Just my 2 pennies
Just my 2 pennies
dshaw, it's been my experience that "buying" pts. IN PARLAYS is a good thing if your book lets you do it. EVERY pick in the parlay BOOSTS it's odds, but a loser kills it. To me, it's well worth it to get the boost and AVOID the loss by a pt. or two for a parlay.
Sticking to 2,3, or 4 teamers (not more) CUSTOM parlays works for me no matter what thems say about them (sucker bets). Yet, their math IS CORRECT. But parlays offer a LOT of avenues for the better that a single side play doesn't and being creative really helps to settle the score between "parlays or single play?".
Oh, for single plays... like ppabart wrote, getting off key nos. SOMETIMES is a good thing but you are risking more with them kind of bets.
Just my thoughts.