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StatLabSports
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Assume you like a side in Baseball and want to play the 5 Inning lines...

Would you rather back your choice with a straight ML bet at +130 or the RL +.5 (-110)?

 

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Bruno Bets
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I always prefer the plus money of the ML. Nobody really bets on the "tie" after 5, do they? LOL

If I thought it might be a pitchers' duel, I could perhaps see the benefit, however when one swing can kill it.....I'd rather pass.



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Lloyd Christmas
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StatLabSports

Assume you like a side in Baseball and want to play the 5 Inning lines...

Would you rather back your choice with a straight ML bet at +130 or the RL +.5 (-110)?

 

StatLabSports

Assume you like a side in Baseball and want to play the 5 Inning lines...

Would you rather back your choice with a straight ML bet at +130 or the RL +.5 (-110)?

 

Depends on the total.  If it's 3.5-4 you're a little better +0.5.  If it's 5, you're a little better on the ML

You want a handicapping tip?  Spend as much time getting a good number as you do researching games. Depositing/withdrawing/depositing/withdrawing is a bitch, but I guarantee you will lose less, or win more.  I can't guarantee that for any other piece of advice 

"There is no such thing as luck, just random fluctuations of probability"

Lloyd Christmas
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Then again, a good book will adjust for the total and your advantage will be negated.  Poorly run books can be taken advantage of in this way

You want a handicapping tip?  Spend as much time getting a good number as you do researching games. Depositing/withdrawing/depositing/withdrawing is a bitch, but I guarantee you will lose less, or win more.  I can't guarantee that for any other piece of advice 

"There is no such thing as luck, just random fluctuations of probability"

StatLabSports
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Thanks Lloyd,

Game I was referencing is NYM/SF 7/31 Harvey vs. Lincecum, the total is 3.5 Over +100

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