sportsbook week 6: what if?

A weird week in Sportsbook. Yesterday I found out that a co-worker was going to Vegas. I had a spare $20 in my wallet. So now I just had to pick out my real live bets.

My gut instinct was to like the Seahawks -2.5, the Eagles -14.5, and the Lions +13.5. Then I found out how injured the Lions are. So then I thought about the Chiefs +6.5. Not to win mind you, no that would make me happy. But they should at least cover, right?

The problem was I had $20. It's not worth splitting it 3 ways. And I don't like betting on 2 teams. Because I feel like odds are, I'll get one right, one wrong, and I'll lose 2 bucks on the commission. I do like betting on 3 teams, in the hopes that I'll at least get 2 of 3, to make a profit, or at worst get 1 of 3 and not lose too much. But I didn't have $30, so I decided to just put the $20 on one team and see what happens. The Chiefs weren't in my mind any more, just because how easy would it be for the Chiefs and Redskins to be tied at 13 with 2 minutes to go, and then Washington gets a TD to cover the spread by half a point.

So Seahawks as -2.5 or Eagles -14.5? I asked Mark for his advice.

In the meantime I make my decision. I put my money in an envelope with a post-it marked EAGLES -14.5. And I go hand it off to my co-worker.

And as soon as I hand it to him, he says his return flight is Sunday at 4pm. So he can't place the bet since he wouldn't have time to collect, so I took my money back.

I got back to my desk and saw Mark's advice: Seahawks -2.5

So now I have all this hypothetical stuff. A bet that I had essentially placed and then refunded to me. Come Sunday we'll find out what would have happened.

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Time to recap fictional week 3:

I nailed the Giants and Colts and the Titans busted my parlay.

Invested: $200
Currently: $260

But I'm up $60 so far this year.

Week 5: HCsportsbook

LOCK: Eagles -14.5 $40

LOCK #2: Seahawks -2.5 $30

PARLAY: Bucs +3.5 and Jets -9.5 and Giants +3.5 $30