22nd May 2006, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: Jan 1970
Location: Mt Tamborine
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Originally Posted by La Mer
There are some misguided posts on the advantages of place betting & this is just another one. Betting styles are a horses for courses situation - one size does not fit all.
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I had six bets on Saturday, five place bets & one lay bet. All proved successful. Had those place bets been win bets then there would have been only one winner paying $2.20 and a winning day would have been a losing one.
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Paragraphs like the second one here are what make misguided posts methinks. If you had wanted to have five win bets I'll wager (taking an each way hedge of course) that you would have picked your horses differently. In which case the "Had those place bets been win bets" is a silly thing to say.
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