Holmey's $$$$ Thread FRIDAY - Post Your BEST Play (With Writeup) - 03.04.16

HORNETS -3 over Indiana. Hornets are on a roll since the all star break and have won 8 of 10. Indiana is a middling 5-5 over the past 10.

The Hornets are finally a healthy team (less MKG out for the season and Spencer Hawes) and Courtney Lee is starting to get more minutes. The guy is a pro and while he does not rebound like MKG, he's a far better scorer....and a good defender. The Hornets are coming off of two blowout wins over Phoenix on Tuesday and Philly on Wednesday where the minutes were distributed all the way down the roster to guys that never usually see court time. Al Jefferson is filling in nicely for Spencer Hawes, chipping in with 19 points in 19 minutes on Tuesday. Jefferson is really a role player at this point in his career, but he can still give offensive minutes.

The Hornets should be well rested after a less than stressful week, yet they only lay 3 points? Looks like a bargain to me!

Hornets -3.

$$$$ THREAD RESULTS/STANDINGS THRU MARCH 3

WEDNESDAY $$$$ W/L: 16-11
THURSDAY $$$$ W/L: 12-5
TOTAL OVERALL W/L TO DATE: 224-170-7 (56.9%)
ELITE EIGHT RESULTS for W & Th: 6-2
NOOBS (First-time $$$'ers) for W & Th: - 4-4

$$$$ OF THE DAY:
Goes to TheKrew for a super easy winner on Northwestern to break his long personal $$$$ losing streak

STANDINGS:
I can't type out everyone's name any more here, so from now on, the Standings will show people who have made a minimum number of $$$$'s.

MINIMUM OF 4 $$$$'s MADE

THE ELITE EIGHT

THE BIG DOG
1. rf_dawg (9-1)

2. bubbaski27 (12-5-1)
3. TopFlightSports (7-1)
4. gatorbear (9-3)
5. jimc0911 (8-3)
T6. USC_Holmey (9-5-1)
T6. wmi799 (9-5)
8. donkey_dealer08 (3-0-1)

Profitable $$$$'ers
9. jroc1247 (5-2)
10. Gtimebutler (6-3)
T11. TiltingChaser (3-1)
T11. NicMittens (3-1)
T11. rebel1927 (3-1)
14. FenwayFrank (6-4)
15. BadTimes (7-5)
T16. jimmybigmits (3-2-1)
T16. Stu23 (3-2)
T18. redbandit (4-3)
T18. SUPEREAGLE43 (4-3)
20. ncaabb (8-7)

And the rest......
21. lakerz (2-2)
T22. magiccarpetride (4-4)
T22. Desertcapper (4-4)
T24. bk1374 (2-3)
T24. Da_Oracle (2-3)
T24. wgomel21 (2-3)
27. TheKrew (5-6-2)
28. nfl_brosuf (8-9)
T29. truthcapper (1-3-1)
T29. MercyRules (1-3)
T29. silversilver (1-3)
T29. nature1970 (1-3)
33. Appleton40 (2-4)
34. BarneysDad (1-4)
35. forty9ersfan80 (2-7)

Others  --- 3-0 - beardown1123, Xdresser
                  2-0 - Madden21, hipernokia, whaatmoney, worthbob, Matt2688, Thebigcat

Thanks guys and good luck today!

No sir.  I shut down my gambling accounts after the first weekend of the NCAA Tourney every year, so I will be stopping running the thread after that weekend also.  Plus, I have run the thread in the past for parts of a few seasons for baseball, and the results on LOCKS (what we call $$$$'s) were NOT good.  Like safely under .500.  I think I ran it three times and the best results there ever were for baseball was just over 47%, and that included a lot of -125-type plays, so the actual cash results were even worse.

Anyone is welcome to continue on however you guys want here.  It can stay on the CBB boards or move wherever.  I have had several people ask me if they can run a similar thread on the NBA or NHL boards, and I am fine with that.  I will say that BY FAR the only best results we have had over the last 10 years have been in CBB.  In fact, I can say that the only other sport that is in the + over that time is NHL, and that is just barely.  The NBA is the worst of all of them, with a winning percentage under 45%.

If I thought this concept could actually make money in any other sport - Soccer, NBA, NHL, MLB - I would keep it going for sure.  I have results that include thousands of results in all those sports, and none of them have made money in this format.  Also, the thread was kept going after I stopped each year by someone on CBS and I don't think the results were good.

I vote for us working together and let's see-it's different people hopefully in here-we should keep in CBB so you keep a lot of the idiots away..I for one am very good in NFL btw

I am going to be playing the Southern Illinois vs Northern Iowa Over 132.  I am not making it a $$$$ because of the great defense Northern Iowa has been playing but I do think this total is about 4 points too low.  Season average in both meetings was 136.5. I also like Northern Iowa in this match up but I won't be putting a wager on it as numbers show this line should be -4 and my book has it at 6.5.  Good Luck

I'm going to get in on this, I have profited because of all of you. This is my first $$$$ play, please see my ATS reasoning in an early post. This is my first $$$$ so tail with caution:

$$$$ Yale -11