heres one thing ive learned after talking with friends and other gamblers about buying points.
(and this has nothing to do with RS whatsoever nor is it an indictment of anyone or anybody playing at any bankroll)
but ive found the people who buy points have a few things in common:
theyre smaller bettors playing somewhere in the ballpark of 20-30 bucks to up to around 100 -150 bucks and maybe up to 200 or so.
i say this for two reasons.
1) since theyre smaller players, they are working with a smaller bankroll and they second guess themselves on a lot of bets because they are looking for a sure thing
2) consequently, they buy points to make them more confident. so when they buy the points, they dont see any big difference between laying 48 to win 40 instead of 44/40....they dont see a big difference in laying 96 to win 80 instead of 88 to win 80. they dont see how its "not a godsend of an option"
but i honestly havent seen a bettor who has a larger bankroll consistently buy points (if they ever buy them at all). it will just eat you up if youre betting any significant money
because thats when the 'sticker shock' really shows up.
60 to win 50 instead of 55 to win 50 doesnt appear to be a big deal
but 600 to win 500 instead of 550 to win 500..... suddenly the absurdity of it shows up when youre paying 50 dollars for a 1/2 point.
its like sales tax. when you buy a few CDs, do you ever pay attention to the sales tax? i doubt it.
but when you buy that stereo system for those CDs, you realize that sales tax is a motherfu/cker, and for a 400 system youre dropping 30-31 dollars on sales tax.
hardly inconsequential
