Some books don't post their lines before 10am Eastern and some have lines up all the time so it's a book to book thing on limits not during normal office hours.
9am Central is still 2 hours before the first kickoff so it's not exactly last minute limit action which no book really wants at post (5 minutes before kick) unless it's balancing a game out.
9am Central is still 2 hours before the first kickoff so it's not exactly last minute limit action which no book really wants at post (5 minutes before kick) unless it's balancing a game out.
here's a guess
odds are by making you wait until the last minute it can keep you from getting the best number out there - so instead of laying -3 or getting +3 now you would be forced to lay -3.5 or take +2.5 and if the game fallas 3 - you will lose a game you could have pushed or even won earlier in the week (assuming you are willing to play the game at this price)
personally it sounds like chickenshit and if i were you i would say "Adios" and go elsewhere - and from the sound of things - that is what they want to have happen
odds are by making you wait until the last minute it can keep you from getting the best number out there - so instead of laying -3 or getting +3 now you would be forced to lay -3.5 or take +2.5 and if the game fallas 3 - you will lose a game you could have pushed or even won earlier in the week (assuming you are willing to play the game at this price)
personally it sounds like chickenshit and if i were you i would say "Adios" and go elsewhere - and from the sound of things - that is what they want to have happen
I'd say the reason books tend to have higher limits on game day is because they will have accumulated more money on both sides so a given bet will not move the line as much. That gives them a better chance to balance and make their hold. To see what I mean just watch what Pinnacle does to its lines when you hit them early with a limit bet. If it's -6 -105/-105 say, it will go to -6 +104/-114 right after you pop it which means they really want action on the other side and will settle for a miniscule one-point (quarter percent) hold to get it. It's just sound risk management IMO. On game day they can make their usual higher hold since the same bet will only budge the line a point or two, if that.
