I can see not doing parlay events at all like Trotterz says but I think I can make them work. I did it well with Cerrone last time. I think I may follow that format from now on if I feel anyone is a solid solid bet. Incase you forget I did a straight bet on Cerrone for a lot of money, then I parlayed him with my other picks for the night. I also threw in some straight bets. This time around, I might bet a good chunk on Bisping and throw him into a parlay or two as well. I consider it all "My bet on Bisping"
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Not a fan of that kind or parlays either. The problem with ''not fighter X by submission'' is that anybody could win by submission. Even if a fighter A is knocking out a fighter B, and the fighter B fall on his knees, then the first fighter jump on the back and lock a rear naked choke and the end result will be submission. I have seen that SO OFTEN. Another thing that could happend is crap like dos santos vs cro cop. cro cop could see anymore because of punches to the eye: end result (submission (punches). shit like that could scrap up your parlay2012: +19.33
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I can see not doing parlay events at all like Trotterz says but I think I can make them work. I did it well with Cerrone last time. I think I may follow that format from now on if I feel anyone is a solid solid bet. Incase you forget I did a straight bet on Cerrone for a lot of money, then I parlayed him with my other picks for the night. I also threw in some straight bets. This time around, I might bet a good chunk on Bisping and throw him into a parlay or two as well. I consider it all "My bet on Bisping"2012: +19.33
2012 Parlay project: +16.5uComment
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I don't think any of those things would happen 1 in 50 times, much less 1 in 13. I understand that it is a lot of of risk for little reward... but it will add up. I am trying to not think about individual events. So the parlay will just keep going next time, where I will bet 10.83u, maybe next time I clear 2u, then 3 and then 4 and I start over after I double it (10u). The key is to not get wild and try to make it happen too fast, that is what I did last time. I am only betting things that I feel have actual value and are very very unlikely to lose. I am still going to lose sometimes (like I probably would have bet "not Forrest to sub Shogun" for example), but I think I can find the value and chip away if I narrow down the variables.
We'll see what happens. It won't be the first time I have been wrong. But I am doing it.
I think the concept is not bad, but the reward is defenetely not big anought to be worth it. You have it the 3 of them only to get less than 1 unit out of 10. With a little calculation you get that you have to be right almost 37 times in a row to get your 10 units. In 37 fights, there is a lot of situation like forrest/shogun so IMO it's not worth the riskComment
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But I generally get better odds than this on these plays. I usually try to get it under -400, but that often requires me to force a bet at the end. But I can generally get it down to -600 pretty easily (at -600, it would only have to hit 4.5 in a row). Anyway, I totally understand the skepticism. Really though, the issue is the larger percentage of my bankroll I am risking, more so than the odds.Last edited by MMA_scientist; 02-23-2011, 12:25 PM.2012: +19.33
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Anyone else notice that Tuschereerererer opened at +215 on 5dimes? Is it me or is that fucking nutty? I don't know who wins the fight but god damn he shouldn't be that big a dog to a guy who has lost like 6 fights in a row.1 unit = 300 $Comment
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Are you sure that was real and not a typo at bestfightodds.com? I thought he started at -215.Comment
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It was a bfo typo. The real opening line was bookmaker and 5dimes came out with them shortly afterComment
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the bet doesn,t count in that case.
On the bones vs vera fight, I had money on jones at something like -205 .. then the line moved from -205 to +205 for about 30 minutes so I placed a 300$ bet more on bones again. The bet was placed and approved.
The next morning, I received an email from sportbet letting me know that the line was an error and that the bet was simply cancelled. Didn't feel like complaining at the time but it was their mistake, not mine. The bet was placed so be it.
If I want to cancel a bet that I have done for ufc 127 today because i made a mistake in the fighter, there is no way that they will accept to just cancel it, so why can they do it when it's their mistake.Comment
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