Cashed some nice tickets last out and hopefully we can take that momentum into tonight’s match-ups. Only 3 games on the card.

Parlay #1: Bet $25 to win $172.31

1. Washington (+105) at Tampa Bay

2. Wash/TB UNDER 5.5 (-120)

3. Columbus (+110) at St. Louis

Parlay #2: Bet $25 to win $148.25

1. Columbus (+110) at St. Louis

2. Dallas at Los Angeles (-175)

3. Dal/LA UNDER 5 (+110)

Parlay #3: Bet $25 to win 119.96

1. Washington (+105) at Tampa Bat

2. Wash/TB UNDER 5.5 (-120)

3. Dallas at Los Angeles (-175)

KEEP YOUR BETS SMART!

We still can’t seem to find any luck in the NHL, but still going to stick with the parlays and hope we can get hot down the stretch.  Now that the playoffs are drawing closer, teams that have a chance at the playoffs are really going to start picking it up on the defensive side.  Check out the stat sheets on the far right hand column and you will see that the majority of teams are on an UNDER streak. That trend should continue for the rest of the season and into the playoffs. Therefore, you will see Phil playing many UNDERS for the rest of the year.

NHL Picks for March 3, 2011:

Parlay #1: $25 to win $140.32 WINNER

1) Minnesota/New York UNDER 5 (+105) MIN 3 NYR 1 WINNER

2) Nashville/Vancouver UNDER 5.5 (-145) NAS 3 VAN 0 WINNER

3) Ottawa/Atlanta UNDER 5.5 (-110) OTT 3 ATL 1 WINNER

Parlay #2: $25 to win$130.87 WINNER

1) Montreal/Florida UNDER 5 (+105) MTL 4 FLA 0 WINNER

2) Nashville/Vancouver UNDER 5.5 (-145) NAS 3 VAN 0 WINNER

3) St. Louis/Washington UNDER 5.5 (-125) WAS 3 STL 2 WINNER

KEEP YOUR BETS SMART!

Went 1-1 last night for a small overall loss. Still struggling along trying to put together a nice run. Giving out several small parlays tonight.

Parlay #1 for $25 to win $115.91

a) NY Islanders/Washington Under 5.5 (-110)

b) Montreal at Atlanta (+100)

c) Florida at Carolina (-210)

Parlay #2 for $25 to win $93.75

a) NY Islanders/Washington Under 5.5 (-110)

b) Colorado/San Jose Over 5.5 (-120)

c) Colorado at San Jose (-280)

Parlay #3 for $15 to win $76.58

a) Colorado at San Jose PL (+100)

b) Montreal at Atlanta (+100)

c) Boston (-190) at Ottawa

KEEP YOUR BETS SMART!

Was with Phil yesterday celebrating his birthday at the Rio and suffered a brutal beat as we had parlayed Toronto and the Under 6.  Toronto was up 2-0 entering the 3rd period and was up 2-1 with under 5 minutes left. If you saw the game you know that Toronto allowed a late goal to make it 2-2 and gave up a goal within the first two-minutes of overtime to lose 3-2. Brutal.

Monday Plays:

1. Chicago (-120) at Minnesota for 1 unit. Chicago has won 5 of their last 6 and continue to play very solid hockey. In addition to the solid play you get Chicago at a decent price likely based on the fact they are playing back-to-back road games, but still value there getting them less than -140. Minnesota has not been quite as sharp as of late, but clearly have the ability to play with any team in the NHL.  The teams have met three times this year with Chicago winning 2 out of 3.  This game should be pretty close, but will take a shot with Chicago as I just think they are the better overall squad.

2. Detroit at LA Kings (-120) for 1 unit. Two good teams here and this should be a pretty good match-up. Giving a slight edge to the Kings as they have been solid at home going 16-9, but Detroit has been great on the road as well going 14-8.  Both teams tend to play towards the under in respect to the Kings at home and Detroit on the road so it should be low scoring. The Kings offense has been great their last few having scored 11 goals in their last 3 games. I think they continue to roll tonight and pull out a win at home.

The picks for Wednesday didn’t make any us any money, but that is the way it goes in the betting world.  Looking to get this post started right with some winners on Friday night.

NHL Bets for Friday, February 18, 2011:

Boston/Ottawa OVER 5.5 (-105) for 2 units

NY Rangers at NJ Devils (-140) for 1 unit

Anaheim (+110) at Minnesota for 1 unit

Philadelphia (-135) at Carolina for 1 unit

Anaheim/Minnesota OVER for 1 unit

St. Louis at Buffalo Puck Line (+200) for 1 unit

Comments are always welcome.  I lean towards playing several parlays keying most of the bets off my best play of the night. My biggest bet will be a 2-team parlay, with 2 to 3, 3 team parlays.  I will usually leave the key bet off of one ticket so that I have a chance to break even if my the top bet loses.

Back with some hockey picks.  Living in Vegas you meet some people that do make some decent side money betting different sports and finding good value in games that most people don’t even consider looking at.  I will be posting this Vegas local’s picks whenever they become available to me, which is usually pretty often. He will also follow my standard 1-2 unit bets with some minor deviations if he believes the line warrants a bigger play.

1. Toronto/Buffalo OVER 5.5 (-120) for 3 UNITS! This is his biggest bet year to date in the NHL. (I have been following him since December).

2.  Los Angeles/Columbus UNDER 5 (+120) for 2 units.

3. Pittsburgh/Colorado OVER 5.5 (-120) for 2 units.

4. Washington/Anaheim UNDER (-130) for 1 unit.

5.  Los Angeles vs Columbus (+100) for 1 unit.

6. Carolina at New Jersey (-130) for 1 unit.

7. Dallas at Calgary Puck Line (+180) for 1 unit.

Good Luck.

Overall Loss 8.5 units. (updated 10/24)

Weekly Profit 1 unit. (updated 10/24)

Got back on track last night with 2 wins and a profit of 1 unit. On to Saturday.

1) Rangers (-120) at Montreal for 1 unit.

2) Boston at Ottawa (-125) for 1 unit.

3) San Jose at Atlanta (+120) for 1 unit.

4) Buffalo (-125) at Tampa Bay for 2 units.

5) Columbus (+105) at Anaheim for 2 units.

Good Luck!

Overall Loss 8.5 units. (updated 10/24)

Weekly Profit 1 unit. (updated 10/24)

1. Florida at Pittsburgh -1.5 at +140 for  2 units

Pittsburgh 3 Florida 2 Loss of 2 units

2. Minnesota at St. Louis at -145 for 1 unit

St. Louis 3 Minnesota 1 Profit of 1 unit

3. Carolina at Colorado at -110 for 2 units

Colorado 5 Carolina 4 Profit of 2 units

Got to get back on track and I really think I am on the right side of these games tonight!

Good Luck.

Overall Loss 7.4 units

Looking to get back on track tonight.

1. NY Islanders at Buffalo (-120) Regulation Only Bet OT is a loss, 1 unit.

2. Philadelphia (+110) at Florida Regulation Only Bet OT is a loss, 1 unit

3. Boston at Dallas (-125) for 1 unit

4. Vancouver at Calgary (-140) for 1 unit

Good Luck Tongiht.

Overall loss -5.3 units.

Tough way to start the year, but playing the dogs is the way to go and I am sure it will show a profit over the course of the year.

Monday Night’s Games:

Pittsburgh at Ottawa (+110) for 1 unit

Calgary/Chicago over 5 1/2 goals (-130) for 1 unit

Toronto (+155) vs Rangers for 2 units

Good Luck.