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Old 11-09-2007, 12:33 PM
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Default Dr. Bob

Who is the Doc on this week, so i can bet against him.
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Old 11-09-2007, 04:15 PM
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Default Re: Dr. Bob

He is slow this week.

Betting against him is dumb.
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Old 11-09-2007, 04:19 PM
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Default Re: Dr. Bob

Not necessarily.
After he moves the line 2 points the other way then I think betting with him can be kind of dumb.
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Old 11-09-2007, 04:35 PM
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Default Re: Dr. Bob

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Not necessarily.
After he moves the line 2 points the other way then I think betting with him can be kind of dumb.

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Sometimes it is. But rarely it is +EV to go against him. Even when he does move the line some.
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Old 11-09-2007, 05:00 PM
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I'm very much the amateur and square at a LOT of this stuff but I'm learning a little bit at a time and I think I'm not too far off on this:

If he likes Team A at -3 and I take Team B at +3 then I have gone against him.
But if I take that same Team B at +6 and even he wouldn't touch Team A at -6 then I'm not really sure I have 'gone against him'.

The change in lines does actually make a difference.

1 or 2 points movement in the line can make a huge difference. If you don't believe me then feel free to set up something where you have to sacrifice 1 point on every single game you play.

I don't think Dr. Bob could be successful if he had to give up 1 or 2 points on every single game and I don't think you could either.
Thus always taking the opposite side of Dr. Bob after he moves the line 1 or 2 points in the opposite direction could have value imo.
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Old 11-09-2007, 05:07 PM
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Well said, Bob, completely agree.
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Old 11-09-2007, 05:11 PM
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Default Re: Dr. Bob

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Not necessarily.
After he moves the line 2 points the other way then I think betting with him can be kind of dumb.

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Sometimes it is. But rarely it is +EV to go against him. Even when he does move the line some.

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Rarely +EV to go against him? A large chunk of the units I've made so far this year have come from fading Dr Bob.
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Old 11-09-2007, 05:19 PM
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Default Re: Dr. Bob

Dr. Bob's NFL Picks
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Old 11-09-2007, 07:09 PM
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Default Re: Dr. Bob

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Rarely +EV to go against him? A large chunk of the units I've made so far this year have come from fading Dr Bob.

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Rarely +EV to wear blue socks? A large chunk of the units I made this year have been when I wear blue socks.

If you'd faded him last year you would've gotten killed.

I think Dr. Bob is a fairly solid 53-54% handicapper. He's got to move the line 7% for you to have an advantage against -110 (that's like moving an NCAA line through the 3). It happens, but he doesn't move most lines enough to do this arbitrarily.
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Old 11-09-2007, 07:18 PM
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you could probably hold your nose and bet against any line of his that moves 1.5-2 pts and expect to make a decent profit, especially at sites that deal -105.
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