2009 US Open tennis betting
Make money off US Open tennis betting
The US Open tennis major starts today in New York and if you don't know how much linemovement.com likes tennis betting, you haven't read enough of our posts.
Tennis tournaments give smart bettors some of the best opportunities to work over and make money off of lazy sportsbooks. Tournaments like these are so big with so little valuable betting history for many of the players, plus its right in the heat of the MLB season... and even better yet, the start of the NFL/NCAA seasons. No sportsbook is staffed well enough to track all of these sports, so non-top 25 tennis players are usually not properly graded.
If you're a tennis fan and bettor, do your research, get upt-to-the-minute player updates, and leverage your sportsbook accounts to take advantage of poor lines and late movements.
Line movements: NFL preseason betting
The NFL preseason betting has already started and there's a big slate of games this weekend for bettors to win off of.
As always, we advocate smart bettors to take advantage of lazy bookies who fail to move lines based on major line-up changes, and to move your money in the best way to earn more/minimize risk.
Keep an eye on major roster changes, coaching decisions, weather factors, or over-hyping of key games so you can make even more money betting on online sportsbooks.
Weds Aug 12: Bet on the best MLB pitching match-ups
Wednesday August 12 is shoping up to be a huge day for baseball bettors at online sportsbooks.
Today's schedule of games is dominated by some of the best pitchers in the game today: Lincecum, Burnett, Beckett, Nolasco, Liriano, Carpenter, Buerhle, Felix Hernandez
As much as this makes for great games to watch, it makes for even games to bet on mainly because these are game-changing pitchers who can sway bettors and create line movements that vary from bookie to bookie at online sportsbooks.
Keep track of these movements, find your opportunity, and then cash in to make money betting on baseball.
Make money betting on UFC101
Bet on the best UFC fighter... ever?
UFC 101 is this weekend and as always, fans of betting line movements to make money love betting on these mega-events.
As we've talked about before, mega head-to-head events like MMA, Boxing, Championship finals, create such an insane frenzy of betting, that lines as sportsbook have to move to accomodate them.
We won't pick favorites for you, but make sure to think about some money managment strategies for this event to either increase your payout (wait for best lines), or minimize your risk (optimum dog line + soft favorite line). Since the Spider is the safest bet in the UFC today, beware of very poor lines and take avantage of any increase, otherwise you might as well be betting on the dog.
Bet on UFC 101 this weekend and make a killing for online sportsbooks!
Betting advantage from today’s MLB trade deadline!
Today is quite possibly the most advantageous day for MLB betting all year. Teams are desperate to make the trades they need while still having to play a full slate of games. Many many teams will be under-manned today while their players are either held out or have new players trying to fill uncomfortable roles. Most players don't turn into CC Sabathia last year or Matt Holliday this year right away.
Because its a full slate of games, bookies can't take everything off the board. Take advantage of big moves and of big line movements when the deals happen or players are in transit/stuck in physicals/held out for trades that didn't happen. This is one of the best days of the year to bet on baseball at online sportsbooks.
Making money from the MLB trade deadline
For sports bettors that want to make money from the Major League Baseball trade deadline, it's usually something that's made hard to cash in on.
While a few sportsbooks do actually offer lines on players to be traded, most of them either have very few players listed or the lines up for such short times that they are impossible to bet on.
Don't let the bookies mess with you. With every trade there's an opportunity to make some real cash.
- Bet on futures immediately after the trade is made if you feel this team is now a top pick
- Bet against teams that will have players held out when making their trade
- Work the peripherals of the trade impacts, whether its the AAA game that is effected, the team that lost out on the trade, or player props that might be effected
Sportsbook bookies aren't good enough to stay on top of all these facts all the time. Find the gaps, expose them, and make money betting on line movements.
- Do your research on how this player will perform in the new surrounds/effect team morale
MLB Betting opportunities: July 21
Late games stand to have to have the most line movement because bettors might be running their luck or trying to win back their earlier losses.
Want to use betting line movements to win more from sportsbooks on Wednesday July 21? Bet on the late game: Reds vs. Dodgers @ 10:10pm local. As the only late game it should be victim to even more late adjustments from the bookies managing the risk on this bet. Also, the Dodgers will have Chad Billingsley starting who's erratic recent play makes it even harder for the sportsbooks to feel confident on their lines.
MLB 2nd half betting: Ervin Santana’s effect on the line
The MLB All-star break has come and gone and here's hoping you walked away with some extra cash in your pocket after yet another AL win.
The first featured line movement that could effect a sports bet will be in the La Angels vs. Oakland Athletics. Key to this game is Ervin Santana and whether the 2008 ace shows or up, or if its that same Ervin Santana that's been so good for opposing teams.
If you want to make money on this bet, and we don't necessarily support wagering on this game, hunt and dig for any real-time updates on Santana's injury. As soon as any positive news comes to light, the bookies will be quickly changing the line and taking away an attractive pay-out for Angels bettors. The key is always to get your news before the bookmakers or to play both sides once the line moves. Considering all the thoughts on Ervin Santana and the Angels' banged-up OF, their payout can only go down.
Futures betting, patience pays
If you've never tried it, betting on futures at online sportsbooks is pretty much the easiest, most straight-forward, easiest to brag about, and sometimes the easiest bets to win.... the problem is you need to wait weeks or months to find out if you were right!
Like we keep mentioning here, all sports lines move, especially when influenced by major news or shifts of money. Since baseball is on break, let's look at the NCAA and NFL futures for some possible situations you could make money from. Most online sportsbooks will only post their championship odds now, "to win NCAA champ", "to win Super Bowl", so we're just looking for the basic win-it-all situation.
In the NFL the major storylines that could affect these shifts are Tom Brady's health, LT's re-surgance to MVP?, the new-look bears, and what if any affect Brett Favre will have on AP.
We aren't going to post our opinion about these, but the main thing you need to think about if when the best time to place your bets. If you're a Pats fan, laying your bet when their chance of winning is at its lowest will net you the most cash. If you're a Steelers fan, wait for the media hype to surround every other team distracting from a possible repeat. Once the futures list opens up more, you can start looking more at the key advantages coming out of the depth chart, injuries, and player drama... but we'll look at those at another time.
The main thing is using the timing of your bet to your advantage of using the line movement to make even more money from sports betting.
Getting the best payout from the MLB Home Run Derby
The 2009 MLB All-star game home run derby starts launching soon and while its one of the most exciting all-star events in sports, its traditionally not seen much betting action. We'd recommend re-considering that and putting a few bucks on the line for this one. Bet on an exciting field headlined by Albert Pujols and Ryan Howard as they try and best the performances of Vlad and Josh Hamilton recently.
Getting the most out of your betting dollar is possible again here is you play the line movements. If you're sold on the ridiculous Albert Pujols taking this easily and he is one of the first confirmed contestants (like he was), then DO NOT place your bets right away. With a limited field against him books will be offer horrible payouts. Wait until the field starts getting filled up by streaking players like Nelson Cruz or Joey Votto who give bookies a hard time to price. Now with more unprdedictable names in the events and you're solid #1 choice still your favorite, you'll get a better pay-out.
We can't recommend laying money on the favorites in general, but if you feel your man is way above the competition, Pujols, Tiger, Federer, Ovechkin, then always remember to wait for the best payout price after the betting line moves the way you want it to.