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    vanzack
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    Posted: Oct. 1, 2021 - 6:48 PM ET #51

    Quote Originally Posted by Gamebreaker23:

    How much do you bet Vanzack?  I bet we aren’t that far off from each other on how much we can win.

    Maybe, but we are VERY far apart in how much we DO win.

    peace_5

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gamebreaker23:

    How much do you bet Vanzack?  I bet we aren’t that far off from each other on how much we can win.

    Maybe, but we are VERY far apart in how much we DO win.

    peace_5

     
    vanzack
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    Posted: Oct. 1, 2021 - 6:55 PM ET #52

    One of my favorite gambling fallacies:

    Make something sound easier by picking an arbitrary time period, and assigning an arbitrary value to it - and for bonus points assign a gambling strategy or staking strategy that gives you zero advantage (usually a disadvantage).

    For instance:

    You can pick at a higher percentage by only picking X games per Y.  (x = 4, Y = day)

    What if todays 8th best pick is tomorrows best pick?

    And then - to make it worse (or better for me I guess) - you parlay these together.

    And then - to make it even more worse (I almost have a boner at this point) - you "increase your bet size if you are winning".

     

    For the uninitiated - this is a very good guide on a caveman looking up at the stars.  Word salad.  Nothing more.

    And judging by most of the comments in this thread - there are a lot of cavemen left at Covers.

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    One of my favorite gambling fallacies:

    Make something sound easier by picking an arbitrary time period, and assigning an arbitrary value to it - and for bonus points assign a gambling strategy or staking strategy that gives you zero advantage (usually a disadvantage).

    For instance:

    You can pick at a higher percentage by only picking X games per Y.  (x = 4, Y = day)

    What if todays 8th best pick is tomorrows best pick?

    And then - to make it worse (or better for me I guess) - you parlay these together.

    And then - to make it even more worse (I almost have a boner at this point) - you "increase your bet size if you are winning".

     

    For the uninitiated - this is a very good guide on a caveman looking up at the stars.  Word salad.  Nothing more.

    And judging by most of the comments in this thread - there are a lot of cavemen left at Covers.

     
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    Posted: Oct. 1, 2021 - 7:08 PM ET #53

    6 picks tonight played them all sorts of ways mostly 2 team parlays then one 6 team parlay.....here are the picks:

     

    BOS Red Sox -1.5, over 9.5, Houston football +3.5, over 54, Iowa -3 over 47 1/2.

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    6 picks tonight played them all sorts of ways mostly 2 team parlays then one 6 team parlay.....here are the picks:

     

    BOS Red Sox -1.5, over 9.5, Houston football +3.5, over 54, Iowa -3 over 47 1/2.

     
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    Posted: Oct. 1, 2021 - 7:29 PM ET #54

    Quote Originally Posted by vanzack:

    And then - to make it even more worse (I almost have a boner at this point) - you "increase your bet size if you are winning".   

    Some of those ED drug commercials feature a couple in a bathtub, or some guy talking to his doctor.  They should make one with vanzack reading covers forums.

     

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    Quote Originally Posted by vanzack:

    And then - to make it even more worse (I almost have a boner at this point) - you "increase your bet size if you are winning".   

    Some of those ED drug commercials feature a couple in a bathtub, or some guy talking to his doctor.  They should make one with vanzack reading covers forums.

     

    an_roll_laugh

     
    Gamebreaker23
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    Posted: Oct. 1, 2021 - 9:25 PM ET #55

    so far things are looking pretty good with these picks.

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    so far things are looking pretty good with these picks.

     
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    Posted: Oct. 1, 2021 - 10:49 PM ET #56

    an_popcorn

    Next up:

    < .05 cent penny stocks or less that will SOAR above $1.00!! an_woomoneyeyes 

    Wall Street doesn't want you to know.. an_shakeangry

    an_blowhorn"Invest" your $1,000 NOW into this unknown penny stock! 

    A $1,000 investment can turn into $20k+ in a DAY! an_speechless

    Nothing BUT moneyeyes and an_happydude

    Why work anymore? an_winkan_lightsurprised

    "Schrödinger's bet." A bet that loses when you bet it but wins when you DON'T bet it...
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    an_popcorn

    Next up:

    < .05 cent penny stocks or less that will SOAR above $1.00!! an_woomoneyeyes 

    Wall Street doesn't want you to know.. an_shakeangry

    an_blowhorn"Invest" your $1,000 NOW into this unknown penny stock! 

    A $1,000 investment can turn into $20k+ in a DAY! an_speechless

    Nothing BUT moneyeyes and an_happydude

    Why work anymore? an_winkan_lightsurprised

     
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    Posted: Oct. 1, 2021 - 11:12 PM ET #57

    @TheSquare

     Penny stocks paying you 100% are probably somewhere between 10-1 and 1000-1. Not sure where. A 4-way parlay is more like 16-1. But many people have actually become millionaires on penny stocks....

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    @TheSquare

     Penny stocks paying you 100% are probably somewhere between 10-1 and 1000-1. Not sure where. A 4-way parlay is more like 16-1. But many people have actually become millionaires on penny stocks....

     
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    Posted: Oct. 2, 2021 - 12:59 AM ET #58

    Here is the best way to bet...pretend you bet 125 a game.  

     

    500 4 team Round Robin

     

    Singles 100 * 4 = 400

     

    Doubles 0

     

    Triples 20 times 4 = 80

    4 team parlay 20

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    Here is the best way to bet...pretend you bet 125 a game.  

     

    500 4 team Round Robin

     

    Singles 100 * 4 = 400

     

    Doubles 0

     

    Triples 20 times 4 = 80

    4 team parlay 20

     
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    Posted: Oct. 2, 2021 - 1:01 AM ET #59

    My favorite betting strategy of all time is parlaying big favorites on the ML.  You'd never bet a single straight bet for -800, because it isn't worth it, but it is worth parlaying 5 of them together.

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    My favorite betting strategy of all time is parlaying big favorites on the ML.  You'd never bet a single straight bet for -800, because it isn't worth it, but it is worth parlaying 5 of them together.

     
     
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    Posted: Oct. 2, 2021 - 8:50 AM ET #60

    Went 5-1 last night missed winning 3 thousand by the over in the Red Sox game.  I’ll have a lot of NCAAF picks today however.

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    Went 5-1 last night missed winning 3 thousand by the over in the Red Sox game.  I’ll have a lot of NCAAF picks today however.

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