{"id":12077,"date":"2009-07-20T10:04:13","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T15:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=12077"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:23:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:23:58","slug":"gambling-analysis-200709","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/handicapping\/gambling-analysis-200709\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Burns: Bad Beats July 20th"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bad Beats: Deeper, trendier than ever <\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/302\/Ben%20Burns\/AF23_15\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Ben Burns\" src=\"http:\/\/sportscapping.com\/new\/cache\/capper_photos\/302_service_photo.gif\" alt=\"Ben Burns\" width=\"60\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ben Burns<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Last week \u2018s Bad Beats column either spawned the most intellectual conversation ever had in a Sports betting forum or the dumbest, depending how you look at it.<\/p>\n<p>To quickly summarize, some of you believe there is no such thing as a bad beat. A loss is simply and ultimately a bad bet.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Others believe you can make a good bet but suffer a bad beat. When this happens, you believe that although you lost, you were on the side that will win significantly more times than not in that situation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/302\/Ben%20Burns\/AF23_15\"><strong>CLICK HERE NOW TO VIEW BEN BURNS\u2019 WEEKLY PICKS \u2014&gt;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wgmg.co.cr\/aspx\/affiliateStoreClick.aspx?ID_SC=1445&amp;ID_I=505\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 1px; border: 3px solid #ffffff;\" src=\"http:\/\/banners.wgmg.co.cr\/aspx\/affiliateGetImage.aspx?ID_SC=1445&amp;ID_I=505\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a deep debate, which will continue for at least two eternities.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, last week\u2019s sports slate wasn\u2019t nearly as deep and didn\u2019t produce any particularly bad beats that at least jumped out at us.<\/p>\n<p>If they\u2019re really feeling fussy, National League backers can lament Carl Crawford\u2019s home run-thwarting catch.<\/p>\n<p>Tom Watson leaving an eight-foot putt to win the British Open short surely hurt some. (How can you leave it short?!)<\/p>\n<p>Other than that, it was Dullsville at Bad Beats Central.<\/p>\n<p>But, as always, if you got hosed on a game this week, feel free to vent.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, let\u2019s throw out this question as kind of a follow up to last week\u2019s debate.<\/p>\n<p>Which trends, if any, do you most often use in your handicapping?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Sportsbooks\" href=\"\/sportsbooks\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SICK OF SHITTY NO-PAY SPORTSBOOKS?? CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR SPORTSBOOKS THAT ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS (and we stand by as the BEST of the best)!!!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Game-to-game variables make the majority of trends irrelevant. And if you\u2019re one of those who believe games are not connected in any form than you believe no trend adds value to either side.<\/p>\n<p>The other side believes there are plenty of trends out there with value. But which ones are they?<\/p>\n<p>Which side are you on?<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>David Payne writes for Ben Burns.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>==========================================<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/respsportscapping.php?capper\/capper\/302\/Ben%20Burns\/AF23_15\">Click here to See More from Ben Burns &#8211; Including His Free Picks + Expert Selections &#8211; Grab 1 Month Of Picks For Less Then $400 Today!!! &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time for another Bad Beat article by expert handicapper Ben Burns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[551],"tags":[15179,2390,9155,9147,9144,9146,1646,9163,10750,66513,1311],"class_list":["post-12077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handicapping","tag-baseball-handicapping-tips","tag-ben-burns","tag-ben-burns-free-picks","tag-ben-burns-handicapping","tag-ben-burns-picks","tag-ben-burns-predictions","tag-betting-analysis","tag-experts-picks","tag-gambling-analysis","tag-handicapping","tag-wagering"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12077"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102362,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12077\/revisions\/102362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}