Betting tips

[W.HI.P]

Saunders pitched a real Gem, going 8-1 lowering his ERA to 2.31.
Tampa Bay beat the Orioles!
Carmona and Grienke achieved less than expected.
Zambrano went 4 for 5, getting 2 RBI's and a run.
Not to mention striking out 6, going 7-1, maintaining a 2.48 ERA.

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NBA

Detroit Pistons(-5.0) vs Boston Celtics
Series tied 1-1

Celtics should win here, despite their poor overall road record in the play-offs.
Celtics vs Lakers final, here we come $$$

Bet on the Boston Celtics

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NHL

Detroit Red Wings vs Pittsburgh Penguins
Series tied 0-0

I'm not putting anything past the Red Wings.
I simply have my money riding on the Penguins to win the Stanley Cup.
For some reason I also have loads of money riding on this particular game. *Crosses fingers*

Bet on the Pittsburgh Penguins

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MLB

Chicago White Sox vs LA Angels
J.Danks - Jered Weaver

The White Sox line-up has seriously improved.
They start this series though, against two ace's.
Saunders and Weaver are elite.... get used to it!

Bet on the LA Angels

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Clevland Indians vs Texas Rangers
C.Lee - S.Feldman

Its not just the 1.37 ERA and 0.79 WHIP.... Lee also has 46 K's and counting.

Bet on the Clevland Indians

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LA Dodgers vs St.Louis Cardinals
B.Penny - K.Lohse

Ok, so you're disapointed in Penny's season so far.
But I know what his #'s will look like at the end of the year.
I'll be riding on him all season.

Bet on the LA Dodgers

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[W.HI.P]

I'd like to make one more addition for today's games:
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MLB

Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles
E.Jackson - S.Trachsel

Jackson is making a strong case for being the Rays #4 or #5 starter.
He's got some stiff competition, but if he gets through this one without a scratch, he'd be considered part of the rotation.
The Orioles will inevitably finish last in the east, despite their early showing.
My info says that B.Roberts is on his way out this year.....lets see where he ends up!

Bet on the Tampa Bay Rays

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[W.HI.P]

Detroit goes up 1-0.
The Celtics take back home-court advantage with an amazing defencive display.
Jered Weaver pitched a shut-out for the Angels!
Penny had a tough 3th inning, but he's back on track now in the 6th.
C.Lee got another win for the Indians!
Tampa Bay got another win against the Orioles!
Longoria with 2 home-runs in the game!
BJ.Upton went 4 for 4!
Pena went 3 for 3!
Crawford 2 for 3.!
Combining for 10 runs and 11 RBI's!

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MLB

Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles
J.Shields - D.Cabrera

I'm calling for the Sweep here, which could potentialy put the Rays in 1st place overall in the Major leagues!
J.Shields is pitching at a very high level.
Cabrera, although throwing very hard, can get hurt by this line-up.


Bet on the Tampa Bay Rays

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[SteveDallas]

Betting tips?

Fold your three-card flush draw on the flop. You'll save money far more often than you win.

[Undertoad]

Do you open with Q9o?

[W.HI.P]

The Angels, Sox, Yankees and Indians got the wins in Baseball.
The Red Wings won the Stanley Cup.
We still have the Celtics vs Lakers game tonight.

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NY Yankees vs Toronto Ble Jays
Wang vs McGowan

Wang has been pitching really bad of late, and he's up against a guy who's got a lot more power than him.
Wang faces a weak line-up so he can't go wrong.

Bet on the NY Yankees

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Boston Red Sox v Tampa Bay Rays
Lester - Shields

Shields is a whole different story.
Expect him to put the Rays back into 1st place today!

Bet on the Tampa Bay Rays

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[W.HI.P]

Nice brawl we had in Boston today as Shields gets ejected early on for Innvitably hitting Crisp at his first at bat for sweeping Iwamura at 2nd base yesturday.
Anyhow, The Yankees beat the Blue Jays despite Wang getting beat up as he continues his poor form.
Celtics vs Lakers, still in 1st half.

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MLB

NY Yankees vs Kansas City Royals
Rasner - Davies

Small pay-out here, but its gonna happen.
I like what i've seen from Rasner, and he has an easy job against these Royals.

Bet on the NY Yankees

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Washington Nationals vs San Fransisco Giants
Bergmann - Lincecum

Two amazing pitchers against two of the weakest line-ups in baseball make this Under an easy choice.

Bet on the Under

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Texas Rangers vs Tampa Bay Rays
Padilla - Kazmir

Kazmir's got 2 earned runs and 33 k's in his last 33 innings!

Bet on the Tampa Bay Rays

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Oakland A's vs LA Angels
Blanton - Lackey

Lackey's got a 1.80 ERA this season.
The Angels have had a 4-0 June so far.

Bet on the LA Angels

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San Diego Padres vs NY Mets
Wolf - J.Santana

The best pitcher(Santana) against the worst line-up(Padres).
The worst pitcher(Wolf) against the best line-up(Mets).
*Scratches head*

Bet on the NY Mets

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[SteveDallas]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Do you open with Q9o?

Generally no, but there are exceptions.

[W.HI.P]

I'm off to work until just after the Euro starts , so I'm gonna make an early entry here:

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EURO 2008

Switserland vs Czech Rep.

Despite the Swiss playing at home, they face easily,the best team in the division.
It pays a pretty penny given the differences between the two teams.

Bet on the Czech Rep. Win

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Turkey - Portugal

Turkey is a very dangerous team, and may suprise Portugal here.
Given the fact that Portugal is the heavy favorites, the draw pays a fortune, and seems like the most likely result.

Bet on the draw

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[W.HI.P]

So the favorites, Czech Republic and Portugal got the wins.

