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[robino2001]

ljsnuo said:

I saw two that stood out today, Utah -7 against the Twolves and Cleveland -4 against the Bucks.

Could make a little bit more than usual.

I noticed you went 3 for 3 or something like that... nice start. I went big with a couple of games again tonight - I want to say I put $2 on the cavs game also.... one of these times I'll catch a break and do well.

[TJFOR3]

Hooray losing 8 bucks yesterday!!!! I'm too streaky to make any money right now.

[Keeper]

Hahaha I lost all my money and like gave up.

[JackTheRipper]

I'm slowly building up thanks to the Sharks tonight.

[robino2001]

three of my four accts are well over $1 with the other sitting just below $1 after going 7 of 8 last night on all decent sized bets... sounds like today is go big time across the board.

[sep]

All time high

[ChisAto]

Woooohoooo. Bet all my money in all my accounts on Purdue -5.5 against Michigan and I reaped some super benefits. $19.09, $19.00, $3.75, and $3.72.

[robino2001]

wow, impressive... I'm trying to system bet on a couple of my accts.... my big one keeps bouncing between $10-25... with all of the conference tourneys going on, it'll be a busy week for me

***edit - I took the purdue bet too, but only put $3 or so on it.

[sep]

Up to 22 after I laid down 10 bucks on Purdue.

[Jay [FSU]]

freak93 said:

I won today!

Is that gif from the old Blockbuster game?

[ChisAto]

Robino, what's a money line?

[robino2001]

chisato said:

Robino, what's a money line?

I'll try and explain it in my own words, then if that doesn't help, I'm sure you can find a decent explanation online.

So you get how you can bet against or with the spread and you typically will win $100 for every $110 you bet. Well money line betting is flat ass picking who will win, but with different odds. It can be any sport, lets say tennis where Federer is playing some scrub. Federer might have a -800 line or something, while the scrub is like +650. That means if you bet $100 of Federer and he wins, you only get $12.50 back (if -___, it's your bet divided by the line/100... so in this case, $100/(8.00)=12.50. If you bet $100 on the scrub and he wins, it's the same equation but multiplied... $100x6.50=$650.

In baseball, there typically are not spread bets but it's all moneyline bets - same in hockey. In basketball though, moneyline bets are usually only offered when the spread is between 2.5 to 9 or 10 points.

So anyway, the moral of the story... moneyline bets are typically easier to call, but the payout is poor if you pick a favorite, but great if you pick an underdog.

[ChisAto]

robino2001 said:

chisato said:

Robino, what's a money line?

So anyway, the moral of the story... moneyline bets are typically easier to call, but the payout is poor if you pick a favorite, but great if you pick an underdog.

So basically if you're taking the favorite, just take the points spread but if you're taking the underdog take the money line? Sounds good to me, I'm doing it with the Cavs right now.

[robino2001]

chisato said:

So basically if you're taking the favorite, just take the points spread but if you're taking the underdog take the money line? Sounds good to me, I'm doing it with the Cavs right now.

I wouldn't go that far.... say the favorite is a 20 point favorite... do you really think they'll win by 20? You'll get less money back taking the moneyline, but it's safer in that case than taking the spread. I only take favorites on moneylines in tennis, baseball or hockey. I'll take the underdogs in any sport though if I think they can win. I put $3 on an underdog money line a couple of weeks ago and turned it into $12... so it can be worth it.

[ChisAto]

And the greatest choke job ends.. after amassing $47 bucks (each) in two account, I managed to waste it all in 2 fucking days. Back to $0 in every single account, this is gay.

[ChisAto]

From $8.75 yesterday to $57.03 right now and counting... I'm funding Robino hella, just like I have my 8 accounts funding me

[robino2001]

You're on an amazing run - I don't have the balls to dump that much money into a game though yet... I have $35 on my one acct now but I've got $20 or so tied up in first round games...

The other acct is at like $15 but I'm super slow playing that one to consistently build it up over time.

[ChisAto]

Entering the final betting area of the day, I have $67.03, $28.58, $28.43, $28.16, $19.00, $19.00, $18.85, $18.65, $18.23, $9.12, $9.12, and $6.00.

Now I'm banking on USC -3.5, and one more late game to round out the day.

[ChisAto]

Yay Robino:

Highest Current Balances
Name Current Balance
Kyle Wade $222.91
Ellsworth Knight $209.86
Ryno Pennel $184.82
Rob Donahue $178.10
Igor Bettra $171.94
Benny Taitel $164.63
Jim B $140.22
Jeff Tracy $129.97
John C. $125.76
Chuck Stone $107.53
Andy Wurster $106.56
Christopher Ball $106.34

I was thinking about cashing out at $100, but now I'm like nah and I'll cash out after the tournament is over.

[TJFOR3]

Nice man you are owning. I've been doing real shitty ever since I lost my 10 bucks I had. Hopefully I can go on a winning streak and get up to 10 again, and then just go all in a couple times.