asian handicaps

[jip]

Does anyone know (and is prepared to share) how much vig you have to eat on AH attempted sides before you could expect to come out ahead in the long run.

For example if I could regularly find

Team A -0.5 at -105 and
Team B +0.75 at -105

could I expect to come out ahead in the long run if I played both sides?

I suspect the answer is yes for this example but what would be the limit -110, -110?

Does anyone else have an opinion on this?

 

[matahari]

Looks subjective at the first glance, it depends on the percentage of 1 goal wins of teams A.

 

[jip]

I guess what I was really asking here was is there any value associated in doing this.

Of course if one line was noticeably off the value would be simply to bet that line.

In situations where this is not the case though I suppose one way to evaluate any potential value would be to work out the odds you would be effectively getting on a 1 goal win for team A and then compare them to the odds the bookies are offering on a 1 goal win for team A.

I think I have answered my own question there

 

[JackDee]

i doubt it this could be a winning proposition. First of all half your stake will ALWAYS be a losing proposition, no matter how low the vig is, or how high the odds difference in the two bets, well that is unless you can find a few bookmakers who, combined, offer -1/2 and +3/4 handicaps for the same game with arbitrage odds, (and you won't), and then even if you do find such odds you d probably be better off betting just one of the two sides.

I d try to find some value with the -1/2 and +1, where matahari's "it depends on the percentage of 1 goal wins of teams A." applies, but i still doubt there will be any value there either.

hope this helps, jack.