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Has anyone made money or is there value in sometimes playing on run line dogs ?
 

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Very tempting to try.
 

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I used to play run line dogs all the time. But i dont do it very much anymore as it seems the real value is in the Dog itself, JMHO.
 

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Dub,
Do you play a lot of these ? Are home teams better on run line dog plays because of the bottom of the 9th ?
 

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If I'm not mistaken, Cubsmac won the Rx king of the hill mlb handicapping contest playing strictly runline dogs. (one pick a day)
 

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gak555 said:
Dub,
Do you play a lot of these ? Are home teams better on run line dog plays because of the bottom of the 9th ?

No I never play these. But Play the -1.5 a lot and the home teams get big bonus line since it takes a 2 run homerun to break a tie ball game after the 8th to cover.
 

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Dubpoet said:
Home team with +1.5 runs is way better.

Im talking about taking the dog on the -1.5 reverse line. Very tempting.
sometimes as much as +500 on these games
 

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CHOPTALK said:
Im talking about taking the dog on the -1.5 reverse line. Very tempting.
sometimes as much as +500 on these games

I do that too. Like in a slug it out game in the AL. Hit a bunch on Detriot when they were playing well and would be +135 at home and +255 -1.5 . Colorado games fit nice here too.


on the "ALTERNATE" run line.


I thought this was about bettting +1.5 which I don't do much. Maybe twice last year. Both times the team won outright so I won't bother with it this year.
 

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Hey fellas! I was interested in this. I may have found something. I went back last year and looked at all the home dogs of +1.5, that the road team was favored by more than -120. I only have done the first three months of data so far, and it seems very very good.

Play home underdogs, +1.5, when the road fav is more than -120.

Results:
April: 37-21..... 64%
May: 44-32..... 58%
June: 58-37.... 61%
total for first three months of data... 139-90..... 60.1%


Now I do not know what the average price would be of a +1.5 runline dog. Lets just say it is -140. If that is the case, a $100 bettor would be up $1300 in the first three months!
 

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CrushTHEBook said:
July: 54-45... 54.5%

Give us an update Crush when you finish the season out if you dont mind. Thanks for the hard work and info.
 

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Very interesting Crush. I wonder if the -140 you estimate on the run line dogs is in the ballpark. That really is the key. Anyone with feedback on this aspect ?
 

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SSI was playing a "home dog" system last year, where you would turn home favorites into dogs on the run line.

Example: Indians -125 at home, give the run line and make it -1.5 +110 or something like that.

I'm sure his posts are still in the archive somewhere.
 

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