and squares is the Sharps set their own
betting lines and calculate these lines into percentage chances
of winning a particular game, squares tend to
look up teams trajectory, bullpens, starters, R/L match ups,
decide which team their ‘gut’ likes and plays
the play their gut dictates they play.
Sharps compare their
final lines to the Lines makers final line
and make primarily mathematical plays, but pull off if their gut doesn’t like
it. So, to encapsulate the above, the
Sharps make precise mathematical plays, but use their gut to pull off plays,
and squares use their guts to make plays.
In the above scenario, let’s say that the
sharp had the Cardinals at a -249 line, the
Brewers at a -150 line. That would mean
the Cards have a
71.3% chance of winning this game, but the
lines makers line says they only have a 69.0% chance of
winning.
This is a 2.3% edge, and not nearly enough of an edge to put $2,300, or
even $230 on to win
$1,000, or $100. The Brewers, would be a no play right off the
bat (pun intended). In this case, the
sharp
would opt to his final score and consider the
RL on the Cardinals (though I personally prefer to use the
RL in conjunction with the ML, like $250 to
win $200 ML, and add a $100 to $130 RL, all depending on
the final score I calculated of course). In rare cases, you will find a Sharp take two
heavy juiced teams
and play them in a parlay. In this case both teams should have a 6+%
edge. Hope this helps, but to
go any deeper would require much more space
and time.
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