Re: Handicapping/Gambling Question for Jerry (519 Views)
Posted by:
STB (IP Logged)
Date: June 07, 2006 10:30AM
TGJB,
Re-read your betting guidelines. You don't mention trifecta wagering. Was just wondering if you play tris, and if so, what makes you want to pull the trigger.
Also wondering what folks think of the "exacta as place bet" wager. In my early days I would bet back up a win bet with a place bet if my pick was 6-1 or better and it was a race where I felt like I couldn't narrow down the field to a point where I could use one or two horses in an exacta with my win bet, but a friend suggested backwheeling the horse in exacta instead. I started doing this and my results show that I almost always make out better going this route, possibly because I bet mostly turf races with big fields. My only qualm is that I feel like by backwheeling I'm wasting a few dollars on non-contenders, but on occasion one of those non-contenders has run me over and I've essentially lucked into a nice saver exacta.