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Don't kid yourself.  A measly parlay and you're walking.  ha.
 
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Viking it is.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by BetFriends:


Cincy was +1 to +1.5 for several hours today. Please actually track line moves if you want to come in accuse people of fudging them.
 

I wasn't accusing him of fudging the line. Makes no sense that he would fudge a lower line.  
 
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Your the smart one ,Good Luck
 
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Quote Originally Posted by BetFriends:


Oh, FFS. Another one. You ever heard of a site called Pinnacle? The Greek? Bookmaker? Steelers was -1.5 for several hours today. Anyone who actually watches lines had no trouble getting +1 or +1.5 for Cincy if they wanted it.

Remove head from azz and try again.

If you took the absolute worst line available for Cinci all week then I'm pretty sure it's your head that's firmly lodged in your rear, not mine. I don't need to try again, I won, as I had +2.5 (posted this pregame). Was annoyed with myself for not taking +3 earlier in the week as points are at a premium in the playoffs and in these AFC North battles. 

But +2.5 feels pretty darn good now. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by PhillyBrown:


If you took the absolute worst line available for Cinci all week then I'm pretty sure it's your head that's firmly lodged in your rear, not mine

Depending on your perspective on the game +1 might be the best possible line.

Did you ever consider BetFriends had Pittsburgh and was shopping books for a better PITT line?

It's wild what we can accomplish when we think.
 
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Posted: #32
you don't shop around for better lines?
 
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There are valuable lessons can be learned from your post.

One is, for betting as long as you claim and having done well at times, you should by now understand the importance of getting the best available line.

To get only +1 you would have to go out of your way to try and get a line that low... almost purposely, that in itself is a very valuable lesson.

I made the bet at 5dimes myself and never saw a +1 line all week having been on the site several times everyday.

I made the bet end of the week and bought 2.5 up to 3, mostly because of Dalton's injury I wanted a little insurance.


The other very valuable lesson is...how many times have you won by a fluke game ?

 Wins you should not have, you can't just act like those wins you earned but this one you got screwed on.

Those type wins even out over time.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by kindred:

 

I wasn't accusing him of fudging the line. Makes no sense that he would fudge a lower line.  


Between live betting, buying points, selling points, and teasers, someone out there has pretty much every line imaginable, so whenver something crazy happens at the end of a game, someone won a ton of money and someone lost a ton.

The game could be 43-0, and a team score to make it 43-6 and somone will have a huge bet riding on whether the team goes for 2 and makes it or kicks the XP, and whatever they do if the guys loses the coach will be second-guessed and should be fired, or a fix will be called to be investigated.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by theclaw:

There are valuable lessons can be learned from your post.

One is, for betting as long as you claim and having done well at times, you should by now understand the importance of getting the best available line.


What if he got +1 +125?   What if was +1 +140?  Not every line has -110 juice...
 
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I placed my bet Thursday at South Point on the Pgh ML at -155. Yet I watched vegasinsider.com all week and the Pgh ML held at -140, at least according to the website, before and after Thursday.  

Was this intentional, or was this simply the incompetence of those who are tasked with correctly reporting this information?

It would be a great if all of the Las Vegas sportsbook lines could be accurately reported throughout the entirety of the week.
 
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Don't really understand how someone can be surprised when the bengals choke and lose a playoff game.  That is their identity, it's what they do.  
 
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Sorry for your lose. But you not going anywhere. Manage your money bet small, pick your spots. And the first one is Seattle LARGE! I don't think minny break 9 today!
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Wow, I even spelled out to you in my second post that the first was satire even before anyone else replied. Do you guys even read things before you post?
 
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Quote Originally Posted by trainer4u2:

you don't shop around for better lines?

No, because I don't have time to keep running to moneygram or wherever else in order to load money on to the site that has the better line. It may make me look stupid but luckily I am totally fine with that. Take it easy sir. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by tommyblinds:

Sorry for your lose. But you not going anywhere. Manage your money bet small, pick your spots. And the first one is Seattle LARGE! I don't think minny break 9 today!

Its seriously people like you that make me wonder what good this place honestly is. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by theclaw:

There are valuable lessons can be learned from your post.

One is, for betting as long as you claim and having done well at times, you should by now understand the importance of getting the best available line.

To get only +1 you would have to go out of your way to try and get a line that low... almost purposely, that in itself is a very valuable lesson.

