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gets Sided or Middled, bet ya'll dint know!!


Rishman

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Hello Chaps, Its a fact that changing the profit% or overround has a corresponding effect on the odds. What i have to reveal has an absolutely contradicting, crucial, vital & critical role to play in moving/changing the odds. Its called the risk or getting "MIDDLED" OR "SIDED" lets suppose that i got this info from an atricle on the web lads. It further explains: "SIDED": There is a $110 on Team A -4 so the house moves the line to -4.5 to attract action on B. Someone bets on B +4.5 for $110 so the house is happy. However there is an unpleasant side effect if the final score is Team A -4. The player who bet on Team A has his wager pushed, but the player who bet on Team B wins and collects $100, so the house loses $100. This is known as getting sided. "MIDDLED": There is $110 on Team A -3.5, so the house moves the line to -4 to attract action on B. At -4 it takes $110 more on Team A and decides to move to -4.5. Someone bets on B +4.5 for $220 so the house is happy ($220 total on each team). In this case, there is a very unpleasant side effect if the final score was Team A -4! The player who bet on Team A -3.5 wins $100. The player who bet at -4 has his wager pushed and the player who bet on Team B wins and collects $200 so the house loses $300! This is known as getting middled. It is the risk of getting sided or middled that keep books from moving lines, and it is the risk of having a position on a losing team that force them to move the line. Books that move lines too off center from where it should be, can suffer heavy losses with a bad outcome, as will books that dont move lines enough. This why most bookies take reasonable measures to balance action by making calculated line moves. They dont move lines recklessly to balance at any cost because the risks of sides and middles. The bookies or sportsbook just like us players, will occasionally find value in the lines, and can be comfortable knowing they aren't resking the house on. If adjusting the overround% deretmines the range of moving the line, when would Middle and Sided be taken into consideration? Would greatly appreciate if someone would elaborate the above. :dude-Rishiman...

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