One BIG ADVANTAGE the bettor has over the bookmaker

Fishhead · Mar 20, 2006

As players, one can pick and choose their spots and attack accordingly.

The bookmaker on the other hand has to set lines for numerous games and/or different events.............and stay on top of the action these all recieve, as well as the general line movement of these games at other shops so as to not be out of whack with their lines.

Keep in mind that this is a BIG ADVANTAGE to one as a player doing battle against the bookmaker.

The moral of this.........

STAY DISCIPLINED, IN CONTROL OF YOUR EMOTIONS, AND IN CONTROL OF YOUR BANKROLL AT ALL TIMES...........THINK LIKE A GENERAL GOING TO WAR.

viking611 · Mar 20, 2006

:monsters-

Fishhead · Mar 20, 2006

VIKING--For a young man, you exhibit great discipline and savvy in the sportsbetting world.

Not sure if I would put you at GENERAL status yet, but you cut through some of the lower ranks very quickly.

blueedwards · Mar 20, 2006

:drink:

BAGIANT · Mar 20, 2006

The bookmaker is like the dealer in blackjack. The player has to hit first which leaves them the chance to bust first. All the bookmaker has to do is put the lines out there and let "you" bust first! Same principal.

Fishhead · Mar 20, 2006

stuckinvegas said:
The bookmaker is like the dealer in blackjack. The player has to hit first which leaves them the chance to bust first. All the bookmaker has to do is put the lines out there and let "you" bust first! Same principal.

Not exactly.

There should be no reason for one to ever go bust if you read this forum on a regular basis.

jwunderdog · Mar 20, 2006

Big advanage the book has, they only have to be "right" 48% of the time.

AlwaysKeen · Mar 20, 2006

very good point fishhead...

Fishhead · Mar 20, 2006

jwunderdog said:
Big advanage the book has, they only have to be "right" 48% of the time.

Make no mistakes about it, the bookmaker has many more advantages in the grand scheme of things.

However, what I have pointed out here is one where the PLAYER/BETTOR has the upper hand in such a way that they can expose a bookmaker..........even the best of the best of them!

jwunderdog · Mar 20, 2006

I am not saying the Book can't be beaten, but the average player that doesn't put in the time, HAS no chance over time.

Fishhead · Mar 20, 2006

jwunderdog said:
I am not saying the Book can't be beaten, but the average player that doesn't put in the time, HAS no chance over time.

Certainly correct!

Sugarbear · Mar 20, 2006

jwunderdog said:
Big advanage the book has, they only have to be "right" 48% of the time.

We never have to be right. You do. 97 percent of you do not know a mistake in the line when you see one. 98 percent of you just guess.
The battle between us and the wise is short lived and is done before
you the regular bettor even roll out of bed and log on. Here in Vegas
all we have to do is give you comps to the buffet , a few drink tickets,
some kleenex for for your crying, sheets of paper with pertinent numbers on them and pretend lke we are your friends to keep you in our places and losing forever. We never have to be right because 97 percent of you will always be wrong in the long haul. I could go on and on but I wont.

REDEYE · Mar 20, 2006

Just take advantage of your opportunities when they present themselves

heatohio · Mar 20, 2006

I'm the Gomer Pyle of sports betting, I hope to be general one day. Just like that little general insurance guy.

Illini · Mar 20, 2006

Books can't lose as a whole. They could take on 55% bettors with no juice, and come out ahead. The players beat themselves by poor money management. Human greed kills almost all bettors. I learned that lesson once, and I'm glad I learned it early on in my sportsbetting career.

MrJ · Mar 20, 2006

Half the replies in this thread have nothing to do with the original post. The advantages the book has over the bettor has nothing to do with OPs post, and is just regurgitating stuff we already know. He just wanted to point out that we are able to pick our spots which we can use to our advantage.

Illini · Mar 20, 2006

Mr J said:
Half the replies in this thread have nothing to do with the original post. The advantages the book has over the bettor has nothing to do with OPs post, and is just regurgitating stuff we already know. He just wanted to point out that we are able to pick our spots which we can use to our advantage.

Didn't know that all of our posts were receiving letter grades, but hopefully I squeezed by with a D+.

MrJ · Mar 20, 2006

Just that it's funny when people argue with the OP about something that had nothing to do with his post.

Fishhead · Mar 20, 2006

Mr J said:
Half the replies in this thread have nothing to do with the original post. The advantages the book has over the bettor has nothing to do with OPs post, and is just regurgitating stuff we already know. He just wanted to point out that we are able to pick our spots which we can use to our advantage.

Understandable how a few misunderstood the meaning of the thread.

Your last sentence is basically what the point trying to be made is.

Bettors as you suggest, can use this to their advantage.............as it IS AN ADVANTAGE.

-FH-

nimue77 · Mar 20, 2006

You could not be more wrong where it concerns the bookmaker. The closer they are to market the better off they are though...unless you manipulate your market by booting, limiting, or good marketing.

stuckinvegas said:
The bookmaker is like the dealer in blackjack. The player has to hit first which leaves them the chance to bust first. All the bookmaker has to do is put the lines out there and let "you" bust first! Same principal.