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08/28/2010 - New Haven, CT (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sergiy Stakhovsky bested Denis Istomin in the finale of the $750,000 Pilot Pen Tennis event to capture his fourth career ATP Tour title.
Stakhovsky, seeded ninth, rebounded from a first-set loss to take a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 decision over the 15th-seeded Istomin, who was trying to become the first player from Uzbekistan to capture a Tour crown.
The Ukrainian took the final hardcourt U.S. Open tune-up in one hour, 42 minutes and was awarded $93,630.
Istomin, appearing in his first career final, cruised out of the gate by solving Stakhovsky's serve early on and never facing a break point in the swift, 32-minute opening set.
The rest of the match was all Stakhovsky, who converted on his first break chance to go up 2-0 in the second and quickly tied things at a set apiece.
Istomin was the first to blink in the final set, losing his third service game. Stakhovsky held at love on his next two serves at the Connecticut Tennis Center at Yale, then, at 40-30 leading 5-4, hit an overhead winner to come away victorious.
Stakhovsky also titled this year in Den Bosch and has never lost a final on Tour.
This was the first meeting between the two finalists.
The U.S. Open, tennis' fourth and final grand slam of the year, commences on Monday.
<< Brown, Lions rally past Browns
Detroit, MI (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Aaron Brown rushed for a pair of fourth-quarter
touchdowns as Detroit rallied past Cleveland, 35-27, in preseason action from
Ford Field.
Matt Stafford played three quarters and went 13-of-17 for 141 yards
<< OU's Wilson finding new ways to make a difference
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -Corey Wilson may not be able to run out and catch a pass for Oklahoma. Walking can still be a struggle for the receiver who injured his spinal cord in a car accident last year.That doesn't mean he can't make a difference for his
<< Ambrose edges Villeneuve for Nationwide pole at Montreal
Montreal, Canada (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Marcos Ambrose outran Canadian Jacques
Villeneuve in the closing minutes of qualifying to take the pole for Sunday's
NAPA Auto Parts 200 Nationwide Series race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Ambrose,
<< 49ers NT Franklin signs tender
Oakland, CA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The San Francisco 49ers announced Saturday nose
tackle Aubrayo Franklin has signed his franchise tender.
A number of sources have placed the tender's value at close to $7 million for
the eighth-year pro.
Fr
Bengals CB Ghee leaves game >>
Orchard Park, NY (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bengals rookie cornerback Brandon Ghee
was carted off the field during Saturday's preseason tilt with the Buffalo
Bills with an undisclosed injury.
Ghee, the team's third-round draft choice this
Henry's first MLS goal helps N.Y. beat San Jose >>
Harrison, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Thierry Henry scored his first goal in Major
League Soccer and Dane Richards had a goal and an assist, leading Red Bull New
York to a 2-0 win over the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday at Red Bull Arena.
Rich
Fukudome hits deciding blast as Cubs clip Reds >>
Cincinnati, OH (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Kosuke Fukudome hit the game-winning two-
run home run and Randy Wells spun six solid frames as Chicago edged
Cincinnati, 3-2, in the middle meeting of a three-game set.
Fukudome finished 2-f
Langer leads Price by one at Boeing Classic >>
Snoqualmie, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Bernhard Langer fired a nine-under 63 in
Saturday's second round to take a one-stroke lead at the Boeing Classic.
Langer, who has already won four times on the Champions Tour this season,
completed 36 holes
Is there such a thing as a trap game in the NFL?
I once asked that question to Pete Korner, who at the time was office manager and a senior linesmaker for Las Vegas Sports Consultants.
Korner almost ripped my head off. There is no such thing as a trap game, he loudly berated me. It’s a myth. The numbers are made using power ratings, he said.
There are trap games, though. They just might not be what you think. The perception is of a good team, say Philadelphia, laying a small number against New Orleans.
Using the highly-respected power ranking from The Gold Sheet, you’d find the Eagles with a power rating of 4 and the Saints at 8. When you factor the game being played in New Orleans, you could see why the line opened so short at less than a field goal.
For some, this makes it enticing to take the Eagles. That’s not a real trap game, though.
A real trap game, says professional gambler Dave Malinsky, is thinking you’re getting value betting a bad team, which brings us to the Oakland Raiders-Denver Broncos matchup.
