If you are serious about investing in sports then you must have an account with both a “public” book and a “sharp” book to increase your bankroll by getting the best number.  “Getting the best number” is a term that must be cemented in your brain and cannot be forgotten about when sports investing.  Just like grocery shopping, you want to find the best price, well in sports it’s the same thing. Getting the best number and odds can effectively increase your bankroll and build long term profits.  The oddsmakers make the lines so tight that a half point can either make you a winner or loser.  This kind of betting strategy practiced correctly can make you think twice about putting your hard earned money on a move or not.

By referring to betting percentages and knowing common sports knowledge of what team is considered a “public” team (example: Dallas Cowboys, Golden State Warriors, Chicago Blackhawks) you can decipher between a public and a sharp book where you can get the better number.  Commonly in spread sports, NBA, , CBB, NFL and CFB, if you prefer to back the underdog you more times than not will get a half point maybe even a point better at a “public” sportsbook compared to a “sharp” sportsbook.  This right there can be a difference maker in yourself making money or losing money.  Now using this to your advantage is if the number compares to both your “public” book and “sharp” book you might want to think twice about backing the team you might think is a winner.  Keep in mind all the other factors that come into play when making a move on a game: situational play, buy low sell high, reverse line move, public betting percentages, overreaction and all the different sport strategies that make up a move (all explained at drocksports.com).  With all those strategies to use, if the number does not work, then wait until it does and if it doesn’t react to what you want then the best plan is to lay off and move on to the next day.  Said it before and I’ll say it again, be patient and let the game come to you.  Smart money makes money and that’s words to live by in this industry.

Sharp Sportsbook:

• High limits
• Sets up their own lines
• Are the first to move lines
• little to no bonuses
• lines tough to beat
• lower juice lines -105
• faster payouts
• fewer exotic wagers

Examples:

Pinnacle (this is the one I use)

5dimes

Public Sportsbook:

• low to medium limits
• Follow sharp book lines
• second to act on line moves after sharp books
• Good bonuses
• lines in favour of public favs and over the total
• greater juice lines -110
• slow payouts
• lots of exotic wagers

Examples:

Sportsbook.ag (this is the one I use)

Bovada

Derek

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