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10/27/2007 - Port St. Lucie, FL (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The third round of the Ginn Sur Mer Classic was suspended due to darkness Saturday evening with Daniel Chopra and Bob Estes tied atop the leaderboard at 16-under par.
Chopra stood three-under for his round through 11 holes, while Estes was minus-two after 11. Both players hit their tee shots on the par-three 12th -- Chopra to 29 feet and Estes to 24 feet -- before play was halted for the night.
The tournament has been playing catch-up since Thursday when the opening round was halted by darkness. Inclement weather halted the second round Friday and that round was completed earlier Saturday before the third round could begin.
The third round was halted for the day by darkness at 6:38 p.m. (et). Thirty- four players did not complete their third rounds. Players will return to the course at 8:00 a.m. Sunday morning.
Briny Baird and Shigeki Maruyama are two strokes back at minus-14. Baird has completed 15 holes and Maruyama 14. Fredrik Jacobson is also through 14 holes and stands at minus-13.
Cameron Beckman is the leader in the clubhouse at 12-under-par 207 after shooting a six-under 67. He was joined in sixth place by Tommy Armour III, who was two-over through 12 holes of round three.
Estes and Chopra, who have been paired together for each of the first three rounds, traded the lead several times during the third round.
A three-putt bogey at the first dropped Estes to minus-13, one stroke behind Armour. Estes atoned for that mistake with an 18-foot birdie putt on the second.
Chopra also birdied the par-five second, from six feet, to join Estes and Armour in the lead. Estes and Chopra made birdie at the third, both from inside nine feet, to move one ahead of Armour.
Armour fell off the pace with the first of his two double-bogeys. The first one came on the par-three fourth at The Tesoro Club, one of only two par-73 layouts on the PGA Tour schedule.
Chopra missed the fifth green left and could not save par. The bogey dropped him one behind Estes, but there was another swing on the sixth.
Estes bogeyed the No. 6 to slip to minus-14, while Chopra erased his bogey at the fifth with a 17-foot birdie putt to take the lead at 15-under. Estes came right back with a seven-foot birdie putt on the seventh again grab a share of the lead.
That tie was short-lived as Estes dropped another stroke on the eighth. He atoned for that mistake with a birdie at nine that again tied him with Chopra at minus-15.
After Chopra drained a 10-footer for birdie at 11, Estes answered with a nine- footer for birdie to remain tied for the lead. The round was halted after they hit their tee shots on 12.
Charlie Wi posted a five-under 68 and is in a 11-under-par 208. He is tied for eighth with five players who are all still in the middle of their third rounds. Ryuji Imada (15 holes), Kevin Na (14 holes) and Sean O'Hair, Daisuke Maruyama and Jeff Quinney, who have each completed 13 holes of round three, also stand at minus-11.
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at Rent
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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Matt Kenseth And Kevin Harvick Favorites To Take NASCAR Nextel Cup Championship
(September 15)—The NASCAR season has hit the homestretch with the opening event on this year’s Chase for the Cup taking place this weekend at the Sylvania 300 at New Hampshire International Speedway. With 10 races remaining to determine the Cup Series champion, leading online sportsbook MySportsbook.com today announced odds on all 10 Chase qualifying drivers capturing the NASCAR Sprint Cup Championship.
One of the largest sportsbook sites on the Internet, MySportsbook.com currently lists the top two drivers in the point standings as the early favorites to win the Nextel Cup. Entering the Chase for the Cup with a slim five-point lead in the point standings, 2003 NASCAR champ Matt Kenseth has been made a slight favorite to win his second Cup at 7/2 betting odds. 2001 Cup Rookie of the Year Kevin Harvick has betting odds listed at 5/2 and four-time NASCAR champion Jeff Gordon is listed at 6/1 to capture the Nextel Cup this year.
Hoping to follow in the footsteps of his legendary father who won six NASCAR titles, Dale Earnhardt Jr. stands at 8/1 to breakthrough with his first Cup victory. Staying with the family theme, MySportsbook.com lists 2005 Rookie of the Year Kyle Busch at 14/1 to succeed big brother Kurt’s 2004 NASCAR title. While Kasey Kahne was the final driver to qualify for the Chase with a third place finish last week, the oddsmakers give him a fighting chance at 10/1 mainly due to several mile-and-a-half tracks remaining on the schedule. Despite going winless on the NASCAR circuit this season, Jeff Burton enters the Chase at 5/1 to capture the Cup title. Meanwhile, rookie Denny Hamlin is 4/1 to win the championship, while veteran driver Mark Martin enters the Chase for the Cup as a 15/1 long shot to win his first NASCAR title in his 24th and final season.
MySportsbook.com will offer comprehensive Nascar betting lines on every race remaining on the Nextel Cup series including driver match-ups, props and odds to win each race. For a complete list of NASCAR odds, please visit www.MySportsbook.com.
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