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Now the Fun Starts...
It's a great time to be a sports fan, with playoff action just around the corner in the NHL and the NBA. As sports bettors ourselves, in many ways, we like the playoffs more than we do the regular season. Here's a few reasons why:
- Maximum effort - This is when games count. Every win is a big one, and no win is by enough points. In the playoffs, you can guarantee that teams will be going at 100% intensity, and for the sports bettor, that can only be a stabilizing factor. No one wants to have to guess whether Shaq will bring his "A" game for the Heat - in the playoffs, you know everyone is going to show up to play.
- Predictable lineups - In the regular season, particularly towards the end, it can be a gamble trying to guess whether one team's star will be in the lineup or not come game time. In the playoffs? It's going to have to be a HUGE injury to keep players out of the game. You know the regular starters for a basketball team will be on the floor at tip off, and you know they'll be on the floor late in the game, unless it's a blowout, in which case you've probably already won your wager.
- More even outcomes - Especially in the early rounds of the playoffs, the fact that teams have to win a best of 5 or best of 7 series tends to balance out "upsets." If an underdog wins, they're for real. Simply put, the "series" format evens the playing field. Would George Mason have made it past the first or second round of the NCAA Tournament if they had to beat the likes of Michigan State and North Carolina in four games out of seven? We doubt it. Look for the heavy favorites to show why they're respected in the early rounds.
If you're like us, we know you'll be glued to your TV as the drama unfolds on the ice and on the hardwood. Consider making a Series Wager with GoSportsBet - you'll get money back if you lose!
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This Week: Hansel Wei on Betting Runlines. Read the whole article in Hansel's Zone at GoSportsBet.
I’ve talked about betting major league baseball, and it seems that with the sun out
and many ballgames on every day, we should take a more in-depth look at the
considerable opportunities for bettors that this sport offers.
Let’s quickly recap the idea behind moneylines. When you bet against the spread,
you wager either that an underdog will either win outright or lose by less than a certain
margin, or that a favorite will win by more than that margin. Against the spread, you
generally lay -110 (risk $110 to win $100). With moneylines, you either pick the favorite
and risk (x) to win $100, or pick the underdog and risk $100 to win (x). For instance,
with the moneyline New England -160, Indianapolis +140, yo u could risk $160 to win
$100 if New England won, or you could risk $100 to win $140 if Indianapolis won. The
point is, when you bet on a moneyline, you pick which team will win the game outright.
In a sense, runlines combine the two types of wagers. The “spread” is always -1.5
for the favorite. Why, you ask? Since baseball games cannot end in a tie (disregard the
All-Star Game two years ago; it doesn’t count) a spread of -.5 would have no impact, and
because about a quarter of all MLB games are decided by one run, a spread of -1 would
result in a push a large portion of the time. Whereas in basketball and football the wager
is fixed (-$110) and the spread moves to balance action, in baseball it is the spread that is
fixed (-1.5) and the wager moves depending on which teams are drawing bets. Thus, the
favorite is forced to win by two runs. When wagering on runlines, both listed pitchers
must start, and the game must go 8.5 innings.
As you can see, the only time there is a difference between the runline and
moneyline results for a game is when the favorite wins by exactly one run. In exchange
for assuming the extra risk of wagering on a runline favorite (the risk being that they will
win by one run only, and thus lose the bet) bettors get a much more lucrative payout than
they would on the moneyline. Conversely, while betting the dog gives you a greater
likelihood of winning (one-run losses are a winning bet) the payouts are not as large as
they would have been if you’d bet the moneyline and your underdog had won outright.
Each type of wager will have value in different situations; the key is finding an
opportunity to use both types of lines, adding yet another tool to your arsenal. Each can
be very effective in the right situation...
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This Week: Pai Gow
Pai Gow is played with a 53-card deck consisting of a standard 52-card deck with 1 wild card. The object of the game is to split your hand into a five-card hand and a two card hand with both hands beating the dealer's two hands to win. The wild card can only be used as an ace or as the fifth card in a straight or a flush.
After you receive your seven cards you must split them into two hands, a five-card hand and a two-card hand. The five-card hand must always rank higher than the two-card hand. To split your hand move the mouse pointer over the cards you want to make your two-card hand. Click on the two cards one at a time and they will split out of the deck. Notice that once you have chosen an eligible two-card hand (not better than your five-card hand) the split button becomes available. If you are happy with your choice click on this split button and you will have your two playing hands. If you are not satisfied with your choices click on the card or cards which you want to change and they will go back into your seven-card hand. Now choose the new cards you wish to play with. You may do this until you press the split button at which point your hands are locked-in. The dealer will then split his hand and the game will play itself out.
Each five-card hand is ranked according to the standard poker hand hierarchy. Remember that because of the wild card, you have the potential to have five aces, which beats a royal flush. Your two-card hand can either be a pair or no pair, therefore, your highest possible two-card hand would be a pair of aces. The wild card can function in several ways. It can act as an ace in any hand or the fifth card in a straight, a flush, a straight flush, or a royal flush.
Check out the Games Overview section at GoSportsBet today!
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What a night to play the Over! John B. of Santa Fe, NM strung a totals parlay together last night, stringing together SIX huge Over plays to bank a whopping $9,574.33!! WHAT A PLAY! Great work, John - You're in the Winners Circle!
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