 Raid wrote: Deron Williams really came to play today.

STAY STRONG YOUNG ONE

Stick a fork in the Nets... All that time wasted via the rebounds just killed any chance the Nets had.

Only play I have on this game is over 207.5. Enjoying this one. Let's go Rip City!!

On May 08 2014 16:10 bigredhoss wrote: btw bovada's "how many QB's will be drafted in the first round" prop, the over 3 (-300) should be free money. only $150 limit though.

Uh oh...hope you didn't bet the max lol

On May 08 2014 21:30 TimDawg wrote: Show nested quote + On May 08 2014 16:10 bigredhoss wrote: btw bovada's "how many QB's will be drafted in the first round" prop, the over 3 (-300) should be free money. only $150 limit though. Uh oh...hope you didn't bet the max lol

yea i did, oops lol. thought for sure it was freeroll...anyway 2 picks left, one time!

edit - YES vikings trade to get last pick, obv going to be Bridgewater gg i'll take the push.

On May 08 2014 21:21 SeanBam wrote: Only play I have on this game is over 207.5. Enjoying this one. Let's go Rip City!!

Close call at the end...

I had o207 in my "Streak Contest" pick on Bookmaker, so I was sweating the end. I had to buy out of my Portland +15.5 with San Antonio -13.5 once Portland had their final brain fart of the game.

Not that I'm betting any of the remaining series but, I noticed the following lines if any of you liked either side:

Wizards series -120
Pacers series +100

Clippers series -107
Thunder series -112

those prices look pretty sharp to me.

On May 08 2014 23:21 PuertoRican wrote: Show nested quote + On May 08 2014 21:21 SeanBam wrote: Only play I have on this game is over 207.5. Enjoying this one. Let's go Rip City!! Close call at the end... I had o207 in my "Streak Contest" pick on Bookmaker, so I was sweating the end. I had to buy out of my Portland +15.5 with San Antonio -13.5 once Portland had their final brain fart of the game.

Probably call that hedging out. Buying out would be literally paying to get out of the bet. What you are doing is making a second bet to neutralize the first one.

On May 09 2014 11:59 traxamillion wrote: Show nested quote + On May 08 2014 23:21 PuertoRican wrote:   On May 08 2014 21:21 SeanBam wrote: Only play I have on this game is over 207.5. Enjoying this one. Let's go Rip City!! Close call at the end... I had o207 in my "Streak Contest" pick on Bookmaker, so I was sweating the end. I had to buy out of my Portland +15.5 with San Antonio -13.5 once Portland had their final brain fart of the game. Probably call that hedging out. Buying out would be literally paying to get out of the bet. What you are doing is making a second bet to neutralize the first one.

Yes, there's hedging and buying out. I completely bought out of my Portland +15.5 bet, as they started playing like crap again and I was still able to get San Antonio at -13.5. It worked out in the end as the Spurs won by 17 or something like that. I had like $15 profit from playing the 1st half total, but didn't make any other money in the 2nd half cuz I had to buy out of my bet.

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I'm not betting/watching any of the games today but, I picked LAC/OKC to go u214½ in the streak contest on Bookmaker, so that's all I have for today. UFC is tomorrow, so I'll be looking forward to that.

That's not "buying out" fyi, that's placing a new bet which reduces your variance but makes you even more -EV on the game.

it's not like you can simply 'buy out' when your bet is going bad

sure if someone is a skilled sports better than can find edges but you're basically putting a very -EV live bet out to try and neutralize a smaller -EV pre-game bet...ur basically just paying alot of vig lol

if only betting sports was as easy as 'buying out' when you're losing lol

Whatever suits your definition I guess.

I paid $20 + $2 juice for my initial bet, then made a $22 bet + whatever the juice was. Since the latter bet won, I ended up back at zero.

when you 'buy out' like that you're paying extra vig and losing equity (every bet you make is -EV)

you're paying a small tax to reduce variance

Tempted to bet Thunder tonight getting 4.5

Haralabos tweeted out something that made perfect sense. iirc, he said the key to the whole series is that RWB continually goes right at CP3 offensively. If you can get CP3 in foul trouble, then the Clips don't have a chance

haralbos also said that the bulls -195 or w/e was a sick bet in round 1

taking thunder live if lac expands this lead a bit more

On May 09 2014 21:23 RaiNKhAN wrote: haralbos also said that the bulls -195 or w/e was a sick bet in round 1

Lol yeah, fail

His tweet had nothing to do with me liking OKC tonight or for the series though. Thunder are just a way superior team imo

Edit: double post