Sentences with phrase «because sharp bettors»

You don't want to find yourself betting Alabama -7.5 just because sharp bettors took Alabama at better odds (like -3.5 or -4).

That's because sharp bettors were hammering the Gaels +4 and oddsmakers had no incentive to adjust the spread.

They can't do this to an extreme because sharp bettors, and eventually the public, would catch on.

Not exact matches

Just because the weekend will be dominated by championship games for the Power 5 conferences doesn't mean that sharp bettors aren't looking for value elsewhere.

That's because sportsbooks have an excellent balance with casual bettors on San Antonio and sharp bettors on Los Angeles.

Most sharp baseball bettors avoid taking action because it gives up an element of control and negates all of your previous analysis.

Many sharp bettors avoid taking futures because they don't want their money tied up while awaiting a possible payout.

Some sportsbooks are inherently sharper than others because they cater to a special kind of sports bettor: wiseguys, sharps and betting syndicates.

Because the public is heavily taking Houston, Sports Interaction (SIA), which is known as a book that caters to public bettors (as opposed to sharp or professional bettors) has shaded the Texans to -3.5, instead of the -3 that is currently the market consensus.

That is because those two books (along with 5Dimes and The Greek) take the highest limits, which attracts the sharpest bettors, which leads to sharper lines, which subsequently creates more profitable bet signals.

While the vast majority of recreational college basketball bettors are waiting for Selection Sunday, sharp bettors already have been firing away because they know some of the best wagering opportunities of the year happen during the conference basketball tournaments in the two weeks prior to the Big Dance.

They are okay if the public loads up on one side as long as sharps don't join in because they are able to predict who bettors will like for each game, and set the lines accordingly.