The only game in town
After the travesty that was last nights bets, Friday's light slate of games represents a good time to take a break. Other than trying to figure out the margin by which Cornell will trounce their latest Ivy opponent (cornell(17.5)PENN), the only game of interest is
West Virginia at Pittsburgh. WVU is still a top 10 team, so while Pittsburgh is ranked, Vegas has to expect $$ to come in on the Mountaineers, aside from some bettors who have been hibernating since last March that may recall that last year Pitt was a top seed...of course, so was UNC.
Therefore, the books have to favor West Virginia, knowing that public $$ will head that way, and they have. WVU opened as a 1.5 point road favorite, and the line is up to 2.5 everywhere...aside from the ones who haven't posted yet, like the cowards at bodog, for instance.
The thing is, it's 10:00 a.m. EST, and Joe Public is at work right now, so the point move would seem to be from sharp $$. Are the sharps going for a middle, or do they really like WVU? I say they're going for a middle whether they like them or not, since the public will definitely go for the Mountaineers. Of course, until I open up a couple more accounts, middles are not really an option for me.
Speaking of cowards, as long as I'm calling out bodog every so often, it's only fair to put the others up on the wall of shame, so here they are:
Legends.com--according to their site, "The Most Respected Sportsbook"--not in my book...
SPORTSBETTING.com--"NCAA Basketball--Bet it now!"--Now? How about now? Now?
BetJamaica.com--"The Player's Paradise"--, (they must mean the weather--love that virtual sunshine!...and of course
bodoglife.com
These are all from covers.com. Their four listed casino sportsbooks haven't posted a line yet either so we ought to shame them as well.
LV Hilton
Mirage
Hard Rock, and
Planet Hollywood.
It's 10:37, and the Hilton has their opening lines, as do Legends and BetJamaica. That leaves the other casinos, along with SPORTSBETTING and bodog as the remaining holdouts.
SPORTSBETTING--"NCAA Basketball--Bet it now!" Now?......Now?...............Now?
I say bodog will be the last cowards standing. Many of the books have the WVU line at 3 now...yep, I definitely won't be going for a middle on that one.
10:53, and Planet Hollywood has posted their lines.
In the Hard Rock's defense, the wasteoids who frequent that place won't be awake this early, unless they've been partying all night, of course. I also enjoyed playing NL Hold-'Em there, due to the aforementioned wasteoids, and to what they called the "Hard Rock Straddle," which apparently is the same thing as a Mississippi Straddle...
No. A Mississippi straddle is a straddle done from any position other than under the gun, while a "Hard Rock Straddle" was done only from the button. Restrictions can be placed on Mississippi straddles in a given game, so a Hard Rock Straddle would be considered a type of Mississippi straddle, but not the only kind. Of course, naming the straddle after the casino is an excercise in shameless promotion, but I'm all about the home field advantage, so what the heck. Here is a most flattering review of their poker room, which is pretty accurate, though I didn't really appreciate it at the time. I was there because I'd heard the joint was teaming with suckers. Perhaps it is alot of the time, but this was a Sunday night, and there were only two tables going. I came out the next morning up 2 or 3 hundered, but the night before I'd won almost $1200 at the Palms, so I was inherently a bit critical, relative to that. The Palms' room is uber-tacky though, whether you compare it to the Hard Rock or not.
It's 11:21 EST. Bodog is the only site or casino listed on covers.com that have not posted any lines. The Mirage & Hard Rock are in the middle of posting theirs.
I've taken PITTSBURGH(+3)over west virginia. I would like to tease this game to get more points, but I've rented a Camero with about 90 miles on it, and I need to drive that thing, so I may be going to a casino, or at least to Austin. Either way, I may not be able to wait for the cowards at bodog to post the over/under, so I've made a move.
I've also teased PRINCETON(-8.5)over columbia, over 103, and
cornell(-12.5)over PENN, over 131. Cornell is ranked, and they and Princeton are both ranked in Chad Millman's sweat barometer, whatever that's worth. Personally, I think too much success vs. the spread will only lead to less favorable spreads, so...
