You'll rarely if ever see the Falcon post a play where the ML is a prohibitive favorite (usually anything -150 or above).
Instead, he'll reduce his risk by making the play a RL -1.
For example, say you want to win $100 on a favorite but the ML is -175. You'd have to risk $175 to do so.
Most people automatically will look to use the conventional RL -1.5 to get better odds.
In this example, say the RL -1.5 is +130. You'd risk $100 to win $130.
What if the team only wins by 1 run? Yup. You lose your $100 on your RL -1.5 bet.
What if your book doesn't offer the RL -1 or you can't establish an account with book (due to geographical restrictions) who does? :think2:
SOLUTION: Split up your bet between the ML and RL -1.5 to create a hybrid RL -1.
If your book doesn't offer it RL -1 options on MLB, use this RL -1 calculater:
http://zcodesystem.com/runline_calc/
What if your team only wins by 1 run? The ML (win) and RL -1.5 (loss) bets will cancel each other other.
You'll in essence have a PUSH.
You significantly reduce your risk this way.
Here's an image from the calculator illustrating this example. Hopefully, this will help you and others
understand the RL -1 concept better.
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