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#26
I am going to post only who I think will win with point spread and not over and under.
Clean up your Contests
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#29
IF YOU LIVED IN VEGAS AND PAYED FOR THOSE CONTESTS YOU WOULD HAVE TO PICK EVERY GAME, THEY ALSO HAVE THE SURVIOR BETS MAYBE THATS SOMETHING COVERS.COM COULD LOOK INTO. PICK 5 GAMES AND KEEP GOING UNTILL YOU LOSE ALL 5. THE NEXT DAY YOU MIGHT HAVE 4 AND THEN SO ON. PLAYERS WOULD JUST PICK THERE FAVORITE 5
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#31
Another way is to only pick the games you feel confident with, nothing says anyone has to pick every game on the board. I don't think there's any advantage making 32 picks for 16 football games with spreads and totals, if one were to make say 5 solid picks it's less of a lottery and more skill and feel for the games. Probably a better chance of going 5-0 or 4-1 rather than trying to go 20-12 for essentially the same results, the more games picked that are lost, the more the vig eats away at the games that are won.
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#37
It's not hard to read between the lines with all the post's about this. Those that are very sharp make their point and comment on how to make it better, those that think they have the real answer need to check-out of their ego trip and get grounded to what is really going on. I seldom post but I love reading what everyone thinks.
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#38
unfortunate this is OVER a year old. i see a lot of legit issues on here, but the forum is horribly slow activity wise. i remember it took like 2 years of a thread going to get a new ultimate race.
i agree 100% with the topic creator. would be nice to see a limit or something for league contests. like he said, basically everyone at the top of the contests just bets 500 x2 for every game
i agree 100% with the topic creator. would be nice to see a limit or something for league contests. like he said, basically everyone at the top of the contests just bets 500 x2 for every game
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#40
| THE BATTLE FORUM TOURNAMENT! The Battle of the best Cappers on Covers! 32 person Head to Head single elimination tournament! It's going to be an exciting contest. PM me or post if you're interested and I will send you an invite. Starts on Apr.28. We're capping it at 32 so the contest will take a month. Let's spread the word and see who is the best Capper on Covers! |
Posted:
#41
Quote Originally Posted by smoothd20:
| THE BATTLE FORUM TOURNAMENT! The Battle of the best Cappers on Covers! 32 person Head to Head single elimination tournament! It's going to be an exciting contest. PM me or post if you're interested and I will send you an invite. Starts on Apr.28. We're capping it at 32 so the contest will take a month. Let's spread the word and see who is the best Capper on Covers! |
Sounds pretty good… Check PM 
Posted:
#43
Quote Originally Posted by FIRSTand13:
Put a bankroll limit on this site and 99% of us would be out of business the first week. The 4500 who participated in the Notre Dame game would have been 20. It would defeat the entire purpose of the site.
Parlays, now that's crazy talk.
To me the biggest weakness of the site overall is that there is no career rankings and thus no incentive to not start a new identity every day/month/year.
My next gripe is that whatever RSI is it doesn't work for moneyline sports and a simple ROI is obviously needed...
Put a bankroll limit on this site and 99% of us would be out of business the first week. The 4500 who participated in the Notre Dame game would have been 20. It would defeat the entire purpose of the site.
Parlays, now that's crazy talk.
To me the biggest weakness of the site overall is that there is no career rankings and thus no incentive to not start a new identity every day/month/year.
My next gripe is that whatever RSI is it doesn't work for moneyline sports and a simple ROI is obviously needed...
@1st&13,
You nailed it!
Thanks for giving a crap to post Bud !!
Posted:
#47
Couldn't you utilize a budget option but levy a penalty for re-upping? If you give a bankroll of $10k to start, you lose it, you can re-up for $5000 as (many times as you want), but in terms of the contest, a re-up costs you $7.5k in penalty at the end of the contest.
So to illustrate:
Joe Blow NFL Week 1 -10,000 Total Score 0
Joe Blow Re-Up +5,000 Total Score -7,500
Joe Blow Week 2 +8,000 Total Score 500
Joe Blow Week 3 +3,000 Total Score 3,500
By the end of Week 3, Joe Blow has a $11,000 bankroll, but his contest score is really only $3,500.
I mean it's pretty much like betting on credit in real life (with juice). Those who never bust have the advantage because it takes those who bust longer to catch up. And those who bust multiple times are punished as they should be.
Just a thought.
So to illustrate:
Joe Blow NFL Week 1 -10,000 Total Score 0
Joe Blow Re-Up +5,000 Total Score -7,500
Joe Blow Week 2 +8,000 Total Score 500
Joe Blow Week 3 +3,000 Total Score 3,500
By the end of Week 3, Joe Blow has a $11,000 bankroll, but his contest score is really only $3,500.
I mean it's pretty much like betting on credit in real life (with juice). Those who never bust have the advantage because it takes those who bust longer to catch up. And those who bust multiple times are punished as they should be.
Just a thought.
Posted:
#48
you do not need to pick every game plus overs or unders ...
I proably can do 70% or better just picking 10 games and leave the coin flips alone ......i also notice that many of lines in contest are moved off the true betting line known as the covers line.
like you want a dog + 2 .5 knowing game will be tight and then it goes to +1 + 1.5 games falls on 2 points
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#49
How does one place 143 NFL bets in one week?
The thesis of your argument is that a sample of a few thousand bets from one player does not seem to indicate wagering greatness, but then your solution is to allow people to place fewer bets (a smaller sample size) to find out who the truly great ones are. Sorry, but I don't follow your logic.
If your strategy is to only bet on "locks" (if only there were such a thing) then maybe Streak Survivor would be more to your liking.
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#50
I use sharpbettracker.com. The website allows me to manage my money realistically . This website, covers, I realize you have to have many bets and hope you get lucky. Skill is still involved, but mostly luck to win contests. I like the idea of money managing. Maybe separate contests that involve money management. Money management is the key to proper betting. Thanks for the great a website COVERS and all the hard work. Also I am a programmer if you want ideas on how to do a money management program.
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