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08/19/2010 - Celadna, Czech Republic (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Shiv Kapur fired a six-under 66 on Thursday to take the first-round lead of the Czech Open at Prosper Golf Resort.
Tano Goya and Peter Hanson are knotted in second place at five-under 67, followed by Richard Bland and Julien Guerrier, who share fourth place at minus-four.
Rick Kulacz, Jose Manuel Lara, Scott Hend, Richard Finch and Clodomiro Carranza are tied for sixth place at three-under 69.
They are all chasing a 28-year-old from India who is winless on the European Tour and 100th in this year's Race to Dubai.
Kapur parred the first hole, a reachable par five, but caught fire immediately after. He birdied six holes in a row from the second, parred eight and nine and made the turn at six-under 30.
The two pars at the end of the front nine showed that Kapur was slowing down. He bogeyed the par-five 10th and the par-four 11th to fall to four-under par for the tournament.
After four consecutive pars, Kapur got back to five-under par thanks to a birdie at the par-five 16th. He took sole possession of the lead with a birdie at the last.
"I was six-under through my first seven holes so it would have been nice to have added some birdies on the back nine," said Kapur. "But golfers are never happy."
Kapur was raving about the golf course, especially since he's not as accustomed to hilly tracks.
"The course is fantastic and the greens are absolutely brilliant. They are rolling beautifully in spite of the rain," said Kapur, who lost a playoff earlier this season at the South African Open Championship. "I've never grown up on courses like this -- I did on flat courses -- but it suits my game as it is not a course that rewards long hitters."
This is one of the last two events to finalize the European Ryder Cup team. After next week, the automatic nine qualifiers will be set and Colin Montgomerie will make his three captain's picks.
One of the players battling to get on to the team is Miguel Angel Jimenez. The Spaniard, who co-designed the course, shot a one-under 71 in Thursday's first round.
"It's not much of an advantage knowing the course as people practice a couple of days and get to know it," said Jimenez, who is eighth on the Ryder Cup points list. "The course is very true and you can see everything. You need to hit it straight to be able to hit the pins as the greens are very fast. That is the key."
NOTES: Defending champion Oskar Henningsson managed a one-over 73 on Thursday and is tied for 50th place...There was a steady rainfall on Thursday, but play wasn't stopped.
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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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