Another sports wagering dynasty!

[sooner333]

I've decided to follow the trend and post my dynasty at wagering on sporting events. Anyway, I switched websites to Pinnacle Sports in the middle of January and deposited $100 into it. The reason for the switch was that next day lines on college basketball are posted around 4 or 5 p.m. the day before and that they base their wagers at -105 instead of -110 like most places do. On mostly college basketball (with some NFL and an NBA game or two) I manged to be up $17.50 for the month, so I start today with my bankroll at $117.50. My bets usually top out at $15 or so, but I'm thinking of upping some of them to $20.

Anyway, my picks for today are: (btw, the format is $risk/$to win)

Hornets (-4) $20/19.23
Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M (O 128) $15/15
Missouri vs. Texas (O 135.5) $12.50/11.90
Missouri (+12) $7.50/7.14
Boston College (+4.5) $5.25/5

Bankroll following placed wagers: $57.05

[sooner333]

Hornets (-4) $20/19.23
Oklahoma vs. Texas A&M (O 128) $15/15
Missouri vs. Texas (O 135.5) $12.50/11.90
Missouri (+12) $7.50/7.14
Boston College (+4.5) $5.25/5

Finished the day up $19.23 for a total of $135.53

I went ahead and made another wager for tomorrow using the unranked home favorite vs. ranked opponent system.

Xavier (-3.5) vs. George Washington $30.00/30.60

If the line moves a point, I may move some more on the game.

[astrosfan64]

Did you take Xavier or GW? I'm taking GW in this game.

[Chas in Cinti]

I believe he's taking Xavier from the way his post reads...

-Chas

[sooner333]

Xavier (-3.5) vs. George Washington $30.00/30.60

Maybe the trend ends this year, anyway, will probably take a break for tonight, then go at it tomorrow for some college hoops action...what I think I'm best at. I'll update if I make any picks for tonight though.

Bankroll: $105.53

I think I need to enroll in Astro's school of "How to turn $100 into $1500 in a week betting on sports"

[sooner333]

Made one bet as the lines opened up, more to come for sure...but this was another home unranked favorite play. Edit: Made another pick, UCLA-Arizona Over, Arizona seems to be going over a lot, and while UCLA has been going under lately, I feel that Arizona controls the tempo more and that it will go over the total.

Iowa (-4.5) vs. Michigan $30.00/$28.57
UCLA vs. Arizona (Over 134) $15.00/$14.29

Total Bankroll: 61.53

[astrosfan64]

Originally Posted by sooner333

Xavier (-3.5) vs. George Washington $30.00/30.60

Maybe the trend ends this year, anyway, will probably take a break for tonight, then go at it tomorrow for some college hoops action...what I think I'm best at. I'll update if I make any picks for tonight though.

Bankroll: $105.53

I think I need to enroll in Astro's school of "How to turn $100 into $1500 in a week betting on sports"

I never play trends like that. If I'm up in the air about a game, I'll maybe let the trend sway me one way or other. But, I don't take games blindly based on trends. I think in the last three games from that trend, I've taken the ranked team away and covered.

[sooner333]

All right, a couple of days since updated, first the previously posted bets:

Iowa (-4.5) vs. Michigan $30.00/$28.57
UCLA vs. Arizona (Over 134) $15.00/$14.29

Both were pretty solid winners, and then I followed it up with a winning Super Bowl Sunday (no thanks to Seattle)...I don't have the amount I could have won on my losing bets:

Colorado vs Iowa State (-2.5) $30.00/29.41
Pitt (+4) vs. Georgetown $7.50/7.01
Oklahoma (+6) vs. Kansas $10.00/9.71
OU vs. Kansas (Over 135) $7.50
Heath Miller first to score TD (+1100) $5.00
Hasselback more passing TD's than Roethlisberger $5.00/6.30
Jerome Bettis, No Rush TDs $5.00/7.70
No defensive or special teams touchdowns $10.00/5.56
Shawn Alexander to score before Bettis $5.00 -- Push
Seattle (+4) vs. Pittsburgh $21.40/20.00

I also had two bets that are pending from the super bowl, but I'm pretty sure are losers, as I think I heard "Heckuva" first.

Madden will say Big Time first after kickoff $1.00/4.62
Madden will say Boom first after kickoff $1.00/9.93

Right now I have a grand total of $179.18 in the account.

[sooner333]

Play for today:
Texas Tech vs. Texas (Under 135.5) $15.00/14.29

Play for tomorrow:
Kentucky (-2.5) vs. Tennessee $30.00/30.60

Acct. Balance $134.18

[sooner333]

Texas Tech vs. Texas (Under 135.5) $15.00/14.29

Should have put more on that one, was very confident in it.

Went ahead and made one for the last game of Big Monday

Gonzaga vs. St. Mary's (CA) (Under 149) $15.00/14.42

Current Balance $148.47 with a $30 bet pending on Kentucky tomorrow.

[astrosfan64]

Originally Posted by sooner333

Texas Tech vs. Texas (Under 135.5) $15.00/14.29

Should have put more on that one, was very confident in it.

Went ahead and made one for the last game of Big Monday

Gonzaga vs. St. Mary's (CA) (Under 149) $15.00/14.42

Current Balance $148.47 with a $30 bet pending on Kentucky tomorrow.

