Friday 6 February 2009

2/6 Picks

ATL at CHA -1.5
Winner: Atlanta
Spread: ATL +1.5 *****
Underdog: Atlanta


ORL -7 at IND
Winner: Orlando
Underdog: N/A


BOS -6.5 at NYK
Winner: Boston
Underdog: N/A


DEN -7.5 at WAS
Winner: Denver
Underdog: N/A


LAC at MEM -4.5
Winner: SPLIT
Spread: LAC +4.5 *****
Underdog: N/A


POR -6 at OKC
Winner: Portland
Underdog: N/A


TOR at NO -3
Winner: New Orleans
Spread: NO -3 *****
Underdog: N/A


UTA -3 at SAC
Winner: Utah
Spread: UTA -3 *****
Underdog: N/A


GS at PHX -10
Winner: Phoenix
Underdog: N/A



Correct Games Win%
STRAIGHT-UP 6 8 75.0%
SU UNDERDOG WIN 1 1 100.0%
***** 4 4 100.0%

3 comments:

Unknown said...

denver is a play tonight

Kool Diesel said...

Jon,

I'm wondering if I'm getting the right value on the money line when I pick a team to win straight up. Can you post what the money line should be for the team to win straight up?

btw... love this site!


Ryan

The Sim Capper said...

eric... Good call.

Ryan... Thanks for checking out my site. My algorithms don't assign probabilities to games. Historically, the straight up picks are 74.4%. My betting strategy says that when you divide 1 by the win probability (1/74.4%), you get the break-even odds. In this case, 1.34. In other words, if you make 100 bets with a win % of 75%, you'll win 75 bets. 75 winning bets at the break-even odds of 1.34 pays out $100.5. You bet $100, you won $100, you broke even. Hence, the break-even odds for 75% is 1.34. For the purpose of betting the NBA moneyline, if the payout is at least 1.34, it's a good bet.

If anyone wants to discuss that strategy, speak up.