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i have heard of the site for a while now and just went to there link to check it out.

it seems to be a little confusing, what exactly is smart balance?

can anyone who plays there give me a summary of the book

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Smart balance let you play more of your bankroll then you have.

If you take Team A in live betting at +7 +120 then later on you can get Team B at -7 +140 you just opened all the money back up that you played on the original side.

Hope that makes sense.
 

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chop whats up

so if i have 100 in my acct i can do a live in game for 100 and later again at 100. so at +120 and +140 at -7 i am gonna win free money. that seems odd.

do you play there?
 

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chop whats up

so if i have 100 in my acct i can do a live in game for 100 and later again at 100. so at +120 and +140 at -7 i am gonna win free money. that seems odd.

do you play there?

Yes if you only have $100 bucks you can bet one side at +120 and then if it moves to +140(and it does almost every game live) You can bet the other side for $100.

Yes I play there.
 

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dallas -6.5 +106 $4,000 +105 $960 +100 $720

memphis +6.5 -109 $4,230 -124 $310 -137 $373

what does this mean?

is this action they have on the game at these odds?

if so why would memphis get action at -137

is this like the stock mrkt or something?
 

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wow that is interesting

do you recommmend playing there

it seems as if they are giving away free money?:think2:

do you have to hawk the game and find this free money at the right spot?

do you wait till the game starts and live bet your action or do you pick a side and then jump in on the other team for live action
 

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Thats people offering sides. The best offer is always the first one you see. Once that money gets used up the next best offer is on the front.
 

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wow that is interesting

do you recommmend playing there

it seems as if they are giving away free money?:think2:

do you have to hawk the game and find this free money at the right spot?

do you wait till the game starts and live bet your action or do you pick a side and then jump in on the other team for live action

Take a side and then jump on the other side once you can lock in a guarented profit.

Its the best book in the world right now bar none.
 

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BTW, go to the RR and click on the thread MySpacers and you will find out one of those 2 posters that knows APalmer.
 

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dallas -6.5 +106 $4,000 +105 $960 +100 $720

memphis +6.5 -109 $4,230 -124 $310 -137 $373

what does this mean?

is this action they have on the game at these odds?

if so why would memphis get action at -137

is this like the stock mrkt or something?

Those odds indicate the amounts of the bids that people have placed on those respective sides. In other words, if you wanted to bet a total of $5,000 on Memphis at any odds which could be matched, the first $4,230 would match at -109 (meaning that people have offered $4,230 at Dallas +109), the next $310 at -124 (if you chose to match at that price), the next $373 at -137, and the balance at whatever odds (higher) at which people have offered matches on Dallas.
 

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Thats people offering sides. The best offer is always the first one you see. Once that money gets used up the next best offer is on the front.


what do you mean once that money is used up.

does an offer at -6.5 +105 have a max action of 5,000 then an offer at +107 come in? if so why would you not wait till tip off, or can you have a line at+103 come in and the line drop?

sorry all the questions
 

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I think you probably understand from what Choptalk said, but just in case here's another example that may help clarify some things.

You have $100 in your account and you bet it all on Team A at +120, you now stand to lose $100 if Team B wins or win $120 if Team A wins......now you can use that $120 at any point to bet on Team B, so if you can only get -200 odds on Team B, you can use that $120 to get $60 back and only lose $40 if Team B wins, on the other hand, if you manage to get an in-game situation where Team B has + odds, such as +120 you could set yourself up to win no matter which team wins by betting $100 on Team B so that you would win $20 either way.

Lot of numbers in there, hope it's not too confusing.
 

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Matchbook can be hard to explain over the internet.

The best advice I can give is to just jump in with small money and do it for yourself.

It is very easy to get the hang of it once you start making real bets.
Dont let all these numbers and talk scare you.

Matchbook is very simple.

I give the learning curve a 3 out of 10.

You just have to go in there and start betting, and you will learn.
 

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BTW, go to the RR and click on the thread MySpacers and you will find out one of those 2 posters that knows APalmer.


yeah that is who i thought it was, i ran into him 3-4 months ago at a bar and he over heard me and a buddy talkn about mr.flava and asked if we go to the rx. small world. he seems to be a good guy as i have talked to him several times during football season watching games.

i met his buddy few times, not much of an opinion on him except really loud and drunk. they wer always trying to get sum side action on a gam for 20 bucks on the funniest things. i took no action in that though

o well guess that was the guy everyone was bashing
 

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thnks for the info guys!

getting a better understanding of this.

might have to jump in and get my feet wet to see what its all about
 

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Those odds indicate the amounts of the bids that people have placed on those respective sides. In other words, if you wanted to bet a total of $5,000 on Memphis at any odds which could be matched, the first $4,230 would match at -109 (meaning that people have offered $4,230 at Dallas +109), the next $310 at -124 (if you chose to match at that price), the next $373 at -137, and the balance at whatever odds (higher) at which people have offered matches on Dallas.

now that makes sense.

thnx buddy
 

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thnks for the info guys!

getting a better understanding of this.

might have to jump in and get my feet wet to see what its all about

Be careful, though. I understand that in the state of Washington placing a bet on the internet is a felony. Have the fascists officially taken over up there?
 

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Be careful, though. I understand that in the state of Washington placing a bet on the internet is a felony. Have the fascists officially taken over up there?

i dnt live there

changed my location as a joke to betting seattle money line and pts in 6 of there last 7 games?

they covered the points in all but 1 but choked a ml winner away several times and a couple fools on here seem to think i am chasing on seattle. just having sum fun. you cant take gambling to serious all the time. sonics lost 14 in a row so now i have said i am betting them moneyline till they win.

luv ml vs spurs:ohno:

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check out tradesports another betting exchange, I play at matchbook also. I prefer ts.
 

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Yes if you only have $100 bucks you can bet one side at +120 and then if it moves to +140(and it does almost every game live) You can bet the other side for $100.

Not exactly, that won't work. If you have only $100 bucks in your account betting $100 on one side at +120 leaves you with a $0 operating balance and you cannot make any more bets before settlement.

However if you have $110 in your account and you bet $100 on one side at +120 you can then bet $10 on the other side at +140. This will release $10 giving you a $20 operating balance that can be bet at +140, releasing another $20 to give a $40 operating balance, etc.

While the smart balance will return the money to your account it won't allow you to bet on credit.
 

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