I made the bet at 5dimes myself and never saw a +1 line all week having been on the site several times everyday.

I made the bet end of the week and bought 2.5 up to 3, mostly because of Dalton's injury I wanted a little insurance.


The other very valuable lesson is...how many times have you won by a fluke game ?

 Wins you should not have, you can't just act like those wins you earned but this one you got screwed on.

Those type wins even out over time.

I see all your points sir. You are probably the most level headed person that has replied. To be honest I can't think of many times that I have won by a fluke. But I think we like to forget ugly wins to be honest and I am sure I am not the only one. I can think of several spots this year though that I lost on flukes. I would list them out but its not going to change anything. I literally only made this post as a joke but everyone is being so serious about it haha.

I did learn a valuable lesson though indeed. Which I always need to go with my gut . I told a friend of mine before I took the bet that the game seemed like a toss up. And it really was. The fact of the matter is Cincy had that game won and I still feel I made the right decision. It just fell of the rails at the last second and it's unfortunately just a tough loss. What are ya gonna do? 

If I do come back this is what I will change.

1. Have a bigger bankroll coming in. This season I kind of loaded as I went. A loss feels much more harsh when there is a 0 in your account. 

2. Bet less games. This season I really broke even or maybe lost a little simply because I thought I saw too many good spots to play. 

3. No more in game bets. That is another killer that I am usually really good at capitalizing on. This year wasn't my year for it and I am going back to basics. 

So there you have it. Advice that nobody asked for. :-)
 
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Not sure I understand the satire.   Also not sure how Cincy was the correct pick as Pgh led the whole game until 4th and likely would have continued to lead but for Bens injury.   Good luck w future wagers.    
 
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Quote Originally Posted by tommyblinds:

Sorry for your lose. But you not going anywhere. Manage your money bet small, pick your spots. And the first one is Seattle LARGE! I don't think minny break 9 today!

This helped a lot.  LARGE

 
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Quote Originally Posted by DarkKnightBets:


It was +1 on 5dimes. Lines do actually vary from site to site. 
You should be more mad at the fact that you took such a horrible line when everybody else was getting +2.5 than the series of events which led to the Bungles losing by 2. 

Taking the Bungles at +1 alone should be enough of a reason to quit sports betting forever.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by LETGOPACK1234:



But, you are acting like this was a heartbreaking loss  in which you led the whole game...for example maybe having Oregon in the bowl game..

Your team was covering for less then 90 seconds in the 2nd half 

Dude that was a heartbreaking loss.  Who cares if they were only covering for less than 90 secs in the 2nd H?  Once they picked off Big Ben and had the ball in the RZ with 1:30 left or w/e that should have been game or at least given pit the ball back w like 15 secs and the whole field to go.  

Not like he said it was an epic moose or the worst loss ever, it wasn't.  After the INT Pit prob had a 1% or .5% of winning the game.  Plus the ensuing plays with the penalties were something most of us had never seen before.  Absolutely an awful loss if you had Bengals ML.  Congrats you had Pitt ML.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Tiantain:

This helped a lot.  LARGE


In fairness.. Minnesota didn't break 9 lol. 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by SlinginDope:

I placed my bet Thursday at South Point on the Pgh ML at -155. Yet I watched vegasinsider.com all week and the Pgh ML held at -140, at least according to the website, before and after Thursday.  

Was this intentional, or was this simply the incompetence of those who are tasked with correctly reporting this information?

It would be a great if all of the Las Vegas sportsbook lines could be accurately reported throughout the entirety of the week.

I am not exactly certain whether someone specifically obliged my request, but a thank you goes out to the vegasinsiders.com website and everyone who was on top of reporting on the game lines throughout the week.  Very well done.  
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by sunglow:

I had Bengals ML 3k.. also had the under for 3k..

Bunch of losers these Bengals.. how can you fumble the ball when your in FG range and making opponent waste time outs.  So sad.. 2 hands on football? Fighting for more yards?. better off taking 3 knees and kick a FG.. 
Make your opponent score a TD with over a min and no timeouts..  very shamefull


Amazing to me that these billionaire owners can't find a head coach who has the intelligence to actually teach the fundamentals and discipline it takes to win consistently in the NFL.  Even though I hate the Pats, they are very well coached and prepared.  Keeping Marvin Lewis is unacceptable, Cinci fans probably deserve better.
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