David Jones 
Cash withthe Flash Best Bets is here for another day and as we wait for the tennis linesfor Thursday to appear, we can answer some of the burning questions you’ve sentme regarding sports wagering.
What ispoint shopping and why is it so important?
I get askedthis question a LOT and it makes good sense to shop around for the best line.Let me use the total from tonight’s Philadelphia Eagles-Green Bay Packers gameas an example of what I mean.
The Vegas total posted at 48 points. Some Vegas shops have the total at 46.5 points, and some have it at 46 points. If I intend on betting this game exceeds the total, then I’m going to want to find the shop that has the lowest total. Cash with the Flash Best Bets uses the site Vegas Insider and takes our action to the Vegas shop with the lowest total.
Onlinesports betting works the same way, and this may require opening several onlineaccounts to pull this off. Sometimes the lines are the same; sometimes there’sa difference of a point or even a two-point difference. It might not seem likemuch, but you’d be amazed at how much value you can find if you are justwilling to look around. Use Vegas Insider to find the online book with the bestvalue and make your wager.
Why arethe money lines so high in tennis and why doesn’t Cash with the Flash offerspread bets in tennis?
The reason the lines are so high is that the favorite usually wins in tennis. The books need to reduce the risk of everyone betting the favorite and avoid getting wiped out, so they force the better to take risks. That’s why I usually don’t suggest any play over -200. Too much risk and not much reward betting a -200 or more favorite.
Spread betting in tennis is something we see more from the online books and while the lines are more favorable there is a certain risk to it. Tonight’s ATP match between Alexander Bublick and Gregor Dimitrov at Chengdu is the perfect time to play a spread bet.
The spreadbet is exactly what it implies; the spread is -3.5 games meaning when the gamescores are added together, Dimitrov would need to win the match by at leastfour games. If Dimitrov wins the match 6-4, 7-5 then you win the wager at -125.If the score ended at 7-5, 7-6, you would lose the wager because Dimitrov onlywon by three games. If you think Dimitrov will win but it will be close, thenyou would play Alexander at +3.5 and hope the match ends in a couple oftiebreakers.
Cash with the Flash Best Bets will absolutely employ spread bets into our tennis and we’ll also be using spread bets to attack the National Hockey League when that season begins this coming Tuesday.
What isthe best advice you have for someone new to sports wagering?
My bestadvice is to read. You want to read as much as you can about a team prior tomaking any wager. You want to read beat writers who know the players and whatthose players are dealing with and you want to do this daily. You want to readweather reports for outdoor sports like football and baseball and whyprofessional handicappers are picking one team over another. Essentially youneed to become an information gatherer and make wise plays.
You also want to make notes as you read and keep those things in a notebook or somewhere else so you can refer to them. I keep a notebook for every sport and refer to my notes about teams and players daily and you should too.
If you spendenough time reading, chances are you will be able to spot the folks who don’tread and cross those people off your list of trusted sources. You’ll alsobecome a better and hopefully more successful sports better in the process.
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Okay, thematches from yesterday have concluded and Cashwith the Flash Best Bets went 1-3 on the day and lost 4.05 units. Surelydidn’t expect John Isner to lose two tiebreakers and Viktoria Kuzmova to beginplaying down one set and 1-5 in the second set and I knew as soon as I sawDamir Dhumzir beat Soonwoo Kwon in their first set tiebreaker that things weren’tgoing to go our way.
That’s tennisfor ya.
Right now,there isn’t much tennis value, but the lines will post later today and Cashwith the Flash Best Bets will be back to hopefully get back to ourwinning ways!!
