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09/10/2008 - Bali, Indonesia (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Top seeds Daniela Hantuchova and Patty Schnyder highlighted Wednesday's second-round winners at the $225,000 Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic.
The 2007 Bali runner-up Hantuchova handled Ukrainian qualifier Olga Savchuk 6-1, 7-5, while the Swiss Schnyder topped Chinese Meng Yuan 6-2, 7-5 on Day 3 at the beautiful Grand Hyatt Bali. The Slovakian Hantuchova lost to American Lindsay Davenport in last year's hardcourt finale here.
Hantuchova and Schnyder received opening-round byes at this post-U.S. Open event.
In other second-round play, fifth-seeded Italian Francesca Schiavone shut down Uzbekistan's Akgul Amanmuradova 6-3, 6-2 and Poland's Marta Domachowska outlasted American Jill Craybas 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4. Domachowska will meet Schnyder in Friday's quarterfinals.
The 2008 Bali champion will collect $35,000.
<< Dodgers' Lowe puts streak on line in clash with Padres
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Derek Lowe will try to extend his streak of 19 consecutive
scoreless innings tonight, when the Los Angeles Dodgers conclude a three-game
series with the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.
Lowe is 3-1 with a 1.02 ERA over
<< Mets send Pelfrey to hill against Nationals
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Mike Pelfrey will take the mound this evening for the NL
East-leading New York Mets, who will wrap up a short two-game series versus
the Washington Nationals at Shea Stadium.
Pelfrey was 3-0 in four starts before losing hi
<< Mariners to send out staff day against Rangers
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cesar Jimenez gets a spot start when the Seattle Mariners
play the final game of their brief two-game series with the Texas Rangers this
afternoon at Safeco Field.
Jimenez, the first of what will likely be a parade of
<< Twins resume set with Royals
(Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins continue their push towards the top of
the AL Central this evening when they play the middle test of their three-game
series with the Kansas City Royals at the Metrodome.
Minnesota drew first blood in t
Report: Saints WR Colston out with injured thumb >>
New Orleans, LA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - New Orleans Saints wide receiver Marques
Colston reportedly had surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left thumb and
will miss at least the next month.
According to the New Orleans Times-Picayune,
Simon, Moya advance; Almagro, Mathieu fall in Bucharest >>
Bucharest, Romania (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Defending champion Gilles Simon and
former world No. 1 Carlos Moya posted wins, while third-seeded Spaniard
Nicolas Almagro and fourth-seeded Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu came up losers
Wednesd
Browns S Jones to have knee surgery >>
Cleveland, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Cleveland Browns safety Sean Jones will have
arthroscopic knee surgery on Thursday, the team announced on Wednesday.
Jones originally injured his knee in Cleveland's preseason opener, but played
last Sunday
Pats re-sign Gutierrez to practice squad >>
Foxboro, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New England Patriots have re-signed
quarterback Matt Gutierrez to the practice squad, giving the team three
quarterbacks in the absence of the injured Tom Brady.
With Brady out for the sea
Barry Bonds Watch: Giants Slugger Says He'll Be Back
With only 21 home runs standing between him and Hank Aaron, Barry Bonds is indeed planning on coming back for more in 2007. At least, that's what his agent told the Los Angeles Times.
"Barry's going to play in 2007," Jeff Borris of Beverly Hills Sports Council told the Times on Tuesday. "I've had many discussions with Barry and he's going to play. My intentions are to see to it he's in a big-league uniform next season. Those are my marching orders."
Contract negotiations could get started as early as next week. Let's see which team has the deeper pockets. Will MLB baseball betting lines despite allegations of steroid use? Bet On It at www.MySportsbook.com .
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In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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