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Re(2): #505 - What is your biggest hit ($$$) ever?

Posted on October 17, 2013 at 11:06:36 AM by Craig G

At the time, I was Jimmy at the bottom of the program.

That's sounds like 'The Dread Pirate Roberts', where the character of 'Jimmy' continues on, played by a variety of different 'analysts'.

Maybe you can share some information on that subject.

For example, whenever the subject of the selectors has come up here, the universal attitude seems to be that their picks don't merit any consideration at all. But I have always believed that an analysis was required. The problem, however, is that online the picks only appear in the PDF programs pages, which means either save them religiously or always extract the picks by hand as you go. That tedious and a lot of effort for possibly nothing, so I never tracked more than a week at a time, which of course is inconclusive.

But I don't automatically assume the selectors opinions are worthless. In fact, I have wondered if their strong consensus (eg 2 wins and P or S) has handicapping value.

OTOH, if their consensus doesn't pan out well, but does depress the odds, then we have a way of predicting underlays well before game time.

So... do you have any record of how 'Jimmy' fared, or general thoughts on selectors at Dania or Miami?

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