1368 Results for author: FairwayJay

Betting for Value on Valentine’s Day

A Guy’s Guide To Bluffing and Betting For Value On Valentine’s Day In theory, Valentine's Day is supposed to be a day to celebrate romantic love with a spouse or significant other. So as the big day arrives, I thought I would chip-in some thoughts and tips on emotions and betting. Valentine's Day generates big spending, in the tens of billions of dollars annually in the United States. From retail sales of candy, jewelry, lingerie, cards, flowers, dinner and other gifts, the heart-filled ... More

College Basketball Games and Analysis on Feb. 14

College Basketball Marquee Matchups and Situational Handicapping If you read my recent article regarding late-season situational handicapping, you may have picked up a little more insight on how to evaluate certain match-ups and ways to apply stats and match-up analysis to a specific situation. On February 13, Missouri delivered a SU/ATS home win at a short price applying the situation below - winning teams playing at home with redemption. Here are some games and match-ups on Feb. 14 with ... More

Late Season Situational Handicapping

Proven Profiles in Identifying And Evaluating Late Season Situations and Stats This is the time of the college basketball season when many of our long term positive profiles and strong situations develop. While the betting lines at the sports books may get tighter and the margin of victories are a little less than previous months, we counter with situational handicapping and proven profiles using second meets, qualified revenge and sweep situations, last home games and additional ... More

Undefeated Home Teams and the Impact of Home Court

Undefeated Home Teams Pushing for Conference Titles As the calendar turns to February each college basketball season, teams make their push for conference titles, conference tournament championships and an NCAA Tournament bid. Home court continues to play a pivotal role in a team's success. While many teams at the top of the standings remain undefeated at home or have just one or two losses on their home court, the bottom teams remain competitive at home with a majority of them having a ... More

Analyzing College Basketball’s Defensive Dominators

Identifying Defensive Dominators with Stat Profiles and Proven Performance The push for regular season titles, conference championships, playoff positioning and NCAA tournament bids continues into February as the battles on the college basketball hardwood really heat up. Two weeks ago I outlined some betting results and statistics, and provided some handicapping lessons and insight. Second meet situations provide a different dynamic in conference rematches, and we saw one of those Mon... More

Why the Eagles Will Win Super Bowl 52

Big Betting Interest on Eagles Leading up to Super Bowl 52 Another record handle is expected for Super Bowl 52 with the New England Patriots a 4.5-point favorite over the Philadelphia Eagles at the leading offshore sportsbooks. The Eagles have been taking more betting action including some 7-figure wagers as $1 million bets are being reported on #FlyEaglesFly. New England opened a 6-point favorite following the conference championship games with a money line of -225. The line has dropped along ... More

Super Bowl 52 Prop Betting and Positions

Patriots and Eagles Expected to put on a Super Show as Prop Betting Interest Soars So many prop bets to digest and research, and I’ll perhaps tweet out more prop plays of interest as Super Sunday and kickoff approaches. But colleague Rob has spent additional time reviewing an array of props from Vegas properties and offshore sites, and provided some thoughts and insight below for Super Sunday. I’ve chipped in additional prop plays at the bottom and my thoughts on others of interest, along ... More

Will Hideki Matsuyama Win Phoenix Open a 3rd Straight Time?

Phoenix Open Acts as Golf’s Super Bowl Party with Star Shooter Hideki Matsuyama Some notables will be conspicuous by their absence at this weekend’s Waste Management Phoenix Open, namely Dustin Johnson, Rory McIlroy, Jason Day, Sergio Garcia and Justin Rose. Eldrick, too, as Woods didn’t want to party in Phoenix. Is the rowdy atmosphere—especially the raucous par-3 16th that earned its own white-lettered, blue-background logo six weeks ago—too much for them? The famous ‘Coliseum’ ... More