Nick, think about it this way....why not just use the FP in the way Fezzik suggests and do your straight bet with your own separate money. For example, with the $100 FP you can turn it overnight into automatic around $75 cash by "scalping" ML's. Then go ahead and turn around and use that $75 cash to try to win $68 on your straight play. How can that $68 not be better than $52 or $45 or whatever it is under your strategy?
As I said, Fezzik is 100% right about getting the best equivalent cash value out of your plays. If you read my first post in this thread, I wrote the exact same thing.
I use my Bonus Plays as straight plays because I don't play parlays. I know I could get maybe 10 extra dollars in cash equivalent per $100 Bonus Play out of each one if I wanted to scalp it out. Since moneylines are generally not allowed on these plays I don't see how to get $25 or $30 as has been suggested, but that is relatively irrelevant. What is relevant is that value expectation means FAR LESS on something like a Bonus Play because they come up so rarely.
I use my Bonus Plays as straight plays because I don't play parlays. I know I could get maybe 10 extra dollars in cash equivalent per $100 Bonus Play out of each one if I wanted to scalp it out. Since moneylines are generally not allowed on these plays I don't see how to get $25 or $30 as has been suggested, but that is relatively irrelevant. What is relevant is that value expectation means FAR LESS on something like a Bonus Play because they come up so rarely.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bucky:
Be careful you don't rock the matchplay for too much. A nickel on that boxing draw to win 15 dimes might really torque them off if it hits.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Unfortunately, that happened to me about a year ago: $300 at +3000 = $9k. Let's just say that was the end of my Matchplay days at 5D.
I might add, though, that Pinnacle was quite happy.
Be careful you don't rock the matchplay for too much. A nickel on that boxing draw to win 15 dimes might really torque them off if it hits.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
Unfortunately, that happened to me about a year ago: $300 at +3000 = $9k. Let's just say that was the end of my Matchplay days at 5D.
I might add, though, that Pinnacle was quite happy.
