It always cracks me up when I read on here when someone says you only need a few accounts. Sure if you are doing this for fun (which there is nothing wrong with) that is fine. But if you are even remotely taking this serious and you don't have an account at a so-called square shop than you are killing your bottom line. Case in point, tonite in the NBA.
Good luck finding New Jersey +7 anywhere at a "sharp" book all day but a half hour or so before the game goes off, I found a +7 at a shop that will throw some different numbers out there. It wasn't up long and I was VERY lucky to win as NJ was out played and trailed by more than 7 almost the whole game but it is these few times out of hundred that bumps your win pct from 50% to 54% and makes a loser a winner.
The point of this thread is not to pat myself on the back for the "lucky" win and I am sure everyone else on here can come up with better examples of how line shopping has paid off for them, but it is to express a point that I feel can't be expressed enough and that is to have as many accounts as you can afford to have. This game of gambling is hard enough and our edges as players are very small if at all, so you need to take advantage of everything you can and it should show up in your bottom line.
When betting a sport like the NBA every point is HUGE, coming down the stretch it is reassuring knowing that you did all you could to find the best number that was avaliable, to me when you do that, then the bad beats don't hurt as bad.
Most bettors I know say they hate betting hoops because of the close games involving the spread, not me I have done pretty well the past 2 hoops seasons (my best sport, betting wise) and if someone ask me how/why I would give almost ALL of the credit to getting the best or close to the best numbers that I seen out there. I know in the past year I have asked 1 million and 1 questions (or at least it seems that way) and I have come to the conclusion it can really be that simple (IMO).
*note: this is not a paid advertisement from the RX sponsors, though after I read this again it sure reads like one
hno: . (If any books want to send me a referral bonus from any new clients that woud be great:missingte :banger: )
For those of you w/out a sense of humor the above note was a joke, know one actually paid me for this. I am just trying to pass along some sound advice to newbies that was given to me in the past, that I may not have paid enough extra attention too.
Good luck finding New Jersey +7 anywhere at a "sharp" book all day but a half hour or so before the game goes off, I found a +7 at a shop that will throw some different numbers out there. It wasn't up long and I was VERY lucky to win as NJ was out played and trailed by more than 7 almost the whole game but it is these few times out of hundred that bumps your win pct from 50% to 54% and makes a loser a winner.
The point of this thread is not to pat myself on the back for the "lucky" win and I am sure everyone else on here can come up with better examples of how line shopping has paid off for them, but it is to express a point that I feel can't be expressed enough and that is to have as many accounts as you can afford to have. This game of gambling is hard enough and our edges as players are very small if at all, so you need to take advantage of everything you can and it should show up in your bottom line.
When betting a sport like the NBA every point is HUGE, coming down the stretch it is reassuring knowing that you did all you could to find the best number that was avaliable, to me when you do that, then the bad beats don't hurt as bad.
Most bettors I know say they hate betting hoops because of the close games involving the spread, not me I have done pretty well the past 2 hoops seasons (my best sport, betting wise) and if someone ask me how/why I would give almost ALL of the credit to getting the best or close to the best numbers that I seen out there. I know in the past year I have asked 1 million and 1 questions (or at least it seems that way) and I have come to the conclusion it can really be that simple (IMO).
*note: this is not a paid advertisement from the RX sponsors, though after I read this again it sure reads like one
hno: . (If any books want to send me a referral bonus from any new clients that woud be great:missingte :banger: )For those of you w/out a sense of humor the above note was a joke, know one actually paid me for this. I am just trying to pass along some sound advice to newbies that was given to me in the past, that I may not have paid enough extra attention too.
