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Pavy
Wally there are no "bad" lines.

There are two type of lines:

A. Winners
B. Losers

For example if Yankees are offered at -120 or -140 or -160 at various books and the Yankees win the game all 3 posted lines are winners.
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Even my tiny girl brain understands the value of line shopping. Unless you have a crystal ball or money in only one book, it's unwise to bet @ -140 when you can get it at -115.

My crystal ball says that Pavlos will eventually say that he was just joking around in this thread.

:poolboy:
 
Pavy will get the best line he has available to him depending on the book he is using and the options a book affords him. He was breaking it down into the simplest form Rob's. When Pavy did the World Cup ordeal he always pointed out that he looked for the best line available to him at his books and how much worse the ones were in the points book.
 
Robyn
Even my tiny girl brain understands the value of line shopping. Unless you have a crystal ball or money in only one book, it's unwise to bet @ -140 when you can get it at -115.

My crystal ball says that Pavlos will eventually say that he was just joking around in this thread.

:poolboy:
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Maybe I didn't express myself in proper grammar. If I was given the choice of choosing between the three lines I would choose the best. I was saying that 3 people that don't know each other and for some reason they don't have the privilege of getting the best line because of limited betting options at the country of their residence as long as they pick winners they will be successful. They are taking a greater risking by betting a less favorable line but maybe is either that or nothing.

When I was in HS in Greece there was no online betting. In fact you could only bet soccer at local shops. The government was taxing the bets 20% so only a few can open shop. Basically the book sets their own lines (with their own juice). Lets say you picked a team at -110 to win 100. You would expect to pay 110 at the shop. But the law was such they had to charge the tax on the bet. So you pay the shop 130 and the government collects the 20% tax from them. They never tax the winnings though. So a -110 ended up costing you -130. The way to beat it is to constantly pick more winners. Even in you get the best lines in the world you can't make any money without picking winners.
 
wal66
Pavy will get the best line he has available to him depending on the book he is using and the options a book affords him. He was breaking it down into the simplest form Rob's. When Pavy did the World Cup ordeal he always pointed out that he looked for the best line available to him at his books and how much worse the ones were in the points book.
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Why does he need to get the best line? He wins all of his plays so it's not really necessary as long as he bets TO WIN.
 
Herman
Why does he need to get the best line? He wins all of his plays so it's not really necessary as long as he bets TO WIN.
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I didn't say this. I said I pick more winners to offset not getting the best line and has greater risk but as long as I set me goal on when to cash out it doesn't matter. If I want to make $1000 betting it really doesn't matter to me if it takes me 2 weeks or 4 weeks to achieve it.
 
wal66
NO!........HELL NO!

I'm not losing this one argument.

If your goal is to win $200 today and you bet to win on Team A (-150) or whatEVER the line might be and it wins you win $200!
If you bet to win on TEAM A at (-110) and you win YOU STILL WIN $200!!!!!!!!!!!!


It only mattered IF YOU LOST!!!!!!!!!!!
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RJ............this................this is my David vs Goliath.
 
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