I've teased PITT(+7.5), over 124.5. And I'm off to the casino...in a black Camaro. Word.
West Virginia at Pittsburgh. WVU is still a top 10 team, so while Pittsburgh is ranked, Vegas has to expect $$ to come in on the Mountaineers, aside from some bettors who have been hibernating since last March that may recall that last year Pitt was a top seed...of course, so was UNC.
Therefore, the books have to favor West Virginia, knowing that public $$ will head that way, and they have. WVU opened as a 1.5 point road favorite, and the line is up to 2.5 everywhere...aside from the ones who haven't posted yet, like the cowards at bodog, for instance.
The thing is, it's 10:00 a.m. EST, and Joe Public is at work right now, so the point move would seem to be from sharp $$. Are the sharps going for a middle, or do they really like WVU? I say they're going for a middle whether they like them or not, since the public will definitely go for the Mountaineers. Of course, until I open up a couple more accounts, middles are not really an option for me.
Speaking of cowards, as long as I'm calling out bodog every so often, it's only fair to put the others up on the wall of shame, so here they are:
Legends.com--according to their site, "The Most Respected Sportsbook"--not in my book...
SPORTSBETTING.com--"NCAA Basketball--Bet it now!"--Now? How about now? Now?
BetJamaica.com--"The Player's Paradise"--, (they must mean the weather--love that virtual sunshine!...and of course
bodoglife.com
These are all from covers.com. Their four listed casino sportsbooks haven't posted a line yet either so we ought to shame them as well.
LV Hilton
Mirage
Hard Rock, and
Planet Hollywood.
It's 10:37, and the Hilton has their opening lines, as do Legends and BetJamaica. That leaves the other casinos, along with SPORTSBETTING and bodog as the remaining holdouts.
SPORTSBETTING--"NCAA Basketball--Bet it now!" Now?......Now?...............Now?
I say bodog will be the last cowards standing. Many of the books have the WVU line at 3 now...yep, I definitely won't be going for a middle on that one.
10:53, and Planet Hollywood has posted their lines.
In the Hard Rock's defense, the wasteoids who frequent that place won't be awake this early, unless they've been partying all night, of course. I also enjoyed playing NL Hold-'Em there, due to the aforementioned wasteoids, and to what they called the "Hard Rock Straddle," which apparently is the same thing as a Mississippi Straddle...
No. A Mississippi straddle is a straddle done from any position other than under the gun, while a "Hard Rock Straddle" was done only from the button. Restrictions can be placed on Mississippi straddles in a given game, so a Hard Rock Straddle would be considered a type of Mississippi straddle, but not the only kind. Of course, naming the straddle after the casino is an excercise in shameless promotion, but I'm all about the home field advantage, so what the heck. Here is a most flattering review of their poker room, which is pretty accurate, though I didn't really appreciate it at the time. I was there because I'd heard the joint was teaming with suckers. Perhaps it is alot of the time, but this was a Sunday night, and there were only two tables going. I came out the next morning up 2 or 3 hundered, but the night before I'd won almost $1200 at the Palms, so I was inherently a bit critical, relative to that. The Palms' room is uber-tacky though, whether you compare it to the Hard Rock or not.
It's 11:21 EST. Bodog is the only site or casino listed on covers.com that have not posted any lines. The Mirage & Hard Rock are in the middle of posting theirs.
I've taken PITTSBURGH(+3)over west virginia. I would like to tease this game to get more points, but I've rented a Camero with about 90 miles on it, and I need to drive that thing, so I may be going to a casino, or at least to Austin. Either way, I may not be able to wait for the cowards at bodog to post the over/under, so I've made a move.
I've also teased PRINCETON(-8.5)over columbia, over 103, and
cornell(-12.5)over PENN, over 131. Cornell is ranked, and they and Princeton are both ranked in Chad Millman's sweat barometer, whatever that's worth. Personally, I think too much success vs. the spread will only lead to less favorable spreads, so...
I've teased PITT(+7.5), over 124.5. And I'm off to the casino...in a black Camaro. Word.
posted by roQQ | 7:03 AM
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