Most chalk you've ever laid?

CrazyL · 07-03-2008, 09:15 PM

Lot of dog players here...

Interested to hear the most chalk you've ever laid. Was it in a parlay, straight up, etc?

Broke Sport Guy · 07-03-2008, 09:19 PM

-7000

EaglesPhan36 · 07-03-2008, 09:25 PM

Probably around -250 and I got burned. So that's why I don't bite above -160ish nowadays.

CrazyL · 07-03-2008, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by EaglesPhan36

Probably around -250 and I got burned. So that's why I don't bite above -160ish nowadays.

I hear you, I got burned pretty badly myself on an -800 line recently. It's always a bitch making that money back because it's like so many bets rolled into one.

CrazyL · 07-03-2008, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Broke Sport Guy

-7000

Did you win? If not I can see maybe the inspiration for that handle of yours. J/K...

EaglesPhan36 · 07-03-2008, 09:29 PM

Yeah mine was on the tennis as well which I know yours was ... them F'ers get ya. Only way I lay that kinda wood is in parlays.

Broke Sport Guy · 07-03-2008, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by crazyl

Did you win? If not I can see maybe the inspiration for that handle of yours. J/K...

Yep. Federer seems to be a lock tomorrrow.

mathdotcom · 07-03-2008, 09:35 PM

I think it's -14500 that Fed won't lose in straight sets tomorrow

Brady2Moss · 07-03-2008, 09:35 PM

I layed -12000 on a live bet on the NBA finals, the game was already decided...

element1286 · 07-03-2008, 09:35 PM

I despise betting favs. I'll take my chances with the dogs. As for the highest, it is probably around -175, didn't win and have stayed away from favs ever since.

SlickFazzer · 07-03-2008, 09:55 PM

rm18 · 07-03-2008, 09:56 PM

-30000 USA Money line against South Korea mens basketball

accuscoresucks · 07-03-2008, 09:58 PM

-500 the wgc matchplay earlier this year when he won

Nicky Santoro · 07-03-2008, 10:01 PM

i bet alot of -9900 at wsex in game betting. the only time i do it is when wsex falls asleep on the wheel, which is often.. sometimes a team is up 8-0 in the 7th and still 1st and 3rd none out and i do it.. or when the celtics were once up by 29, early in the 4th q... i only do it when i know it has a better than 99% chance of winning, which would make the -9900 a good value bet. i have yet to lose one. i am like 13-0. i dont win much when i do those, but they all add up..

CrazyL · 07-03-2008, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Nicky Santauro

i bet alot of -9900 at wsex in game betting. the only time i do it is when wsex falls asleep on the wheel, which is often.. sometimes a team is up 8-0 in the 7th and still 1st and 3rd none out and i do it.. or when the celtics were once up by 29, early in the 4th q... i only do it when i know it has a better than 99% chance of winning, which would make the -9900 a good value bet. i have yet to lose one. i am like 13-0. i dont win much when i do those, but they all add up..

They all do up for sure but you got to be careful. Some people blind bet chalk and that's a horrible strategy. For every tennis pick I release that's heavy on the chalky side, there's 2-3 more that I'll pass in a given day that are moderate to huge upsets. It's not as easy as it looks making a safe chalk bet, because so many players are overvalued.

daggerkobe · 07-03-2008, 10:16 PM

I used to bet -700 on Canas in tennis last year. He probably cost me $5k alone. Now I don't touch it.

louisvillekid · 07-03-2008, 10:18 PM

most i can think of is around -500 to -700 on a ultimate fighter, but that's just because my brother or his friend tell me it is basically a lock, cause i don't know jack shit about most of the fighters, just watch some pay-per-views sometimes at their cribs.

i refuse, or shall i say, very seldom lay more than -150 on a baseball or hockey team, i try to find a slight fav or a dog that i like.

hardly ever play ML's on football or baskets, maybe on a slight fav that i think will pull it i might go as high as -200