Those who prefer their heroes to be not - so - usual and with a side
of wiseguy will gobble up this witty, geeks - rule debut.
Thursday's betting roundup includes a loaded NHL betting guide, plenty
of wiseguy college basketball plays and an NBA trend taking advantage of tired teams limping into the All - Star break.
Not exact matches
One
of the difficulties with following steam is that
wiseguys know that bettors are willing to chase the steam, so they will intentionally bet one side
of a game just so they can buy back the other side at a better number.
Greater acceptance
of gambling coupled with the proliferation
of gambling information available on the Internet and on social media means that today a member
of the general public potentially can pose as big
of a risk to the casinos as the wisest
wiseguy.
«If we have 90 percent
of the public on one side and two
wiseguys on the other, we aren't going to shade toward the «smart» side because
of the lopsided action.
In Monday's Action Network newsletter, Head
of Content Chad Millman pointed out that
wiseguy money hammered the Virginia Tech +3.5 opener, flipping the Hokies to 2.5 - point favorites:
Our one
of a kind betting systems give you access to the information needed to bet like a
wiseguy.
Some sportsbooks are inherently sharper than others because they cater to a special kind
of sports bettor:
wiseguys, sharps and betting syndicates.
Plus,
wiseguys understand the desire
of bettors to chase Steam and will knowingly bet one side
of a game to move the number in their favor, then «buy - back» even bigger.
Wiseguys certainly aren't expecting a letdown for Ohio State after walloping Michigan State 48 - 3 last weekend, and Illinois may be one
of the big underdogs to avoid this weekend.
Wiseguys triggered a pair
of bet signals on the Under at JustBet and Pinnacle, and we haven't seen any conflicting plays on the Over.
As you can see, the
wiseguys were betting Iowa, Arkansas, Boston College, TCU, Auburn and Colorado the most ppg, and these teams opened, on average, as +14 ppg dogs, favored in just a handful
of games in total.
In fact,
wiseguys have already pinpointed tonight's Warriors - Spurs (9:30 p.m. ET) matchup as a game worthy
of their early action.
Before we get to the marquee college hoops game that the
wiseguys are all over tonight, a quick word: The wins are exciting, but don't overlook the importance
of beating the closing line, also referred to as closing line value (CLV).
Wiseguys love this time
of year because March Madness brings an influx
of public bettors, leading to high ticket counts and increased contrarian value.
Tonight looks to be totals night, with
wiseguys hammering a plethora
of unders and bypassing most
of the sides.
With the majority
of bettors clearly backing Portland,
wiseguys have instead gotten down on Dallas.
While some
of these market adjustments are due to sharp action, there are a few games masquerading as
wiseguy plays that are actually the result
of other market factors.
Bigger games like Wisconsin - Maryland and Northwestern - Penn State are dominating in terms
of betting handle, but
wiseguys have picked off a much smaller matchup that's being overlooked by recreational bettors as one offering immediate value.
However, with today's college basketball market extremely quiet,
wiseguys have instead pivoted to the NBA with sharp money already flowing on one
of tonight's biggest matchups.
Pinnacle is a market - setting sportsbook with a reputation for taking very large bets from sharp players, revealing that
wiseguys are in agreement with recreational bettors regarding the right side
of this matchup.
While the record books show that bet as a win, the point
of this column is to use the proprietary tools and data at The Action Network to identify early sharp action and approach betting similarly to how
wiseguys do.
However,
wiseguys have shifted focus by making a move on one
of the most popular games
of the day, clearly taking advantage
of misguided public action.
Most recently he performed in the workshop
of Sondheim's
Wiseguys, with Nathan Lane, which was directed by Sam Mendes, and with Alan Alda and Alfred Molina in the Tony Award - winning Art, which moved to Los Angeles following its successful six - month run at Broadway's Royale Theatre.His numerous stage credits also include Arcadia, The Devil's Disciple, Noises Off and Sweeney Todd.
Yes, the characters are types (the Brooklyn
wiseguy, the tough Jewish kid, the Southern sniper), but as such, we can identify and engage with them quickly — and, a dozen years on, it's actually easier to follow the characters now that the men who play them have all met with some degree
of success.
n «Gigli,» Ben Affleck is Larry Gigli, a mob enforcer with a vintage Chevy Impala convertible, a closet full
of vintage - style rayon shirts and a threadbare, thirdhand
wiseguy accent.
The problem is, Joe is a semi-connected
wiseguy with a hemophiliac brother Skippy (Will Patton) and a habit
of committing oddball crimes.
Joan Crawford plays a
wiseguy prostitute on the precipitation - heavy island on Pongo Pongo who becomes the target
of a soul saving by raving minister Walter Huston.
Bob Hope was the snappy urban
wiseguy with an easy line
of smart remarks and a comic cowardice behind the confident front, a one - liner comic whose timing, self - effacing demeanor and audience rapport took him from stage to radio to screen.