Phase 1: Foundations
Every bet has two parts: the number (spread -3, total 47.5) and the price (the juice, -110). Same side, different price, different bet.
Each play shows a worst acceptable price: "Play up to -105. Don't buy at a price worse than -105." Past that, we pass.
That limit comes from the posted price at our two reference books, Circa and Pinnacle, on our side of the same number. We use the worse of the two. Our working view is that Circa sets the market and other books copy it and adjust. That's a working view, not a proven fact.
If the market moves past the limit, the play is gone. Chasing a worse price is how a good bet turns into a bad one.
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A play says "Play up to -105." The best price you can find is -115. What do you do?
C. Pass. -115 is worse than the limit. Past the limit, the play is gone.
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