The Raiders are +15 in this long-standing division rivalry. Denver is on a short week having dispatched Baltimore Monday. However, the Raiders haven’t covered the spread their last 10 games.
Many bettors don’t trust the Raiders to give a full effort. Few think much of Art Shell and his Oakland’s coaching staff.
So oddsmakers have to do something to make Oakland attractive if they hope to get equal action.
Now Malinsky is a value shopper. But he won’t touch the Raiders even getting more than two touchdowns.
“I try to eliminate the undisciplined, unfocused teams because they’re the ones most likely to suffer the bad beats,” he said.
Near the top of Malinsky’s list of stay-away teams is the Miami Dolphins, who have yet to cover a spread this season.
“Whatever you think of Nick Saban, you have to look at the penalties and turnovers,” Malinsky said.
It’s easy to point out the Dolphins failed to get the money this past week against New England because Olindo Mare missed a field goal and had another field goal blocked. But even though the Dolphins outgained the Patriots, 283-213, they committed eight penalties.
Bad teams not only cost themselves victories, but pointspread covers as well. The Arizona Cardinals and Green Bay Packers are two more examples.
The Cardinals couldn’t have been in a better position this past Sunday, up 14-0 at home against a mediocre Kansas City Chiefs squad. But they couldn’t hold it. The Packers got a push against St. Louis, but also could have won losing by three when Brett Favre fumbled at the St. Louis 11-yard line with 44 seconds left.
“The Packers were in a position to beat Philadelphia, too,” Malinsky said. “But they couldn’t even cover double digits.
“These teams just make mistakes and it costs you … they always will look good from a value standpoint. They really will. But that’s the trap.”
Houston and Tennessee rank among the six-worst teams. Malinsky wouldn’t be afraid to take either of these teams, however, if the price were high enough.
The Texans are bad, Malinsky said, but they have some discipline. The Titans showed they could not only come up with an outstanding game plan, but execute it as well, losing by one to the Colts on the road as an 18 ?-point underdog this past Sunday.
“Jeff Fisher is a worker,” Malinsky said of the Titans coach. “I’m not sure how hard Art Shell wants to work when he gets out of bed.”
Fisher, though, could be out as Tennessee coach after this season. Is he still worth backing in the right spot, with the right price, as a lame duck coach?
“It’s in his nature to keep working hard and not worry about any possible lame duck status,” Malinsky said. “He’s coaching for his resume.”
Note: Monday night game will be picked Monday. Lines used are from football betting lines.
The most popular sports to bet on are NFL and college football along with NBA and NCAA basketball. There are multiple betting opportunities within those sports, beginning with the basic wager on a game’s outcome (also called betting the side). College Football Point spreads are used in both football and basketball in an attempt to even the attractiveness of each team in a match-up. ( See our article detailing how and why point spreads are made)
But you could also simply bet on the money line, or straight-up winner of the game. Oddsmakers use the money line so that more money must be risked on the favorite or expected winner and less money on the underdog to balance the action on both sides. While money line gambling is an attractive option for football and basketball bettors who only care about picking a winner, it is the primary option for those bettors who enjoy wagering on MLB baseball and individual sports like boxing, tennis, golf and racing events such as NASCAR. ( More details on playing the Money Line)
Another bet across all major team sports including football, basketball, baseball, and hockey involves wagering on the amount of scoring in a game, called an Over/Under total. For example, the Over/Under total on Super Bowl XXXIX was 48, which means a bettor could wager whether there would be more or less than 48 points scored by both teams combined in the game.
The final score of Super Bowl XXXIX was 24-21; the scoring of both teams added up to 45, which means the game went Under . So Under bettors won, and Over bettors lost.
Sports gambling doesn’t end there. Betting sides and totals are the most common wagers available everywhere, but many sportsbooks also offer future bets on big upcoming events like who will win next year’s Super Bowl and what movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.
The main advantage of futures is that you can get appealing odds by betting far in advance. For example, with NFL futures you often can get much higher odds on a team by betting before the season even starts. A NFL future bet on a team to win the Super Bowl odds might be 20/1 in the preseason; but by midseason, their odds might decrease to 10/1 if they turn out to be legitimate championship contenders.
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