Bridgejumper Alert - Twitter Service

[stu]

Y'all,

I have just created 'Bridgejumper Alert' Twitter Service. This will be a free community.

The @bridgejumper Twitter account can be followed at http://twitter.com/bridgejumper.

In order to prevent spam tweets, I have made the account protected. You will have to request of me approval to follow @bridgejumper. At least once a day I will check the queue of approvals. I will approve every request. Spam tweets and/or tweets unrelated bridgejumping alerts will recieve a warning message. Accounts will receive 2 warnings and be blocked on the third offense.

The @bridgejumper Twitter account has been configured as a group tweet. Members who are following @bridgejumper can broadcast a message to the whole group by sending a direct message to the group's Twitter account.

For this to work well to compete against the bridgejumpers, followers will have to be active - the price of being free. If the followers are passive, this will not work. The philosophy will be like a 'neighborhood watch.'

Bridgejumper Alert Process:

1. Identify a bridgejumper opportunity
2. Login to Twitter
3. Send a Direct message to @bridgejumper

We will need to establish what is considered a bridgejump so we don't have too much noise. We could try to decide on a concensus in this thread. As a starting point, I suggest the following guidelines: the bridgejump horse has greater than 75% of the show pool with at least $10,000 bet to show on him.

stu

[lamboguy]

Originally Posted by stu

Y'all,

I have just created 'Bridgejumper Alert' Twitter Service. This will be a free community.

The @bridgejumper Twitter account can be followed at http://twitter.com/bridgejumper.

In order to prevent spam tweets, I have made the account protected. You will have to request of me approval to follow @bridgejumper. At least once a day I will check the queue of approvals. I will approve every request. Spam tweets and/or tweets unrelated bridgejumping alerts will recieve a warning message. Accounts will receive 2 warnings and be blocked on the third offense.

The @bridgejumper Twitter account has been configured as a group tweet. Members who are following @bridgejumper can broadcast a message to the whole group by sending a direct message to the group's Twitter account.

For this to work well to compete against the bridgejumpers, followers will have to be active - the price of being free. If the followers are passive, this will not work. The philosophy will be like a 'neighborhood watch.'

Bridgejumper Alert Process:

1. Identify a bridgejumper opportunity
2. Login to Twitter
3. Send a Direct message to @bridgejumper

We will need to establish what is considered a bridgejump so we don't have too much noise. We could try to decide on a concensus in this thread. As a starting point, I suggest the following guidelines: the bridgejump horse has greater than 75% of the show pool with at least $10,000 bet to show on him.

stu

i think this service is a great idea for the tracks and adw's. it is the most innovative way to create more business for track handles in years. much better than pick 4's or pick 6's. anytime you can bring a smaller bettor into the game will alway's be good for racetrack handles.

[Roghaltz]

Thanks for doing this. I will try to chip in.

Roghaltz

[lamboguy]

Originally Posted by Roghaltz

Thanks for doing this. I will try to chip in.

Roghaltz

why should you chip in, the racetracks and adw's will make a ton of money on this idea.!

[W2G]

In the wake of Indian Blessing's run out this idea is compelling.

Questions for anyone who might know or have an educated guess...

Who are these jumpers? Are these syndicates or a bunch of independent agents?
What is their strike rate? I'd have to assume that it is remarkably high, otherwise they would figuratively "jump" and fade away. Only the rare "run outs" get any kind of publicity.

[Cadillakin]

Originally Posted by W2G

In the wake of Indian Blessing's run out this idea is compelling.

Questions for anyone who might know or have an educated guess...

Who are these jumpers? Are these syndicates or a bunch of independent agents?
What is their strike rate? I'd have to assume that it is remarkably high, otherwise they would figuratively "jump" and fade away. Only the rare "run outs" get any kind of publicity.

I don't think there are any legitimate players or syndicates making money that way in the West. I'm aware of any minus pools or very inflated show prices... I see indications of this type of play very rarely..

I think they are mostly misguided souls, perhaps in some kind of trouble.. or just plain stupid... Two of them that I'm aware of, both at Hollywood Park involved some form of embezzlement from employers.. One of them shot and killed himself in the parking lot afterwards.. His wasn't that big of a loss.. about 40k we figured he bet..

The other I knew about because he stole the money from one of my friends companies.. His bet was a 100k.

[dutzman]

This is great! Thanks for the service!

[njcurveball]

This person has protected their updates.

[stu]

Originally Posted by njcurveball

This person has protected their updates.

In the 3rd paragraph of the first post in this thread, I said why I protected the updates.

Now there are 11 members of the @bridgejumper group tweet.

[Sid]

If Barack Obama can twitter a stadium full of voters during an election campaign, this group can easily twitter a minus pool into just another bad show bet.

Originally Posted by stu

Bridgejumper Alert Process:

1. Identify a bridgejumper opportunity
2. Login to Twitter
3. Send a Direct message to @bridgejumper

We will need to establish what is considered a bridgejump so we don't have too much noise. We could try to decide on a concensus in this thread. As a starting point, I suggest the following guidelines: the bridgejump horse has greater than 75% of the show pool with at least $10,000 bet to show on him.

stu

Very good idea Stu. Are you using GroupTweet.com for this?

Maybe I can eventually help out with Process #1, and write some code that parses the Tote Board to look out for bridge-jumpers.

For those new to Twitter, I would highly recommend using a desktop client (Adobe AIR) that alerts you for new tweets and direct messages (DMs). The two I use are Twhirl (to receive alerts) and Seesmic Desktop (to view multiple twitter streams simultaneously).

A last tip is that clicking "Followers" on @bridgejumper's Twitter profile, you'll see who else is following and is a good way to build a horseracing-related network on Twitter.

I'll retweet this later in the day and link to this post. Expect quite a few requests I imagine.

http://www.twitter.com/robinhowlett

[stu]

Originally Posted by RobinFromIreland

Very good idea Stu. Are you using GroupTweet.com for this?

Yes

[stu]

The Twitter "Accept" and "Block" buttons are very close to each other. If you weren't 'accepted' them private message me here on paceadvantage and I will fix it.

[cmoore]

Suffolk race 4...Bridgejumper on the 3

[Bison]

Originally Posted by cmoore

Suffolk race 4...Bridgejumper on the 3

The 3 paid $2.20 to show. No one jumping off any bridges today at Suffolk.