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Let me start by saying I have no problem with accepting what wsex did, altough i disagree with them. I did not complain, and won't, but its another example of how books have the upper hand.
I bet 500 to win 500 on philly +.5 +100 this morning because it looked good to me. It was half of a regular bet, so I didn't feel like shopping for the best line, in case it was better elsewhere, so I had not gone to another book yet. I record opening lines based on wsex lines. I then noticed buf was -.5 +115 at most places. I decided to middle it rather than play it. I went back to wsex and it was cancelled. I had also bet 500 on was +.5 +120 when I bet the philly bet, and realized that line was "off" as well. They did not cancel that one, however, so I middled it too.
Now, I don't understand why they shouldn't honor the philly bet, unless they got hit hard on it by others. But at the time I bet it, i did NOT know it was off. I was obviously taken with the lines which is why i bet them, but I'm often surprised to see lines 30 cents away from where I would have set them.
I like wsex--they are in my top 5 of all time--and don't really have a beef here, but they did not call me or e-mail me about this. IF I was not constantly on-line, i would not have known until it was too late to get off the other side, and possibly had a 500 blunder on my hands.
Once I knew it was "bad" so that I could middle it doesn't quite mean I shouldn't expect them to honor it: I've seen line changes early in the day larger than the differences here, like when chc opened at -.5 -135 at columbus, and it got bet to -.5 +115! What's to say a book cancels its culumbus bets at +.5 +115 because they had to move it to +.5 -135?
just ranting...as the title of the forum encourages us to do....
Chilly
Let me start by saying I have no problem with accepting what wsex did, altough i disagree with them. I did not complain, and won't, but its another example of how books have the upper hand.
I bet 500 to win 500 on philly +.5 +100 this morning because it looked good to me. It was half of a regular bet, so I didn't feel like shopping for the best line, in case it was better elsewhere, so I had not gone to another book yet. I record opening lines based on wsex lines. I then noticed buf was -.5 +115 at most places. I decided to middle it rather than play it. I went back to wsex and it was cancelled. I had also bet 500 on was +.5 +120 when I bet the philly bet, and realized that line was "off" as well. They did not cancel that one, however, so I middled it too.
Now, I don't understand why they shouldn't honor the philly bet, unless they got hit hard on it by others. But at the time I bet it, i did NOT know it was off. I was obviously taken with the lines which is why i bet them, but I'm often surprised to see lines 30 cents away from where I would have set them.
I like wsex--they are in my top 5 of all time--and don't really have a beef here, but they did not call me or e-mail me about this. IF I was not constantly on-line, i would not have known until it was too late to get off the other side, and possibly had a 500 blunder on my hands.
Once I knew it was "bad" so that I could middle it doesn't quite mean I shouldn't expect them to honor it: I've seen line changes early in the day larger than the differences here, like when chc opened at -.5 -135 at columbus, and it got bet to -.5 +115! What's to say a book cancels its culumbus bets at +.5 +115 because they had to move it to +.5 -135?
just ranting...as the title of the forum encourages us to do....
Chilly
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