When the NCAA tourney starts I always take a few days off from NBA DFS. I took off Thursday through Sunday and decided to come back and play last night. I spent Thursday and Friday at Hollywood Casino making bets and watching games. While I don’t think Hollywood has figured out exactly what they should do with their sportsbook, the setup is pretty nice. The chairs in the sports book are not optimal for watching games for long hours. Additionally, there are no people serving drinks in that area. You have to physically leave and go to a bar to get a beverage.
The one saving grace is right outside the sportsbook is a sports bar. The beer selection is better than you would think and the food was actually pretty good. Even more surprising is that the prices were reasonable. I used my comps on Thursday and paid almost nothing for five hours of food, drinks and basketball. On Friday I used my daily food credit and spent about seven hours at this sports bar. With food and only drinking craft beer, my bill was about $60. Considering the amount of time and drinks ordered this seemed very fair. I would have spent this at Aroogas, or any sports bar easily and would not have been 100 feet from a sports book.
Obviously, in game wagering is the future and will be amazingly simple once we have an APP in Pennsylvania. Until then we have to be near the book. I took advantage of it twice for my benefit and once to my detriment. After betting Yale +7, watching them miss open shots in the first half, I felt they could come back down 15. The second half line was +1. I bet that and won bother wagers. I did the same with Virginia too. Conversely, I did it when Cincinnati lost their lead and that worked out horribly. There are value opportunities in wagering in game, especially if you are closely watching. I will say my Cincy wager was beer fueled and did not make as much sense later. HA.
I would highly recommend that you go and watch the next round of games at the sports bar near the sports book. You can get food, relax and bet the games. The service was very prompt despite how busy it was. The major downside is the bar with the best beer is just down the escalator from this area. I walked down and got some other delicious IPA’s that were only available at that bar. The prices were not that outlandish either. A craft beer that is normally $5 was $6 or $7. $7 for an Ever Grain Brewing Joose Juicy is a fantastic deal when a Bud Light is $5. Go and check it out for yourself!
Last night was my return to DFS and it was a fantastic return. Four days helped wonders it appears. Well, that and the double OT game from Portland and Brooklyn. My original plan was to play some Memphis value and then semi-stack the Portland/Brooklyn game.
Once Mike Conley was also ruled out, I late swapped out Carroll and Bender for Caboclo and Holiday. That was a massively profitable swap. Memphis went off and beat the Thunder who are now in free fall. The entire starting five for Memphis went off and I had three of them, two of which were the lowest owned.
I went to bed after the end of the first quarter of Portland and Brooklyn and felt that I could have a nice night and make some money. I texted a friend that it could be a good night, especially if we got OT in Portland. I woke up this morning to find out we not only got OT, we got two! The extra time helped me win the $12 single entry GPP and almost win the $44 spin move. What a great way to wake up! Hopefully, I can keep it going tonight!
NBA Record 47-41 (53.40%)
NBA Parlay and Teaser Record 8-14 +383
College Basketball Record 33-25 (56.89%)
NCAA Tourney Record 12-9 (57.14%)
College Parlay and Teaser Record 1-16 -1250
Basketball Total Record 80-66 (54.79%)
Basketball Parlay and Teaser Record 9-30 -867
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