Jai-Alai Question of the Week


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Re(1): #77 - Do late-gamers play more 'true to form'?

Posted on February 4, 2005 at 01:57:30 PM by Jim

The later games at Dania and Miami are actually tougher to call. So when Goicoetxea does not win game 12, which he does, amazingly, almost 50% of the time, it's a slight toss up as to who will win it. No one else has a domination on who wins 2nd most.

Overall, the earlier games to me are easier to pick, simply because there are usually several players who you can generally count on not to do much at all, if anything. Then the basic players who can just catch and return t take over and win the most.

At Miami, you see this from Orbea and Borja a lot, paired with any backcourter...they win at a nice clip.

At Dania, when he played earlier games, Erkiaga II was not flashy, just very good at catching and he won very well with just about any frontcourter, and that made it easier to pick him in those games. Same with a few other early gamers at Dania.

Granted, I will take Irastorza with anyone at Miami to win, but the earlier games tend to suit me better, especially decent teams in post 1 and 2.

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