11/08/2008 - Shima Mie, Japan (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Ji-Yai Shin fired a six-under 66 to take the second-round lead Saturday at the Mizuno Classic.
Shin stood at 10-under-par 134 overall, two shots ahead of first round co- leader Mayu Hattori (69).
Jee Young Lee and Shiho Oyama shared third place at seven-under 137 after both players carded rounds of 68 at Kintetsu Kashikojima Country Club. Erina Hara (67) and Eun-A Lim (70) were another stroke further back at six-under 138.
This is the third consecutive event in Asia for the LPGA Tour and its final tournament on the continent this season. It features just three of the top 10 players in the world: No. 2 Yani Tseng, No. 8 Shin and No. 9 Karrie Webb.
Among them, only the leader Shin was competitive heading into the final round. Webb (75) was tied for 65th place at three-over 147, while Tseng (76) was two shots further off the pace and tied for 72nd place.
Shin opened her round with a birdie at the first hole, then made five consecutive pars before making another birdie at the seventh. She posted a 34 on the front nine, then turned it on.
Back-to-back birdies at the 10th and 11th, then the 15th and 16th, gave the 20-year-old Korean her second 36-hole lead on the LPGA Tour.
The last time Shin held the second round lead was in August, when she won her first career major championship at the Women's British Open.
Miki Saiki, who shared the first-round lead with Hattori, stumbled to a 73 on Saturday and dropped into a tie for ninth place at four-under 140 -- six shots off the current pace.
Defending champion Momoko Ueda shot a 74 and was out of the picture at even- par 144. Ueda won this title last year in just her fifth start on the LPGA Tour.
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According to MySportsbook.com, the favorites for Saturday’s Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky are: Curlin (+250); Street Sense (+500); Scat Daddy (+700); Circular Quay (+750); and Nobiz Like Shobiz (+800).
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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 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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