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EURO 2008

Austria vs Croatia

There is no doubt that Austria is outclassed by Croatia here.
Austria is playing at home though, and Croatia is overated.
Taking out England wasn't as big of an achievment as it looked.
Austia's win pays a fortune here.

Bet on the Austria Win

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Germany - Poland

This game should determine first place in the division.
I'm not sure if the favorite Germans will be able to beat this strong Polish team.
Germany's win is underpriced.

Bet on the draw

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MLB

Detroit Tigers vs Clevland Indians
Galarraga - Sowers

Most people still have no idea how good this Sowers guy is.

Bet on the Clevland Indians

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Boston Red Sox vs Seattle Mariners
Masterson - Bedard

The Red Sox have sustained some key injuries.
Even without them, the Sox's style line-up is the perfect style for Bedard to clean up.

Bet on the Seattle Mariners

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San Diego Padres vs New York Mets
Ledezma - P.Martinez

I'm a firm believer in Pedro's return to the Major leagues this time around.

Bet on the New York Mets

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[W.HI.P]

Not the best of days, although the Celtics did take a 2-0 lead to win it all!
I must note that from the following picks, tommorow's(Tuesday's) Sweden-Greece match, is key, and should be used as a base.


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MONDAY

EURO 2008

France - Romania

Poor Romania, they drew into this group of death with 3 of the best teams in the world.
Things may seem grim for them, but I can't imagine them finishing with 0 points.
France is the most likely to give up a draw to the men from the Carpathian mountains.
It also pays a fortune.

Bet on the Draw

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Italy - Holland

IMO, these are the two best teams in the competition.
If they do manage to take out France, they won't have to meet each other again until the final.
A draw is the most likely result here.

Bet on the Draw

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MLB

Detroit Tigers vs Clevland Indians
D.Willis - C.Lee

Lee is becoming more realistic as his ERA has risen to 2.45.
He remains 9-1, and despite facing a really tough task against this line-up, he should do better than Willis.
It pays well.

Bet on the Clevland Indians

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Toronto Blue Jays vs Seattle Mariners
Litsch - Washburn

Do not underestimate the Mariners.
They are by far, a greater team than the Blue Jays, and their record will show it at the end of the year.
Washburn is better than his numbers and Litsch worse.
Where I am, this game pays a fortune!

Bet on the Seattle Mariners

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TUESDAY

EURO 2008

Sweden - Greece

This is easily the best bet of the week!
Greece is not worthy of participating in this cup.
The Swedes are in form, given the fact that this is the normal time for them to be in form as their local competition is a summer occasion where as the rest of the world rests at this time.
The two teams are leagues apart.

Bet on the Sweden Win

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LA Angels vs Tampa Bay Rays
Jered Weaver - J.Shields

An amazing pitching duel this one.

Bet on the under

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[Undertoad]

3 - 0 Baw-haw-haw!!!

http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=752783

The Telegraph reports that Listerman, who regularly sets up fellow rich Russians with prospective wives, will offer any goal-scorer this evening two women as extra incentive for Russia to reach their first final since the Soviet Union disbanded.

“For each goal I’ll present two beautiful chicks. Watch the guys react,” said Listerman.

Result 0 goals! Baw-haw-hawwww!

[W.HI.P]

Ok, so I went to the Jays-Braves game, and I enjoyed it very much.
Jurrjens blanked the Toronto line-up for the easy win!
Saunders pitched well, but could not get the w.
Kazmir on the other hand did win!

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NY Mets vs NY Yankees
Santana - Mussina

The Yankees line-up may be on fire, but i doubt that it will hurt Johan who will get the win here.

Bet on the NY Mets

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Texas Rangers vs Philadelphia Phillies
Padilla - Hamels

It is against my interest for the Phillies to win as I have the Mets winning the division.
Am I afraid? Yes, with a healthy line-up, despite the weak pitching staff, Phillie is capable of putting up a serious challenge on the Mets.

In this game, it will be end up an easy win for Hamels who has proven to be elite.
The price on this game is too good to be true!

Bet on the Philadelphia Phillies

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LA Dodgers vs LA Angels
Billingsley - Jered Weaver

This is easily the best bet of the day!
Jered has been amazing of late!

Bet on the LA Angels

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[lookout123]

Spain 1- 0 Germany

Ballack is the bridesmaid yet again. Spain's "weak backline" haven't conceded a goal in three games. Great game all the way around.

[W.HI.P]

Jered Weaver pitched a no-hitter, but the Angels didn't score.
The Yankees and Phillies both got the wins.

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Tampa Bay Rays vs Boston Red Sox

Shields - Masterson

We're back to this battle.
The Rays started by sweeping the Red Sox in Boston.
The Rays then got swept by the Sox.
Things do look a little different this time with Ortiz out, and Manny's been batting below .200 of late.
Crawford, Upton, Iwamura and Longoria are putting up some serious runs, not to mention, Carlos Pena and Percival arre both back off the DL.
The Rays have just taken over first place over Boston and that won't be changing anytime soon.

Bet on the Tampa Bay Rays

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LA Angels vs Oakland A's
Garland -Smith

This guy offered me a straight up $1000 bet that the A's are gonna win the division.......Like HELLO!
The Angels main threat, Seatle Mariners are 17.5 games back.
Let me give it to you this way: Seattle will finish above the A's at the end of the season.
Garland pitched a gem last time out.

Bet on the LA Angels

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Seattle Mariners vs Toronto Blue Jays
Dickey - Halladay

Seattle has won 5 of their last 6.
Dickey last time out, blanked the Mets over 7 innings.
He has a much easier task today against a struggling Jays team. Halladay just finished getting beat up by the Reds.
The price here is way too high!

Bet on the Seattle Mariners

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