Books on handicapping
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I never follow anyone I was asking about books to further my own knowledge in sports theory and handicapping
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http://www.amazon.com/Conquering-Risk-Attacking-Vegas-Street/dp/1450723004/ref=pd_sim_b_8
That is a good book to start with.
That is a good book to start with.
I actually just bought this. Gonna bang it out over the xmas holiday. Glad to see it's recommended.
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It's a good book.
I think it's funny that this thread has 8 comments before mine and yyz's has around 16 or so.
What's funnier is you can't hit 46% in year on 98 selections and trying to give advice on handicapping. Tell us about those squares one more time. :facepalm:
...and even funnier your sheep analogy to hedgie..appears from results you may want to tail him if you want to bust that 52% profit mark. :SIB
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highendlowlife
My 2 cents per your question..Handicapping books may offer some insight..but if any were "the answer" there wouldn't be a sportsbook survive, however reading/knowledge is always a positive.
Your best shot at beating the books is single player sports (golf tennis etc) not teams sports.
They are paid by result on each event not contracts and give it their best every time.
Go to any sports book and look at betting limits/juice on foots-hoops and bases--then look at limits on golf or tennis..they are trying to tell you something.
Foots is hardest sports to beat as books have week between events to crunch #'s.
Most people bet sports they like to watch..and does add excitement. The challenge to beat the books is fun..if one can keep it in perspective.
1st tell tale sign a person has a gambling prob or betting over their heads is having to consantly check scores..if a person can't wait until morning to check west coast scores..or check scores when out eating...they probably need to take close look in mirror.
If you like hoops Basketball on papper is a must read. Maybe it's not handicapping book in itself but talks about a lot of advanced stats of basketball. If you like NBA you will enjoy it even more.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variance
You show your lack of knowledge every time you open your racist bigot mouth. I really miss your posts in the political forum. Bashing those poor people for being poor while you do absolutely nothing for society. Bottom feeder.
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The only problem with this is that you are never going to get rich. If you want to wager only for fun then hitting books on the small sports is okay. But if you are serious, you have to find an edge on sports where the market is much larger.
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That is a good book.
Its not really helpful for betting but I really like having these books laying around.
http://www.amazon.com/FreeDarko-Presents-Macrophenomenal-Basketball-Almanac/dp/1596915617
http://www.amazon.com/FreeDarko-Presents-Undisputed-Basketball-History/dp/1608190838/ref=pd_sim_b_1
And these books are must buy for me every year.
http://www.amazon.com/Basketball-Pr...sr=1-1&keywords=basketball+prospectus+2012+13
http://www.amazon.com/College-Baske...sr=1-2&keywords=basketball+prospectus+2012+13
Trampled - Thanks for supporting the sponsors of this site by entering another contest. You have to take Dogs' drive-by shots when they don't work out and he'll ignore EVERY single contest that you win. . . . Small price to pay though.
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