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Beyond the favorites at the Open Championship, these longshots are capable contenders
Here is a preview of the 2019 Open Championship I provided at Offshore Gaming Association, along with odds, players, projections and picks. Some worthy favorites at the top of the betting market, while others are overvalued.
Favorites to Win: McIlroy, Rahm
Mid-range Irons to Win: Fleetwood, Scott, Stenson
Long Iron Longshots to Win: Oosthuizen, Leishman, Lowry
Tournament Match-up (72 holes): Jon ...
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WSOP Main Event Final Table Features Players from Six Nations and Winner to Pocket $10 Million
The World Series of Poker Final Table was scheduled to play down to six players Sunday night. With some early eliminations, play continued until five remained. The nine players that started were each guaranteed to receive at least $1 million, and the WSOP champion will receive a cool $10 million.
Sunday's eliminations included: Milos Skrbic (9th), Timothy Su (8th), Nick Marchington (7th) and Zhen ...
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First Game After the All-Star Break and Other Baseball Betting Situations
My update at osga.com with baseball betting situations...read more.
First game after the All-Star game...since 2004, the better teams as home favorite have gone 91-51 to an average line of -147. That’s a return on investment of +8.2% with all home teams going 130-95 (+7.2 ROI).
Two seasons ago, I cautioned laying big prices when betting on the two best teams in the second half of the season and both the LA ...
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Home Run Derby Highlights All-Star Festivities In Record-Breaking Year
The 2019 All-Star Game is set for Tues., July 9 and the American League (-110) is a slight favorite with a total of 8.5 from Progressive Field in Cleveland.
2019 MLB All-Star rosters.
The sportsbooks across Las Vegas and Nevada, along with legal sportsbooks in the U.S. and leading online sportsbooks are also offering Round 1 match-up wagering.
I provided an article at Forbes on the Home Run Derby with player ...
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The World Series of Poker continues over the 4th of July with the Main Event. The $10,000 buy-in No-Limit Hold 'em Championship begins today at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
It’s the moment the poker community has waited for - the start of the 2019 $10,000 Main Event!
2018 Main Event winner @john_cynn has given the Shuffle Up and Deal command and we are underway.
Updates at https://t.co/ojzOXoxQXU
— WSOP (@WSOP) July 3, 2019
Record attendance at this ...
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2019 TPC Twin Cities Betting Preview - Players, Projections, Profiles and Odds
A new course and first timer on the PGA Tour. The 3M Open will be played at the TPC Twin Cities course in Blaine, Minnesota, just outside of Minneapolis/St. Paul area.
From Sal Johnson of GolfStats.com.
Will say one thing about the 3M Open, players will love it. One of the big reasons is the person that runs the event, Hollis Cavner. In the early 80s when I worked for ABC Sports I ran into Cavner who was ...
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Adjusted 2020 Championship Odds and NBA Free Agency News
Following the NBA draft and free agency, we've seen more movement in the market and on the futures board. The SuperBook in Las Vegas has also hedged on the LA Lakers with the potential signing of Kawhi Leonard, who is meeting with both the LA Lakers and Clippers early this week before talking with the Nets. Brooklyn is where Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving ended up, and there will be more monitoring and updates as NBA news continues.
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Woodland Leads U.S. Open By 2 Shots Into Weekend, But McIlroy And Rose Are Betting Favorites
My latest U.S. Open update at Forbes with Gary Woodland chasing his first major championship.
Woodland is 9-under par with Justin Rose (-7), Louis Oosthuizen (-6) and Rory McIlroy (-5) the leading contenders as past major champions. Other major champions still within striking distance are Henrik Stenson (-3), Adam Scott (-3), Zach Johnson (-3), Graeme McDowell (-3), Sergio Garcia (-3), Dustin ...
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