- Paperback: 92 pages
- Publisher: Createspace (January 2010)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 143826643X
- ISBN-13: 978-1438266435
- Product Dimensions: 15.2 x 22.9 x 0.5 cm
- Shipping Weight: 159 g
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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outdated, Feb 13 2009
By M. Martz "read the title" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: The Professional Handicapper (Paperback)
this book is already outdated. He mentions a website in here that he relies on a lot. The website does not exist anymore. He also provides his email address, but he doesn't respond to emails. So much of this book relies on the website that he refrences so this book is not worth it. Don't buy it, it's not even well written. It's like John Madden wrote it. He gives some good advice on bankroll but overall, this book is not worth the price.
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I'm dumber after reading this, May 20 2009
By Elihu D. Feustel "daringly" - Published on Amazon.com
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This book is full of errors showing a complete lack of understanding of sports betting in general.For example, on page 23, the author compares a player's advantage in betting an NFL team at -5.5 when the fair line is -6, and concludes this yields a 1 % advantage. A 6 point-favorite wins by exactly 6 about 4.5%, which translates into a 4.5% advantage over a bet at -6.
On page 35, in explaining how the fair odds on a 3-team parlay are calculated, he explains "quite simple. 3 x 3 = 9 - 1 ... equals 8 to 1 odds. This is so bad, it is laughable that it is published. This mistake is repeated on page 48 "5 team parlays should pay 5 x 5 = 25-1, or 24:1".
Most of the advice in this book is plain awful as well. He recommends hedging often to prevent bad beats. As far as money management, he advocates keeping about half your money at your main book, and suggests Bodoglife. Any decent pro has money spread out between 5-50 books. Bodog deals dual lines, and won't take a large bet from anyone with a brain. No mention is made of either Pinnacle or Matchbook, which are mandatory outs for pros. He also suggests that your average wager size should increase to 10% or more of your bankroll once you have "gotten ahead at least $4000".
Every few pages contains more unsupported conclusions and horrendous advice. Save yourself time and money on this one - there is nothing redeeming in it.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I wish I could give 0 stars, Dec 3 2009
By ryesteve - Published on Amazon.com
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I can't believe I was stupid enough to unwittingly buy a book written under one of Joseph Tuttle's pseudonyms. They're usually easy to spot, but obviously he's doing a much better job of disguising all of the earlier good reviews that were written by himself and accomplices.The only good thing about this book is that it's ridiculously short and printed in a gigantic font. The little actual content consists of a few theories and formulas that range from laughably simplistic or meaningless, to outright mathmatically ignorant. And the incessant pimping of a couple of websites gets really tiresome.
One can only hope that he is following his own gambling advice. I'd much prefer knowing that the proceeds from this book are in a bookie's pockets, rather than the author's.
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