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Old 08-24-2007, 10:59 AM
hockey2315 hockey2315 is offline
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I think something that definitely needs to be taken into consideration is the growth of other betting pools @ Ellis since the 4% take-out was implemented. I would expect pool growth in many or all bets in races involved in the pk 4. If someone gets knocked out of the pick 4 in the first or second leg chances are they will probably bet on races in the rest of the sequence because they must have had some bet-worthy opinion of those races and we all know how frustrating it can be when you cap for hours and drop a good amount of money into a serial bet and get knocked out early.

I also don't think that Ellis's seeming lack of success with the pk4 is indicative of how lower take-out would be welcomed industry wide. I am certain that if NYRA did the same thing the pools would grow exponentially. There could be 1% take-out and I probably wouldn't play the Ellis pick 4 because I just won't dump that kind of money into a pool at a track that I have no experience at. I admire what Dunbar and others are doing by playing the Ellis pk4 but I think that until the major tracks find some reason to lower take-out, experiments at lower level tracks won't provide any incentive to or evidence that lowering the vig is a good move from a business perspective.
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Old 08-24-2007, 11:05 AM
SniperSB23 SniperSB23 is offline
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I threw in a small ticket for my good deed of the day:

1,3,WT,2,3,7,WT,1,WT,4,7
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Old 08-24-2007, 11:52 AM
ArlJim78 ArlJim78 is offline
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i haven't done well yet at Ellis either, but I haven't chalked it up to anything other than my own lack of experience there. i have made several easy mistakes that i only caught after the fact. its not like i have a background of experience playing there so its a little new. and since i've only played pk4's, those are also not wagers that are a cinch anywhere.

what i can say is that it seems to play as fair as anywhere else, i'm by no means throwing in the towel and will be better prepared for the next meet since I think this one is about over.

its like any other track with cheaper stock, you have to dial in your handicapping accordingly.
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