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Friday night CFB, one bet, two prices:
Washington at Purdue (Fri 8 ET, FOX)
| Book | Purdue -3.5 |
| FD | -110 |
| DK | -108 |
as of 9:35 ET
Gap: 2¢ on the exact same ticket.
Are you shopping Friday games or just Saturday?
-110 both ways (example, not a live line):
Side A -110 = 52.38%
Side B -110 = 52.38%
Total = 104.76%
The extra 4.76% is the book's cut (hold ~4.5%).
You need to win 52.4% just to break even.
Did you know your break-even number before today?
Which book has been cheaper this week? I'm tracking it by hand.
Early read, FD vs DK (as of 11:35 ET):
| Market | Cheaper so far |
| NFL spreads | DK |
| CFB spreads | Tied |
Full table drops Sunday night.
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Saturday buy check (CFB):
NFL: buying onto 3 can pay at 25-30¢.
CFB: "College margins are far more spread out, so the same half-point converts fewer games."
Same price, fewer pushes. Default: don't.
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Last CFB buy you made: worth it?
@TradingTennis@vegasdanny702@EV_Dingers Useful to hear from the book side. 'Done properly' is doing the heavy lifting there: price discipline, sensible sizing and enough volume to let it play out. A lot of people who decide EV doesn't work stop during their first real downswing.
@shaunstake@IonaGuyF@TheBetDesk This is the right way to grow it: start small, let the bankroll earn the bump, and size up in steps instead of jumping after a hot week. Small units also make the losing runs survivable while you learn. If you're still figuring out your own style: https://t.co/KrSM7aaX4v
@EV_Dingers This is the one that unlocks it. EV is about the price, not the hit rate. A +EV underdog can lose most of the time and still be the right bet. The hard part is emotional: sitting through the misses long enough for the overpays to show up. What finally made it click for you?
@EVeryday_Degen@OddsJam Appreciate it, and respect for posting the whole picture, not just the P&L. Has it held up about the same in NFL and college, or does one sport carry most of it?
Mostly skip. If buying through 7 is ever worth a look in CFB, it's in lower-total games, where landing exactly on 7 still happens often enough to matter. Even then it comes down to the price. Most of the time the half-point costs more than it's worth, so we pass unless the buy is cheap.
Buying points is a price, not a feeling.
Most buys are -EV. A few NFL buys aren't. The difference is arithmetic you can do before kickoff.
Here's the cheat sheet, straight from our guide 🧵 1/
The cheapest half-point is the one you don't buy.
Shopping costs nothing. The board shows where FanDuel or DraftKings pays more than the vig-free line.
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Two rules from the guide people skip:
• Only the half-point that touches 3 earns 25-30¢. -3 → -2.5 is worth less; pay less.
• Crossing 7? Prefer the cheaper end, 15-20¢.
And college football: mostly don't. Margins are far more spread out. 6/
@vegasdanny702 The chasing part is real, but it lives on the bettor's side more than in the line. Books shade toward where the money goes, which is why the price is worth checking before you click. Down weekend or not, a bet you wouldn't make on Saturday isn't a better bet on Monday night.
The 1u = 1% framing does most of the work here. If you size off your current bankroll, stakes shrink on their own during a losing run, with no emotional call needed. The trap is cutting after a loss and pressing after a win based on feel. Quick check on your own sizing habits: https://t.co/lAy5Yjc3a2