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08/27/2010 - St. Catharines, ON (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - American Kane Hanson posted a six-under 64 on Friday to move in front at the halfway point of the Canadian Tour Championship.
Hanson finished 36 holes at St. Catharines Golf & Country Club at 10-under-par 130 and is one stroke ahead of Devin Carrey, who fired a seven-under 63 on Friday.
First-round leader Kris Wasylowich only managed an even-par 70 in round two and fell into third place at minus-eight.
Hanson began the second round on the 10th tee and bogeyed his first hole of the morning. He parred the 11th, but atoned for the error with four birdies in a five-hole stretch from the 12th to reach seven-under par for the championship.
Hanson parred his first three of his second nine, but birdied the par-three fourth for the second time in as many rounds. He rattled off three straight pars, but birdied his last two for the second-round lead.
This is Hanson's rookie season on the Canadian Tour and is he winless thus far in his 2010 campaign. He's played eight events this season, but made only two cuts. Hanson's best finish was a tie for 10th in mid-April at the Mexican PGA Championship.
Aaron Goldberg, the leading money winner this year on the Canadian Tour, shot a three-under 67 Friday and is tied for fourth place with Stuart Anderson (63) and Jose de Jesus Rodriguez (65).
Rodriguez fired a 10-under 61 last Saturday to take the 54-hole lead of the Seaforth Country Classic, but failed to sign his scorecard and was disqualified.
NOTES: The tournament purse is $325,000 total, the largest in Canadian Tour history...Defending champion James Love struggled to a seven-over 77 and missed the cut by eight...The cut fell at even-par 140.
<< SMU signs Jones to extension
Dallas, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - SMU head football coach June Jones has
signed a two-year contract extension that will keep him with the school
through the 2014 season.
The Mustangs finished 8-5 under Jones last year and e
<< Day leads Barclays; Woods struggles
Paramus, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Australia's Jason Day posted his second
consecutive four-under 67 on Friday to take the second-round lead at The
Barclays.
Day, who earned his first PGA Tour win earlier this season at the Byron N
<< Rams WR Avery out for season with torn ACL
St. Louis, MO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - St. Louis Rams wide receiver Donnie Avery
will miss the entire 2010 season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his
right knee.
Avery, who departed after recording two catches for 48 yards in th
<< Real Madrid ready to dethrone Barca in La Liga
Barcelona, Spain (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Real Madrid had an incredible season last
year, but still finished three points behind Barcelona in Spain's La Liga.
The nine-time Champions League winner spent nearly $400 million last
offseason,
but n
Report: Dodgers put Lilly on waivers >>
Denver, CO (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Lefty Ted Lilly is reportedly the latest
Dodger to be put on waivers, according to a FOX Sports report.
The move can only be viewed as part of a larger plan by general manager Ned
Colletti of protect
Woodland leads by two in Tennessee >>
Farragut, TN (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Gary Woodland fired a seven-under 65 Friday to
grab a two-stroke lead after two rounds of the Knoxville Sentinel Open.
Woodland, who split time between the Nationwide and PGA Tours this year,
completed 3
Twins acquire P Fuentes from Angels >>
Seattle, WA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The Minnesota Twins have acquired left-handed
reliever Brian Fuentes from the Los Angeles Angels in exchange for cash or a
player to be named later.
Fuentes was 4-1 with 23 saves and a 3.52 earned run aver
Wie still three clear in Canada >>
Winnipeg, MB (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Michelle Wie posted a three-under 69 Friday to
maintain her three-stroke lead after two rounds of the Canadian Women's Open.
Wie completed 36 holes at 10-under-par 134. She is looking to pick up her
secon
In any football or basketball game (the main sports that use point spreads) there are two teams playing against each other.
Those teams, though, are rarely exactly evenly matched – meaning that typically one team has a better chance than the other to win the game. If bettors were allowed to bet on who was simply going to win the game, smart ones would obviously bet on the better team (likely winning more than 50% of the time in the process).
If winning were that easy the Las Vegas and online sportsbooks would stop taking any bets! This is where the point spread comes in: the basic function of the point spread is to balance the likelihood of each team “winning” by adjusting the final score by the point spread. After this adjustment is made you get the Against The Spread result (ATS result for short).
Let’s look at Super Bowl XXXIX, New England Patriots vs. Philadelphia Eagles. Most people believed the defending champ Patriots to be the better team – so if betting were simply based upon which team would win the game, an uneven majority of people would have wagered on New England. But, by using the point spread, the bookmakers adjusted the terms of the bet, evening the proposition so about half the people believed the Pats to be the smart bet, while the other half considered Philly to be the smart bet.
New England Patriots -7 vs. Philadelphia Eagles
The better team, called the Favorite, is expected to win the game and must “give” or “lay” points to the weaker team. The favorite is listed with a minus sign and the number of points they are favored by (e.g., New England -7)
In the case of our example, New England must not only win the game, but they must win by more than 7 points for Pats bettors to have a winning ATS result. An Eagles bettor wins his bet either if:
There was also the possibility that the final score could land exactly on the spread number (for example, the Pats winning 28-21 when -7), which is called a “push” or “no action” and a refund is then issued to bettors of both teams.
The same game with the same point spread can be considered from the weaker team’s perspective: The Underdog (Philly in the case of our example) is not expected to win the game and online football betting thus receives or “gets” points given by the stronger team. When a game is stated from the underdog’s perspective the team is listed with a plus sign and the number of points they are underdogs by:
Philadelphia Eagles +7 vs. New England Patriots
Keep in mind that Philadelphia +7 and New England -7 is the same point spread on the same game, simply stated differently. The first is from the underdog’s perspective; the later is from the favorite’s.
Not a must, but for some a mathematical approach is insightful. You can determine the ATS winner by either:
Let’s look at the actual result of Super Bowl XXXIX: New England 24 Philadelphia 21
The favorite, New England, won the game but not by more than the point spread they were favored by (7), so the ATS result was a LOSS for Pats bettors.
Looking at it from the underdog’s perspective, Philly did not win the game, but they lost by less than the point spread (7), so the ATS result was a WIN for Eagle bettors.
Mathematically considered, 24 for the favorite Pats minus 7 equals 17, which is less than the 20 the Eagles scored, so the underdog Eagles win the ATS result (or you could figure 20 plus 7 equals 27 for the Eagles, which is more than 24 for the Pats).
Emily’s boyfriend understood the point spread and wagered $100 on the Eagles at +7. The Eagles may not have gotten a Super Bowl ring, but since they won the ATS result Emily’s boyfriend cashed his bet – giving him money to take her out to a nice dinner.
And now hopefully you understand how to read point spreads, putting you one step closer to joining the fun of sports betting.
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