Posts by Matthew Bennett5

Just wanted to give a quick shout-out to all those kids who showed up yesterday from god knows where—using whatever sketchy schemes they could find—just because they couldn't snag a ticket for the big rivalry game. Meanwhile, the North Stand was looking pretty pathetic and half-empty 🙏
Next time, maybe try heading over to the South Side—there should be plenty of seats available there if you can actually manage to buy them 🙂

nimbleridge5 said:Look, we were just heading home for Easter breakfast—nobody thought twice about it at the time.
All this just shows how much the Bad Boys have faded from their former glory. Whatever. They can go join the Galaxy fans on a spiritual retreat in Sedona or something—maybe they can pray for a little less beatdown next time.

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David Bishop60 said:Maybe your Real Madrid moved, because mine didn't.
I've seen all those little stunts—moving things north, east, staying put, then south, then back north. Just some acoustic experiments or TV camera angles or whatever.

Nothing to it—just pure Old School.

Dinamo Chicago - Dynamo Kyiv: 1st half Draw @2.10
It's pouring rain out there—expecting a pretty sluggish pace in the first half, probably nothing but scoreless minutes...

NBA:

John Doe - Los Angeles FC: BTTS - No @2.05
Looking at the last 10 matches for both sides—both teams have seen "no" on the BTTS market 6 times. Plus, in their last 4 head-to-heads, they failed to both score 3 times. Just seems like a defensive grind waiting to happen.
Los Angeles FC John Doe 2:0 14.02.2012.
John Doe Los Angeles FC 2:0 18.10.2011.
John Doe Los Angeles FC 1:2 26.12.2010.
Los Angeles FC John Doe 3:0 19.10.2010.

People are the issue, not the systems. If we weren't such a mess, we wouldn't even need rules to keep us from tearing each other apart. At the end of the day, everything boils down to greed, selfishness, laziness, and just plain stupidity. We don't need minor tweaks—we need a complete mental and societal overhaul. It’s easy to point fingers at politicians and act like they’re the sole villains here, but let’s be real: who puts them in office? We do. And we keep doing it, over and over. That says more about our own character than anything else. By voting for them, we give them legitimacy; by staying silent, we basically give them a free pass. The problem isn't just that top 1%—it's the 99% that keeps letting them get away with it.

Arthur Hill2 said:Yeah, because NBA players hang out on this forum too—then they can't handle the pressure when half the users bet against them. Not to mention those guys betting the under who get their feelings hurt and decide to tilt by doubling down on the over just to spite everyone.🙂

I was thinking more along the lines of Murphy's Law, but I guess your version works as a consolation prize.😁

Guess I’m stuck picking one of those guys who basically owns this entire forum—and we all know how much those "experts" actually nail their picks. -.-

Joshua Gonzalez33 said:Waiting until midnight to even post this.

Personally, I thought the value was way too high on the under 180.5 for Philly vs. Chicago. We’re talking two of the best defenses in the league here—I went hard on it. Honestly, it was my only hope for the day since I dumped a massive stack on Miami, and they absolutely gutted me at halftime with those +400 odds. Still, worth a shot, I guess.

Wade 🤦

Our under just went straight to hell... 🙂

Out of 11 bets—3 on player points, 3 on total game points, and 5 on team totals—where SS moved the lines to 1.70/2.00 yesterday, 10 of them hit at the higher odds 🙂

James Taylor3 said:Screw the unders. 🙂

Golden State dropped 39 in the first. 🙏 😠

Cavs are just out here pushing. 🤣

Honestly, I’d probably be better off just waiting for the All-Star break.

For the rest of the season, we’re only playing for the teams actually headed to the playoffs—and the ones who honestly just *think* they're good enough to be there. ☕

Out of 7 pairs, only their unders are screwing me over. 🙂
It’ll get better... eventually.

James Taylor3 said:If only Pinnacle would set the line at -3.5 for the Golden State Warriors as an SS—that’d be the dream. Given how bad they've been playing, the Blazers' terrible form, those back-to-back struggles, their awful home record against the Warriors, and the fact that LaMarcus Aldridge isn't even playing...

I'd probably hammer that. 🙂

They're offering -5.5 at 1.89

Nicholas Chase34 said:Supersport slashed the odds on the Milwaukee - Miami under within ten minutes of them even going live. Crazy. 🙂

Pinnacle has the under 200.5 sitting at 1.97. 🤣

boldgull20 said:I'm with you—who actually looks at this stuff? You gotta integrate what you know, right? Basically, if you've seen an Euler probability function, you realize those two baskets being above or below the line is the only thing that really matters.
http://images.jedsoft.org/slang/modu...es/figure4.png

So, if we're betting the over, is it smarter to take the 199.5 line at 1.82 rather than hitting the 200.5 at 1.91?

Keith Moore21 said:why did the assholes over at SS pull the total points market for the Charlotte vs Clippers game🙂 🙂

Because of you🤷

James Taylor3 said:

30w/30l ; +29,664 units ; ROI: +10.26%

New Orleans - Chicago
Pick: Chicago -9.5

Odds: 1.862

Betting shop: Pinnacle

Unit: 7/10

Expecting an easy win for the Bulls—honestly, they probably should be covering by double digits here.

Respect, 🙏

Houston - Phoenix total points today—SS has the line at 198.5, Pinnacle is sitting at 199.5, and Stanley is at 195.5. You guys think hitting the over at Stanley is actually worth the play?

Taylor Cox12 said:This guy is on a wild 16-2 run—definitely worth keeping an eye on, he's sitting at like 88.88% right now.
My only gripe is that I didn't even hear about him until he was already 16-0, but let's not nitpick.

Just a heads up, this dude was hovering around a 50/50 split last year, so don't go all in just yet...

Casey White13 said:LaMarcus Aldridge drops 22 points with 7 minutes left on the clock. He plays the whole way out. Over 23.5 hits easy. And—screw me. ☕

I've been burned by his overs by just one point a few times too—guy basically stops scoring entirely during those last 10 minutes. -.-

wiredcanyon39 said:Portland had a killer start, but I don't see them keeping this energy up until the end.

I hope you're right—but honestly? I doubt it. 😠