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Originally Posted by chrusher97
would it be +ev to blindly bet props that are off from pinnacle and bookmaker by 10-25c?
When some1 gives u an acct is it always 50/50 action split or what other types of deals are there. Ive heard of ppl getting 30% freerolls on net profit and stuff like that
Yea, probably. Although I know for sure that pinnys props are nowhere near efficient, theyre probably more accurate than whatever book youre looking at, so if you see a prop thats arbable with pinny its probably a good bet.
When I started betting props, I used to find the no vig line for all the 5dimes props and bet anything that was even a cent better. Thats obviously not a good way to do it but it did make money. I would never advise doing that now though. With props you really have to do your own work.
Im surprised there havent been more questions like your second one so far. Lot of stuff about dealing with stiffs but like Ive said, thats really not a big issue. Setting up deals though is, and I can go into it since you asked.
When you start out youll be getting your own accounts. Pretty simple; you get in contact with a bookie or agent and he sets you up with a log in, password and a weekly credited account. You bet on it, you have 100% of yourself, and you meet him every week to settle. Simple enough.
The next "step" would be sharing accounts. Lets say you know another guy or group that does the same thing as you, but maybe they bet some straights and more team totals as well as props, and maybe the props they bet are different than what you typically get. So you share the account with them. The bookie has no idea there is anyone but you on the account, but you give them access and tell them they have, say, 75% of their action on there. So you have 25% of their action and 100% of your own. You can even put 3 or more people/groups on the same account.
Now one step further, lets say youve been at this for a while and now have people getting you accounts. So your guy gives you an account and youll typically have about 60-70% of yourself. Then you can even share that one as well (no one else needs to know if you dont want to tell anyone), giving your sharp group say, 50% of themselves. So if you had 70% to start with, now you have 70% of yourself and 20% of your sharp friends action.
You can do this with every account you have, so every account has like 2 or 3 sharps on it including yourself, all (hopefully) betting different things and not at war with each other over available credit. Its almost like turning one account into 2 if you have really good sharps that you work with, who will also be getting you accounts to share (hopefully)