Hedge Question on Sox

<TABLE class=tborder cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=6 width="100%" align=center border=0><TBODY><TR vAlign=top><TD class=alt1> have red sox to win WS. i bet 150 to win 825 rite after sox signed schill.
what is your advice. i could bet 350 on cards and make 420 if cards win, 450 if sox win or let it ride and make either 825 or zero.
your thoughts are appreciated.
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Astrokym, 2 things you have to ask yourself. 1st will you be mad at yourself if you don't hedge and Cards win it, can you deal with it?. 2nd, really depends on how desperately you need the funds. If you really want that guaranteed hedge money to continue wagering down the road or whatever you need the money for, then that's the choice you have to make. I don't follow baseball much, but you originally felt as if Boston could win it, so why not stick with it. It's probably their time. Look in the last few years at teams that have faced so many struggles and heartbreak, but finally pull out something special lately. Bucs win Super Bowl, Tampa Bay Lightning win Stanley Cup, it may be Red Sox's turn.

it's a personal situation depending on your life/financial situation...
i have the red sox 25 to win 175 and i am keeping it, but of course mine is alot less mone than yours, plus i am a sox fan and i do think they will win it...

Like Sherman said, it is a personal thing. You haver a lot of oppurtunities with that bet.


You could even wait until after Game one, and if Bos wins, your Card odds will be a lot higher.

But since it is just about game time, if you didn't make a wager by now you will have to wait anyways.

If you didn't you obviously want the Sox to win. that way you get a double premium. You are one win closer to the original, and your odds increase on your insurance.

If Sox lose, and you haven't hedged, you are screwed. But if the series goes long enough, you might have some outs down the line. If it goes 7 and Pedro is at home for that game, then your odds ther will most definately be better than the series odds were on the Cards.

Series bets offer up a lot of chances to save yourself. That is why they are so easy to profit from, even if you make "mistakes".