Pick 3

[pba1817]

Originally Posted by RockHardTen1985

I'm having a hard time lately hitting my pick 3's. I did well at Gulfstream and maybe I got to cocky or over confident, but I'm slumping bad, and I'm starting to doubt my strategy. Lately I find myself playing a lot of 2-2-1 for $5, or 1-1-2 for 10$.... I'm wondering if I should just be trying to cash tickets at this point and get going a bit before Saratoga?

I would like everyone to discuss there own personal strategy, if they have one. Do you guys have rules you follow? I have always wondered if I should put some rules on paper and stick to them. Things like no more then $30 for a 1$ ticket, no more then 4 horses in a race, maybe every pick 3 you play you need a single in. Things like that. Is that a good or bad idea? Then I ask myself, why set rules? Some of my biggest hits have been 1-2-all plays, or 2-2-all and a 2-2-all would break 2 of my rules. I know a lot of people on this website love the pick 3 and I thought this could be a good discussion. Does anyone have rules they stick to, do you guys just wing it? Do you need a single to attack a sequence? Do you use the all button? Everyone's opinion is wanted, except Indian Charlie. Thanks

Where are you playing your pick 3's at since GP?

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Where are you playing your pick 3's at since GP?

7/11? lol


just kidding ten...

[RockHardTen1985]

Originally Posted by pba1817

Where are you playing your pick 3's at since GP?

Everywhere... Belmont, Aqu and Keeneland mostly... I splash around with Hollywood a bit.
The last big one I hit was when Fly Down blew Drosselmeyer away... I went 5-2-2, I also used Carnivore with Fly Down, tossed the Belmont winner. I cought Lezcano at like 5-1 in first leg, Fly Down, and I went 2 deep in last and ran 1-2 with the MUCH BIGGER PRICE WIRING. I think it was Cayo Hueso...

[pba1817]

Personally, I try to avoid multi race bets... 1 late scratch can ruin you. The turf scratches that happen at Belmont and Aqueduct once spring arrives and turns into summer can be brutal.

Keeneland is a tough track. They have big fields and most races are very competitive.

If I were to play the multi-race tickets, I would try to do so where the fields are fairly large, and void of scratches more times than not.

[Thunder Gulch]

I don't have a rigid set of rules and adapt as needed, but I usually play 3 tickets when rolling for action.
1x3x3
3x1x3
3x3x1

That's 27 combinations with a single in each leg. The single doesn't necessarily mean the most likely, but whatever I like the best. If you can hit 2 of the singles in any 3 race series, you are open to three on 2 of the 3 tickets.