This past weekend's action from a bookmaker's point-of-view
By Jimmy Mason, Director of Sportsbook Operations, www.betcom.com
This weekend saw the bettors and the bookies duke it out to a draw on Saturday as the baseball games went both ways and Sunday was a big day for the recreational players while the ?wise guys? took a beating.
Ask half the bookies about Sunday and they?ll tell you how the ?steam? went sour and they knocked the stuffing out of the ?sharps?. The ?sharps? were on a bunch of games that went down in flames with the Phillies, Milwaukee, and Detroit all biting the dust and only a handful of the boys had time to get in on the Atlanta and Colorado moves before the value was gone and the prices were too high.
Ask the other half of the bookies and they?ll tell you a different story as the ?public? had a field day with the only real game they lost being the Cardinals. The Braves and Smoltz, Cleveland and Sabathia, David Wells and the Red Sox, Andy Pettitte and the Astros, the Florida Marlins beating the weakling Devil Rays 1-0 and the late night game with the ?Big Unit? Randy Johnson and the Yanks dumping the Mets 5-4 were all very kind to the players. I know of more than one book that had some players hit big parlays this weekend.
May all your wagers be winners?
Jimmy Mason
Get in on the action: www.betcom.com
By Jimmy Mason, Director of Sportsbook Operations, www.betcom.com
This weekend saw the bettors and the bookies duke it out to a draw on Saturday as the baseball games went both ways and Sunday was a big day for the recreational players while the ?wise guys? took a beating.
Ask half the bookies about Sunday and they?ll tell you how the ?steam? went sour and they knocked the stuffing out of the ?sharps?. The ?sharps? were on a bunch of games that went down in flames with the Phillies, Milwaukee, and Detroit all biting the dust and only a handful of the boys had time to get in on the Atlanta and Colorado moves before the value was gone and the prices were too high.
Ask the other half of the bookies and they?ll tell you a different story as the ?public? had a field day with the only real game they lost being the Cardinals. The Braves and Smoltz, Cleveland and Sabathia, David Wells and the Red Sox, Andy Pettitte and the Astros, the Florida Marlins beating the weakling Devil Rays 1-0 and the late night game with the ?Big Unit? Randy Johnson and the Yanks dumping the Mets 5-4 were all very kind to the players. I know of more than one book that had some players hit big parlays this weekend.
May all your wagers be winners?
Jimmy Mason
Get in on the action: www.betcom.com
