Hedging/Middling at halftime of a basketball game is one thing, but trying to simply middle an basketball outright from the get~go isnt a good idea in my opinion. Even if you have 3 points to middle, (which would be great in football of course) your chances aren't very good........
Well, that's quite a loaded question. Though I can simply say, FAR more than enough to make any 3 point middle (at -110 odds -- or even worse) extraordinariilr profitable.Hache Man said:
David Matthew's rule of thumb of 1.5 points is pretty good. That is for NBA -110's and you would want at least that. Certainly, some numbers are better than others and you might be able to figure certain game subsets better than others. But as a rule of thumb, that works well. You can then adjust from there based on the vig. 1.5 points for 20 cents total is roughly 6.7 cents per half point. So you might just want to simplify further and figure you'll pay 6 cents per half point. (i.e. -6.5+104 and +7-110 would qualify).
So 1.5 point full cost middle are profitable. 2.0 point middles are very profitable. 3.0 point middles would make anyone a fast millionaire in any NBA season if the limits are good enough.
Basketball games hit the spread with predictably regukarity. It is really quite remarkable.
D2, I understand completly, but most of us don't have time to sit and catch those line changes. Secondly, just pick winners and forget all of the extra work! LOL, messing with ya! As for the subject we were on, I wanted to say you pick 5 games tonight and I'll give you a 2 point middle in each one & we'll see what happens....BUT, whichever one of us comes out ahead tonight obviously won't tell the whole storry.
