SoCalMan2 Wrote:
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> johnnym Wrote:
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> > TY Rocky..
> > 50% variation is kind of a large spread no?
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> This is only anecdotal, but I have had payoffs
> where I wish the variation was only 50%. Sadly,
> these tend to occur on what should be the largest
> hits ever (I wouldn't be so upset about them if
> the nominal payoff was a more commonplace one).
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> the worst ever was at Garden State (the racetrack
> of the 21st century). I hit a pick three with the
> following payoffs -- $32, $98, $48. It was on a
> Friday night and including a featured Stakes race.
> For $1, it paid $2,358 (Prices OK). I did manage
> to take down the entire pool. Usually, these
> terrible situations happen to me in the late SoCal
> Pick 4, and truth be told I can only cite less
> than a full handful.


Pic-3 pools at Bob Brennan's reincarnation were consistently below skimpy. Tough to look to throw deep, under those conditions.