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January 28th, 2017 at 3:09:21 PM permalink
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January 29th, 2017 at 7:54:06 AM permalink
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January 30th, 2017 at 12:17:40 PM permalink
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January 31st, 2017 at 8:31:04 AM permalink
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January 31st, 2017 at 8:35:27 AM permalink
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January 31st, 2017 at 12:00:20 PM permalink
who ya'll got for tonight spurs or thunder
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January 31st, 2017 at 12:42:06 PM permalink
I have a leaning to the Spurs, but not enough to actually pick them.
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February 1st, 2017 at 5:44:33 AM permalink
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February 1st, 2017 at 8:13:02 AM permalink
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February 2nd, 2017 at 8:52:28 AM permalink
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February 3rd, 2017 at 1:07:40 PM permalink
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February 4th, 2017 at 7:52:49 AM permalink
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February 4th, 2017 at 8:17:25 AM permalink
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February 4th, 2017 at 10:45:34 PM permalink
Quote: steeldco

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You picked the wrong night to stop betting against Golden State.
Kings get the outright win as a 15 point dog
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February 5th, 2017 at 4:19:29 AM permalink
Yep. Sucks. The Kings were eliminated by virtue of the fact that this game was the 2nd. half of a back to back.
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February 5th, 2017 at 4:23:45 AM permalink
I see where the Pelicans scored a whole 8 points in the 4th. quarter. Really? 8 friggin' points? Most high school teams don't do that....

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February 5th, 2017 at 8:51:00 AM permalink
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February 6th, 2017 at 9:34:09 AM permalink
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February 6th, 2017 at 9:42:52 AM permalink
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February 7th, 2017 at 3:31:30 PM permalink
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February 7th, 2017 at 3:44:51 PM permalink
There will be no picks today since it seems that there is a problem with connecting to basketball-reference.com and some of its data that I use. It tells me that the page is missing and I'm so tired of computers today that I'm not going to spend any more time on this. Hopefully they fix it for tomorrow.
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February 7th, 2017 at 4:06:04 PM permalink
Nice to see someone openly post picks and track the results even though they are negative at the moment. Unfortunately JoelDeeze tried to lie and shmooze the board into paying for his crappy picks.

Best of luck.
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February 7th, 2017 at 11:46:11 PM permalink
Good luck tomorrow. There wasn't a lot of games on the schedule for today.
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February 8th, 2017 at 8:25:59 AM permalink
SM777 and black2, thanks a lot for the wishes of good luck!!
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February 8th, 2017 at 8:49:35 AM permalink
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February 9th, 2017 at 7:17:35 AM permalink
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February 9th, 2017 at 7:22:57 AM permalink
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February 9th, 2017 at 9:51:31 AM permalink
Since I like to be a man with a plan....here it is.
I see where dogs of +101 to +129 have generated net losses of -601. I found this earlier on (01/25/17) and I had the algorithms eliminate those since then. BTW, they were 16 and 6. Additionally, I find that dogs getting +801 or more are winless having cost another -1,100. These will be eliminated going forward. The net impact of these 2 changes should be to leave the Dogs getting picked as a net winner of around +400. There have been a total of 228 picks of dogs so far with only 62 winning. The above 2 changes will have reduced the picks by 33.

We'll see if the plan works............
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February 9th, 2017 at 9:54:21 AM permalink
Sorry I forgot to add my reasoning, whether it's right or wrong.
The Dogs getting in excess of +801? I put them in the class of being so bad that they should be taken out and shot.
The Dogs getting between +101 and +129? A somewhat arbitrary range that would consist of the ordinary Joe who is too scared to pick a larger dog, reasoning that they can't possibly win.
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February 9th, 2017 at 10:37:50 AM permalink
I'm sure it's a bit of work if you don't already have the data saved for this, but have you considered calculating your expected loss (to the HE) over the course of these bets made?


Glad to see someone actually posting their bets, win or lose, and keep a running win/loss total. Hopefully baseball season will be good to you again like it was last year (IIRC). I know you don't get many other posts here, but I and others enjoy following/reading along.
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February 9th, 2017 at 10:43:54 AM permalink
Quote: RS

I'm sure it's a bit of work if you don't already have the data saved for this, but have you considered calculating your expected loss (to the HE) over the course of these bets made?



Hey RS, I'm sorry to say that I'm not sure that I understand your question. Would you mind restating so that this thick headed old guy better understands?
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February 9th, 2017 at 1:03:04 PM permalink
How do your results compare to the vig?
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February 9th, 2017 at 1:11:39 PM permalink
Since I was talking about the Dogs, I assume that is what you are asking about? If so, then each loss was a flat 100 which what you would lay on a dog.
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February 9th, 2017 at 1:23:48 PM permalink
I think I'm not making my point or question clear.


Every bet has a HE or vig (at least, in theory). If both sides of a bet are -110, then the vig is 10/220 or 4.54545%. Every time someone makes this wager, he expects to lose $4.45, assuming he's betting randomly and doesn't "have information" (ie: handicapping or something like that).


My question ultimately I guess, is, How do your results compare to those of what a random or "ploppy" bettor would be doing? Are they in line with what the sportsbook expects to be making off of you? Are you doing worse, the same, or better than the sportsbook would expect you to be doing (if you were a random bettor)?
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February 9th, 2017 at 1:42:54 PM permalink
RS, since I'm still unsure of how to answer your question in this case of wagering money line dogs I will give you some of the data that I have handy.

There have been 229 picks made of dogs and each of them was a wager of 100. Of the total, 62 were winners (27.19%). Those 62 winners returned 15,072. An average win of 243.10.

I hope this helps. Let me know if not.
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February 10th, 2017 at 6:00:45 AM permalink
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February 10th, 2017 at 6:07:49 AM permalink
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February 11th, 2017 at 12:14:29 PM permalink
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February 12th, 2017 at 8:57:34 PM permalink
Steel, are you looking at implied lines and then betting dogs where you think the spread is off? I'd think you'd need to have a correlation with the actual results of all your dog picks being closer to your implied lines vs vegas closing lines? If you see that then long term your strategy should win. For example you may only hit 30% of your underdog picks but if you see that on average the picks resulted in closer games then Vegas predicted then its more likely you are onto a real edge which will eventual show up in your bankroll. However if you go back through them and the Vegas spread was closer to reality than your model than the model is likely only fluctuating randomly and ultimately the long term draw-down will get you I'd suspect.
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February 13th, 2017 at 7:55:26 AM permalink
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February 13th, 2017 at 7:56:46 AM permalink
Quote: bazooooka

Steel, are you looking at implied lines and then betting dogs where you think the spread is off? I'd think you'd need to have a correlation with the actual results of all your dog picks being closer to your implied lines vs vegas closing lines? If you see that then long term your strategy should win. For example you may only hit 30% of your underdog picks but if you see that on average the picks resulted in closer games then Vegas predicted then its more likely you are onto a real edge which will eventual show up in your bankroll. However if you go back through them and the Vegas spread was closer to reality than your model than the model is likely only fluctuating randomly and ultimately the long term draw-down will get you I'd suspect.



Thanks bazooooka. I appreciate the commentary and help.
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