How To Win The Pick 6

[aaron]

A new book on Amazon titled "How To Win The Pick 6" by Steven Kolb.
Has anybody read this book ? Do you have any opinions ?

[Overlay]

Here's some promotional verbiage off the Web:

http://thepick6.blogspot.com/2009/04...-pay-only.html

[maxwell]

I have the perfect name for a Pick Six book title:

See Spot Run; See Spot Chase His Tail.

I know because I chase my tail every weekend. But I love it.

[Fingal]

Is he trying to make money by hitting the P6, or is he trying to make money by writing & selling a book with a hook line ?

[DeadHeat]

Not once did he mention how many times he has hit the P6 or if he ever has.

DH

[1st time lasix]

count me a carryover "chaser" ............seem to get four or five out of six fairly regularly. Even have had several live to "hedge' in the last leg. But no life changing scores. Use the ABC approach recommended by Crist in his book. I need to get better.....work harder....get lucky or use more capital..... maybe a combination of all four components. Hope springs eternal!

[beefas]

I Read this book, i think its pretty dam good if you like to chase the pick6, just another tool in the box to add with the others, worth the 20 spot any way..good luck all...................

[riskman]

There is no way I am giving up Credit default swaps. I am sticking with a low risk investment.

I plan to hit it big with Economic and Weather derivatives.

The Obama economic plan is they key---but then there is the saying --when it rains it pours

[Overlay]

Here's the publisher's ad that's currently being run here on PA:

http://www.rhovenpublishing.com/

[maxwell]

The publisher is probably right in saying the only way to play this game is to swing for the fence. The exotic pools of the big races are simply too big to ignore. The SoCal P6 and the Triple Crown are the 'golden geese' of wagering. The Derby superfecta pool was 8 million! The BC P6 averages 3.2 ... which ain't too bad either. Dollar for dollar, the Derby has to be the best wagering prospect in North America.

I've just started playing the SoCal P6 on the weekends. I have a set rule of playing a max. wager of $54 ( 3x3x3x1x1x1 ). I try to keep my singles down to very logical horses - 4/1 max. ML odds. You need logic and value if you want to wander around in this minefield.

It will cost me between 5 and 6 grand to play for a year. But it only takes one modest P6 to recoup that. I could get lucky and do much better.

The legendary bettor 'Nick the Greek' once said: "Betting improves the flavor of living". Believe it ... but DON'T bet money you can't afford to lose.

[bitter]

Originally Posted by Overlay

Here's some promotional verbiage off the Web:

http://thepick6.blogspot.com/2009/04...-pay-only.html

keeping that oaks pk6 in his blog doesn't really give me a great urge to run out and pick up a copy of this

[CBedo]

Originally Posted by maxwell

The publisher is probably right in saying the only way to play this game is to swing for the fence. The exotic pools of the big races are simply too big to ignore. The SoCal P6 and the Triple Crown are the 'golden geese' of wagering. The Derby superfecta pool was 8 million! The BC P6 averages 3.2 ... which ain't too bad either. Dollar for dollar, the Derby has to be the best wagering prospect in North America.

I've just started playing the SoCal P6 on the weekends. I have a set rule of playing a max. wager of $54 ( 3x3x3x1x1x1 ). I try to keep my singles down to very logical horses - 4/1 max. ML odds. You need logic and value if you want to wander around in this minefield.

It will cost me between 5 and 6 grand to play for a year. But it only takes one modest P6 to recoup that. I could get lucky and do much better.

The legendary bettor 'Nick the Greek' once said: "Betting improves the flavor of living". Believe it ... but DON'T bet money you can't afford to lose.

If you could get the winner in your 3 deep fields 75% of the time (doubtful given some of the types of races they put in the pick 6 sequence) and can get 30% winners from your singles, you could still easily go well over a year without ever hitting one of these (55% chance of not hitting one if you play once a weekend). And be careful about limiting your singles to low price horses; with these hit rates, you'll need a $4,600 payout minimum to break even.

Not trying to rain on your parade, just showing how hard it is to play the pick 6 with small tickets.

[Greyfox]

I know that this may sound silly but....
1. You have to be able to win one race first.

2. When you get reasonable at that then you need to get consistent at winning two races and a profit on them..

3. When you are consistently able to win daily doubles and profit from them, it makes sense to move on to Pick 3's....And that's where I'm basically sitting at the moment, although I've won some good Pick 4's.

Most of you are pretty bright so I think that you can see where I'm going with this. Pick 6 players should demonstrate proficiency in the shorter horizontals first before taking serious stabs at it.
Otherwise, it's a silly swing for the fences. Oh, I play the Pick 6, but more as just a fun small bet challenge.

[maxwell]

CBEDO,

I plan on playing Sat. & Sun. I wouldn't want to try to win with high priced singles, that's just looking for trouble. I like to back up my value plays with solid horses, that's why I go with 3.

I like to handicap the P6 even though I can't play through the week. My picks for today were:

3,7
4
7
2,3,7
2
2,5,6 = $36 ... a scratch in the first leg.

My key in the 4th was 4/1 ML but paid $25 to win. Why I don't know? As you can see, there is value in some lower priced horses.

52 weeks = 108 P6. If I can't win even one, I deserve to lose 5 grand.

[maxwell]

Yikes! 52 = 104. Maybe I should forget this.