I have money on St. Mary's +13

[sooner333]

Originally Posted by astrosfan64

I have money on St. Mary's +13

Nice, if I had known how much they were looking forward to the Stanford game, I probably would have taken that side as well. I just liked to total too much, with last game being about 15-20 points lower and I just figured St. Mary's would try to stretch possessions long enough. I probably could have equated that to the Gaels +13 as well, but oh well.

[sooner333]

Gonzaga vs. St. Mary's (CA) (Under 149) $15.00/14.42
Kentucky (-2.5) vs. Tennessee $30.00/30.60
Kent State (-1.5) vs. Toledo $10


Tomorrow's bets:

Texas A&M (-2) vs. Colorado $40.00/37.74 (LOVE this one)
Miami (-1.5) vs. NC State $15.00/14.29
Wisconsin (-5) vs. Indiana $15.00/14.85
Nebraska (+6) vs. Kansas $10.00/9.52

Acct. Balance: $87.89

I will be out of town starting tomorrow, so no updates until Sunday night or, more likely, Monday. I may be making wagers via a buddy, but maybe not...probably only if they are in the Big 12.

[sooner333]

Got back from DC...I was in a bar watching the OU/OSU game on Wednesday night and saw A&M make their basket to go up by 1 (the highlight) and then saw CU miss their shot with what I thought was time running out. I thought I lost my biggest play of the season...then I found out the next morning that CU fouled A&M with one second to go and the guy hit both free throws to get the cover...was very happy to read that one. All in all a 2-2, but profitable day.

Texas A&M (-2) vs. Colorado $40.00/37.74
Miami (-1.5) vs. NC State $15.00/14.29
Wisconsin (-5) vs. Indiana $15.00/14.85
Nebraska (+6) vs. Kansas $10.00/9.52

Acct. Balance: $195.48

[sooner333]

Forgot to put something on KU and the Under in the Big 12 Big Monday game last night before going to the Hornets game...but I did manage one losing Big Monday wager when I got back.

Nevada (-9) vs. Louisiana Tech $10.00

Acct. Balance $185.48

[sooner333]

Three games for tonight:

Princeton vs. Penn (Over 110) $15.00/15.75
West Virginia (-4) vs. Seton Hall $15.00/13.76
West Virginia/Seton Hall (U 134) $5.00/4.50

All losers.

[sooner333]

Colorado vs. Oklahoma (Over 139.5) $25.00/25.00
Wisconsin (-1.5) vs. Ohio State $30.00/27.27

Followed by two winners tonight.

Balance: $202.75

[sooner333]

One game tonight for a smaller play.

Marquette (ML) vs. Georgetown $10.00/11.50

[sooner333]

Sophomores (-11.5) vs. Rookies (+102) $5.00
Rookies vs. Sophomores (Under 240) $5.00/4.59
George Mason vs. Wichita State (-2) $35.00/31.25
Florida vs. Arkansas (-1.5) $30.00/29.41
Missouri (+17) vs. Kansas $10.00/10.00
Texas Tech vs. Nebraska (-4.5) $20.00/19.05
Bucknell vs. Northern Iowa (-6.5) $15.00/16.05
NBA Skills Competition: Chris Paul $3.00/11.58

[sooner333]

Pittsburgh vs. Maquette (+2.5) $20.00/18.52
Texas (-8.5) vs. Oklahoma $10.00
Indiana (+11) vs. Illinois $10.00
Miami (+16) vs. Duke $5.00
Miami (+15.5) vs. Duke $5.00
East vs. West (Over 257) $5.00
Miami vs. Duke (Over 144) $5.00/4.63
Miami vs. Duke (Over 144) $5.00/4.50

[sooner333]

Picks tonight:

South Alabama (-4.5) vs. Florida International

West Virginia (-1) vs. Syracuse

West Virginia vs. Syracuse (Over 140.5)

Oklahoma (-4) vs. Texas Tech

Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech (Over 130.5)

Gonzaga vs. Pepperdine (Under 152)

a very small parlay with the 3 Big Monday Totals

[sooner333]

Haven't been doing many updates, but I've been a little up and down since...but tonight I was perfect, so I thought I'd update here.

Notre Dame (Moneyline) vs. Providence $10.00/10.20
Texas Tech vs. Baylor (Moneyline) $10.00/11.60
Texas vs. Texas A&M (+6.5) $10.00/10.10
Ohio State vs. Northwestern (Under 123.5) $15.00/13.27
Miami (+4.5) vs. Maryland $10.00/9.90
Rockies (ML) vs. White Sox $5.00/6.55
Hornets vs. Clippers (under 188) $10.00/9.80

A nice day to say the least...now up to a high in the account of $221.42 I wish I had done a 1 dollar 7-teamer now!

[sooner333]

Tonight:

UCLA @ Cal (-1)

Illinois State vs. Evansville (-105)

[sooner333]

UCLA vs. Cal (-1) $30.00
Illinois State vs. Evansville (ML) $15.00/14.29

One pending

Dodgers (+114) vs. Braves $5.71/6.51

Total in acct. right now: $200.00

[duckman]

What kind of research do you do on these wagers? I put $50 in sportsbooks.com and I've only won bet so far. Maybe I'm not looking at the trends correctly.