Aqueduct Grand Slam

[fpsoxfan]

Originally Posted by hockey2315

I don't really feel like getting into this but here's a quick response-

It pays the same no matter which horse you have hitting the board. I could have 15-1, 8-1, 10-1, with the winner while another guy could have chalk, chalk, chalk, winner and get the same pay-off. So what should I do? Structure my betting around 3-5 shots hitting the board so I can make $35 or actually looking for value in other wagers? Maybe if my opinion was that three chalks in a row were hopeless and thought I had a strong opinion on the winner of the fourth leg I would play it. But how many times in your life have you ever had that opinion? And would that be the best way to profit from it? And I just don't see the appeal of a wager where I have to have four things happen to make a big $30 score. There are much more lucrative ways to turn a low-priced horse into value. It's a total gimmick bet for beginners and maybe that's why the pool netted a whopping $25K today while the PK4 pool was almost $160K.

I'm not really going to piss in your tent Hockey because I see what you mean, but for the money invested, it's not really that bad of a bet. We can argue all day on the specifics behind the bet he made, but I don't see it as a bad bet. Had he cashed? It would have been a great bet. Why? Because he won. I'm not a big Grand Slam Man, but I know some who swear by it.