02-21-2019, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Fort Worth,Texas
Posts: 606
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Originally Posted by LemonSoupKid
What's funny is that I read his book and created a calculator program based off of it, place and show betting, about 20 years ago. Hard to believe.
I can see some inefficiencies arise in certain pools at certain times, but because of what you say, even then it was brutal unless you were going for a triple crown winner at Belmont, where the Place and Show typically pay more, a lot more (haha).
I love the game, but play mostly horizontals now, and usually mandatory payouts only unless I love a 5-6 race segment of a big racing day.
Great thread.
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I did the same thing and still have my TI-95 calculator.
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