Monday, September 20, 2010

I'll be wrapping up the current real-time trial this week, win or lose, so today's skimpy pick list is a disappointment!

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(Please scroll down for selections for Tuesday, September 21)

But hey, that's how it goes sometimes.

Between them, the MLB and the bookies have made today's already thin schedule unappealing.

For a while, I toyed with the idea of sitting on the sidelines until Tuesday - but in the end, I decided that in the last days of this experiment, a little action was better than none at all!

The money-line plus run-line trial will have run for two full months come bedtime on Thursday, and that seems like a reasonable cue to wrap it up and move on.

I know I'm not up for another nine-month slog, and given the success of both trials, I don't believe another real-time marathon is necessary.

After this week, this blog will morph into an occasional bulletin board for my comments (and sometimes, tests) on betting strategies that come my way from time to time.

Seems to me my efforts are better applied to making money from my ideas than on teaching others how to beat casino table games and the sports book!

The blog has been updated almost daily since March of 2009, and if nothing else, it provides a historical record of target betting and an insight into its on-going evolution.

Sunday was frustrating: Baseball dogs won more than 65% of their games and my picks had a 55% win rate, but I still ended up more than $100 out of pocket.

Small potatoes, for sure, but like I always say, winning is more fun than losing, even if most gamblers behave as if they don't believe that to be true.

Today's numbers:



Tuesday, September 21 at 10:15am

Target betting scored an equal number of wins and losses yesterday (3-3), but winners were worth more than losers, on average, giving the bankroll a small but welcome boost.

That's what we're here for.

Not a lot of attractive betting options today, Tuesday, but we'll do what we can:



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