Pinnacle Questions

slidewilly · Mar 31, 2005

I'm considering using a second book and am interested in Pinnacle. A few questions:

It appears that they vary their juice on a per game basis (based on lines I saw for college hoops). Am I reading that right? Do their numbers (apart from the juice) compare favorably with what would be found elsewhere? (In other words, are they tweaking the line to account for the reduced juice?)

Do they maintain the reduced juice all season or is it a promotional thing during the tournament?

How do they compare in reliability to someone like Olympic?

Thanks in advance for the help.

CHOPTALK · Mar 31, 2005

slidewilly said:
I'm considering using a second book and am interested in Pinnacle. A few questions:

It appears that they vary their juice on a per game basis (based on lines I saw for college hoops). Am I reading that right? Do their numbers (apart from the juice) compare favorably with what would be found elsewhere? (In other words, are they tweaking the line to account for the reduced juice?)

Do they maintain the reduced juice all season or is it a promotional thing during the tournament?

How do they compare in reliability to someone like Olympic?

Thanks in advance for the help.

You cant get better juice anywhere else than Pinnacle. If you bet 1st half and second half lines, you may want to think about using Hollywood as Pinnacle offers the reduced juice on full games only.

cincy_ · Mar 31, 2005

Their line is not always the BEST line for YOU.

Low juice means NOTHING if you don't get the best number.

If they have a game at +3 and you see a +3.5 at Skybook and with the half point, you could get +4, where would you rather play?

In bases though, where there is only juice and no "number", you should get the best number there or at Hollywood or at Mansion.

You shouldn't only be looking to use a second book, you should have a 3rd and 4th book. With Neteller, that shouldn't be an issue.

DarrylParsons · Mar 31, 2005

They move the line around a lot, but what you see is what you get. They don't know what side you are going to take, so sometimes you'll find they are offering a much better price on your team and sometimes not. But you will probably find the best line at Pinnacle at least as often as at any other book, because no one can beat them on their juice.

Reduced juice is all season long, not a promo.

Very reliable and solid, top 1% of all books for sure. Oly is THE number 1 book for reliability IMO, but Pinnacle may well be number 2. Others may think differently, but there have been no slow pays or no pays from them that anyone around here knows of...that much is certain....the biggest complaint I can remember was an approval delay for a Neteller payout over $10,000, but that's not a slow play because they state it up front that it requires approval and therefore may be delayed.