Place Pick All

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by munster705

Hey Guys

What's up? Long time reader, have not posted in a good while though. I have taken a little hiatus away from handicapping, but have still followed the sport thoroughly. Lately, I have been putting in small tickets for Hollywood's place pick all. How do you guys feel about this bet? Is it a sucker's bet? I have not hit one yet, but I am only putting in $16 - $32 tickets. I like the bet though because it is low risk and high reward.....

In what will be my only non sarcastic post of the day, I personally believe that this is a great bet. It's not that hard to hit and often pays much more than it really should.

I remember on the day Paradise Creek beat out Bien Bien in the Hollywood derby. I didn't play the place pick all as I never really was into those big multi race exotics, but the results made me realize that if I ever did get into those, that would be the best play.

I started the day with two wins, then my top choice ran second seven straight times, then I hit the last race. Nobody ended up going 10 for 10 in the bet, but 3 people won with 9, which paid 17k.

I'm not redboarding btw, my point in this was that I couldn't believe such a formful day, in my eyes anyways, would have paid 51k for this. Many other times I've seen it pay ridiculous amounts too.

Which reminds me of a funny story. My friend Charlie was alive going into the last leg with a single that was about 4/5. The horse had 3 in deep stretch then bobbles badly, causing the jockey to come out of the saddle.

The jock fights his way back up into the saddle without touching the ground and continues to the wire. The horse got nipped at the wire for second.

That had to be the most ridiculous beat I've ever seen.