20th May 2006, 06:08 PM
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Join Date: Jan 1970
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If you have a system where the selections appear from a formula, if the formula is any good, the only thing that makes sense is win only.
Plausibly such a system doesn't exist.
Crash, whoever you is, you say it right about ratios keeping you stable when using race day judgement. I used 1 to 5 today (one bet it came second) but could not work out what differentiation you were making between 1 - 5 and 1 - 6.
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Originally Posted by crash
The 1/6 win component makes a very small difference when we only collect for the place. At 1x5 or worse, [1x4 or even 1x3] we are looking at a more substantial loss to our place divvy .....
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1 to 5 is 1.20 the place to break even. 1 to 6 is 1.16. When you get down to that level, you aren't talking value and probably aren't betting.
What you are trying to do with ratio betting is keeping your self happy when they run second or third. The higher the ratio though, (if you are betting a percenatge of a bank) the more you cut into your profit when you jag a winner.
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