Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Old Time Hockey


Just getting these out of the way before I try (again) to narrow down the college basketball leans for tonight. Risking half a unit on each:

Anaheim +128

Betting and line movement. Duucks better on the power play and in goal

Carolina +154

I don't love the positive line movement on this one, but it wasn't a huge move, and 78% of wagerline is on Sidney Crosby. The Pens own the Hurricanes!

Los Angeles +166

Won some money betting on the Wild yesterday, now we'll try it going against them. Big support for the home team, reverse line move, big number.

Couple of later games that might also make the cut. Back later.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

what's the reasoning behind your tennis picks?

Anonymous said...

We usually try and give some kind of explanation (or at least a joke) for our picks, but due to illness, I just didn't feel like doing the typing earlier. With the help of cold medicine, here's just a touch of what I was thinking:

Troicki & Baghdatis: Those matches looked really close to me, so leaned to the dog from the start. Lines fell during the day so somebody else out there agreed.

Fish: Much better hardcourt player. Much better. Should have jumped when the line was -133.

Ferrer: Great player. Known as a clay courter because he's Spanish, but he made the Quarters here last year and the Semifinals at the US Open in '07, and won other tournaments on surfaces other than clay. Hrbaty doesn't have an overpowering serve/volley game that could give Hrbaty trouble on hardcourts. Huge talent edge, line moved higher throughout the day.