Sports Gambling Radio - By Bangthebook

With so much uncertainty out there in the sports world and in the world in general, it can be a little bit tricky to figure out what to focus on in a betting sense. Surprisingly, that wasn’t the case on today’s edition of The Bettor’s Box, our MLB betting podcast. Host Adam Burke had a lot to talk about and a lot of different things to say about what he looks for when betting on baseball and injury updates for Spring Training. Adam discussed which Spring Training stats matter and which ones have some actual use as we head into the regular season. There are a few pitchers that stand out and Adam made sure to mention those and whether or not he believes what he is seeing.That led to a discussion about stabilization points and why Adam uses the stats that he does in order to handicap games, including a discussion on ERA, BABIP, and LOB% and what makes them stats that are so conducive to betting on or against pitchers. He also talked about some updated injury situations for Spring Training and what their potentia

On the Wednesday March 11 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Wes Reynolds of VSIN for this week’s Wednesday Wagering segment. Adam and Wes spent some time talking about the Big Ten Tournament, the Big East Tournament, and the Players Championship.With a bevy of picks, predictions, and helpful betting tips, Adam and Wes broke down the field in Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament, hit on the Big East Tournament at Madison Square Garden, and talked about the Players Championship down at TPC Sawgrass, including some guys whose names we have heard multiple times this week on the show.

On the Wednesday March 11 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Greg Peterson of VSIN and the Hoopin’ With Hoops podcast to chat about conference tournament games for the Wednesday night card and beyond. Adam and Greg first discussed the potential impacts of games played in empty venues and how those lines could move.Adam and Greg took a look at a bunch of late games for Wednesday night from the ACC, MAAC, Conference USA, Sun Belt, and the Patriot League, including picks and predictions on each and every one of those games.

On the Wednesday March 11 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Brad Powers from BradPowersSports.com for this week’s Powers Picks segment. Adam and Brad talked briefly on college football and season preparations before spending the majority of the segment on college hoops.Adam and Brad talked in general terms about conference tournaments and then worked some of those concepts through their discussions about the Pac-12 Tournament, the SEC Tournament, and the Big 12 Tournament with picks, predictions, and analysis.

On the Tuesday March 10 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper John Ryan to discuss the Big Ten and Big East Conference Tournaments with picks, predictions, and additional betting tips. Adam and John took a look at the futures prices in order to try and find some good values in that betting market.The guys also looked day-by-day at the tournament to find the teams that match up well against each other and those that don’t in hopes of scoring some ATS wins over the course of the week as well.

On the Tuesday March 10 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brian Blessing, the host of Sportsbook Radio and Vegas Hockey Hotline, to chat about the NHL, golf, NASCAR, and college basketball on the Betting the Board segment. Brian is a jack of all handicapping trades to be sure and that is why we cover so much ground and so many sports on the segments.Adam and Brian started in the NHL with some general thoughts on what has been going on around the league and then a look at the Tuesday night betting card. On the golf side, we have a big one this week with the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass on the Stadium Course. They shared their picks and handicaps. On the NASCAR side, the Cup Series heads to Atlanta for the Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500.

On the Monday March 9 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com and also BetterSportsPicks.com to talk all things conference tournaments. Adam and Kyle ran through a ton of conference tournaments to talk betting tips, picks, venues, money line rollovers, and futures betting.Adam and Kyle hit on the AAC, A-10, ACC, Big East, Big Sky, Big Ten, Big West, Conference USA, MAAC, Pac-12, SEC, Southland, SWAC, and WAC during what was a fast-paced segment chock full of college basketball betting information.

On the Monday March 9 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke talked MLB betting tips for the NL West with the Five and Fly segment to hit on the Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies, Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego Padres, and the San Francisco Giants. Adam spent five minutes on each of the five teams with win total thoughts and analysis.Adam also ran through some recent Spring Training injuries to give some updates on those and what they’re going to mean for the teams.

On the Friday March 6 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Kyle Hunter of HunterSportsPicks.com and BetterSportsPicks.com to discuss five conference tournaments and some general betting strategies on the latest Handicapping the Hardwood segment. Adam and Kyle gave some angles, trends, and systems that have been profitable before diving into specific conference tournaments.The guys hit to SoCon, Sun Belt, Colonial, Summit, and America East tournaments on this segment with some thoughts on the futures odds, some tips and picks for the tournaments, and their predictions for the winners or the teams that carry some decent value from a betting standpoint.

