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I like Boston today........but cant lay that number. Sometimes the last game you watched ,shapes your thinking or influences your Capping for other games..............and to watch how Utah fought back the other night after being down as much as 21 point makes me believe The Cavs will not lay down for anyone. Atlanta was just glad to be in a game 7# at Boston..................Cleveland believes they can win it. I will pass probably until the next round. Cant trust a young Hornet team against The Spurs to save my life.
 

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Not that I play Poker, because I dont................but I have heard this countless times................the best players know how to fold a good hand and try anther day. I make that analogy because in Sports Handicapping, its imperative to know when to PASS as it is to FOLD in Poker. I really liked Boston today to win that game outright.......................but it didnt mean I liked Cleveland +8. I believe dishonest Sports Services are the By-product of degenerate gamblers, who must have action on a game. I am not beyond reproach.............I still chase games that were not initially within my plans, but I am working constantly on being more selective every season. Just a thought.
 

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That backhanded compliment, or sarcasim is pretty lame. This forum lacks a certain educational format. Miss me with the Cheerleading and "good luck" on every play I make. There needs to be a open forum on the fundamentals of Handicapping. From the novice to the professional. There are alot of players on here that dont know their ass from their elbow, and consistently lose..............just as we did when we 1st started out. If there are 101 basic rules to handicapping............I have violated all of them 3 times over. I want to contribute and assist the younger guys in anyway I can..............before they drop thousands as I did when I 1st started. I beat my chest and talk loudly for shits and giggles............but for real, I am here to be a contributor to this forum in anyway I can.
 

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Hey, I still would like to get your email address. I emailed Madjack but not sure if its just taking time or maybe I signed up with a different email and it got sent to that one.

I love this site so not complaining, I just don't understand why sending private messages is not allowed. I think it used to be, so maybe something happened. Anyway, hopefully we can exchange emails before football season.
 

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I had one of those weekends where I just wanted some action but was "up" for last couple weeks so decided to play bigger. I swear, EVERY TIME I play big it bites me right in the azz.

Took Big Brown yesterday to NOT win triple crown. Haven't lost that one yet but I probably will. Took Jeff Gordon to beat Stewart. I like to bet on Nascar and if I do, I always bet Gordon. But again, lost.

Not too bad but today was awful. Boston loses. Under loses. Tigers lose. Yankees lose.

I do need a break before football and just took a couple baseball b/c someone on the forum liked those 2. Horrible weekend betting and I should have laid off or at least just played small. I think the "Big Brown" bet threw me and I starting chasing...
 

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TDJ, I never received your email. You got alot Sport Service Hustlers that lurk around these sight trying to drum up business, and based on my email address, they may think I am one. If I have to, I will open a College football thread and discuss what I am doing over MJs.............it makes no difference to me who reads it. Most guys have there own opinions, and think they know it all, so it really does not matter. My goal every year is to be +40 games over 500 between College and Pro Football and Basketball. I am strictly in it for the money......................not the action. many football seasons I will quit by week 8 or 9 because I am up and dont want to chance giving any of my earnings back. At that point I just focus on Hoops. I dont bet baseball, 1]. because I dont even watch it, and 2]. I need a break to get away for afew months.. I would not know the 1st thing about wagering on Golf, NASCAR, etc. You have to stick with what you know................thats why I dont bet totals on any sport. Do you have any trend annauals that you study by? I am going to show you my "Stable" of +7 point "Road Dogs" I will be playing this year......................and I want you to go back 5 years and tell me what the numbers were...............and the winning percentages. NC, Pitt, Mich, OK, TX, Mia, NC.St., USC, Louis, Utah, AF, Navy, FL., LSU, NM, Ore, and G.T. Thats what I have so far. Secondly , I have a "Home Dog" "Stable"...............I just have a not configured them yet, but I am close. In football, College and Pro.............I only play +7 point dogs. In College Basketball, I only play Conference dogs. All these Touts that claim to have these Mathmatical models for predicting winners, or were former law students and statisic majors turn Handicapper are full of shit. Its just a pitch.............they use the same methods as anyone else. Past performance is not indictive of future results, but when coinciding with the current form of a team, staying the course can prove to be valuable. I set my season up every year in every sport like this...............and dont care what any other Cappers think about a particular game. I dont care who is hurt, what a teams mindset is, the line tells me everything I need to know. Last year was only the second time in 25 years in the NFL were favorites got the best of it.............generally DOGS are 52 to 54 percent. Look for the correction this year from linesmakers. The Squares got fat last year riding NE, and teams like the Colts for a long time before the numbers began to catch up. This year will be different. I dont guess right on every team I put in a "Play On" Format................Wisconsin put my money to sleep everytime I played them last year..........but I am right more often then I am wrong. Based on the teams I set up last year, in College Football, I went 38-32 ATS and 5-1 in the Bowls. Not a spectacular year, but it beats the alternative. A good book for you to read is "Winning Stratagies in Football Handicapping" by Mort Olsom of the Goldsheet. Its only 60 pages but it discusses the fundamentals of handicapping. In this game you never want deviate from the basic principals of Capping. Its the little things you do.................or dont do that make a huge difference in a winning year. You should never tail anyone again. You need to know what your doing and why your doing it, and you should have the numbers to back it up. I hate BOOKS, like a Cop hates a criminal...............so lets get prepared to take them down.
 

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Past performance is not indictive of future results, but when coinciding with the current form of a team, staying the course can prove to be valuable


Heavy heat.
Aren't trend annuals just full of past performances?
You get off the hook, I suppose, with the adjunct.
Current forms seem crucial.

The Olsom book sounds promising.
Damn near impossible to find in my neck of the woods, though.

Anyway, just picking your ass, here.
Drop me a word.
Just warn you that it's my birthmonth so I been celebrating.
Figured I'd die by 30 and here I come approaching 40.
:scared
 
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