On the Thursday March 5 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by BangTheBook contributor and professional handicapper John Ryan to discuss the Big Ten, the Big East, and a little NBA buy and sell. This is the last weekend of the regular season for the Big Ten and the Big East in advance of the conference tournaments that start next week.Adam and John talked about some of the scenarios in those two conferences, including the Seton Hall situation off of last night’s loss to Villanova, and then looked at the NBA for a little bit of buying low and selling high on the teams in the Association.

On the Thursday March 5 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke gave listeners a new edition of The Bettor’s Box, his MLB Betting Podcast, to take a look at the five teams in the NL Central and to discuss Spring Training injuries from around the league.The Five and Fly segment means about five minutes on each of the five teams in a division and today was the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and St. Louis Cardinals. Adam also looked at several pitcher injuries and how they could impact those guys and those teams going forward.

On the Wednesday March 4 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Wes Reynolds of VSIN for this week’s Wednesday Wagering segment. Adam and Wes talked about Week 5 in the XFL, some conference tournament college basketball betting tips, and this week’s PGA Tour event at Bay Hill, the Arnold Palmer Invitational.The guys had a lot to get to in a short amount of time, but they managed to do it with some quick insights into the XFL, some more detailed analysis of why conference tournament betting is different from the regular season and how to approach it, and Wes’s picks and outlook for the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

On the Wednesday March 4 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Bryan Leonard of WagerTalk.com for this week’s Sports Wagering Talk segment. Adam and Bryan talked in general terms of college basketball conference tournament betting strategies and then focused in on the NL Central and the NBA to round out the segment.The guys gave their thoughts on the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, Milwaukee Brewers, Pittsburgh Pirates, and the St. Louis Cardinals one week after talking about the AL Central on last Wednesday’s show. They also discussed some recent happenings and news and notes from the NBA with about six weeks left in the regular season.

On the Tuesday March 3 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Brian Blessing of Sportsbook Radio and Vegas Hockey Hotline for this week’s Betting the Board segment. Adam and Brian hit the NHL, golf, NASCAR, and college basketball betting markets with a wide variety of picks, predictions, and analysis.On the NHL side, they talked Trade Deadline, the card for Tuesday night, and the futures market. On the golf side, they hit the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill with some picks and predictions. On the NASCAR side, they talked the FanShield 500 at Phoenix Raceway and isolated some drivers to bet. Finally, they discussed college basketball conference tournaments, with a primary focus on the Mountain West Conference.

On the Monday March 2 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Ralph Michaels as a pinch hitter for Kyle Hunter to talk some conference tournaments. With Kyle out sick, Ralph filled in nicely to give general thoughts on conference tournaments vs. regular season betting and some of the conference tournaments that get underway this week.The guys hit on the Atlantic Sun, Big South, Horizon, Patriot, Mountain West, and Ohio Valley Conference Tournaments that all get underway on either Tuesday or Wednesday.

On the Monday March 2 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke shared his insights and analysis on the five teams in the National League East and also looked at some injury news and nuggets from Spring Training. Today’s Five and Fly segment on The Bettor’s Box was dedicated to the NL East with five minutes of thoughts on the Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, and Washington Nationals.Adam also hit on injury notes for the Yankees, Angels, Phillies, and Athletics with some updates on key personnel for those teams.

On the Friday February 28 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by Greg Peterson of the Hoopin’ With Hoops podcast and VSIN to chat some college basketball for tonight, tomorrow, and beyond. Adam and Greg talked about a lot of different games for Friday and Saturday and then shifted their focus to the conference tournaments and the betting strategies with those.Among the games discussed were Texas State/UT Arlington, Wright State/NKU, Penn State/Iowa, Michigan State/Maryland, Duke/Virginia, ASU/USC, Auburn/Kentucky, St. Francis PA/Robert Morris, Austin Peay/Murray State and the guys talked about how conference tournament handicapping differs from the regular season. Thirteen conference tournaments begin next week.

On the Thursday February 27 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke recorded a new edition of The Bettor’s Box, his MLB betting podcast, to take a look at the AL West and some Spring Training news on notes. Adam utilized his new Five and Fly segment to spend just about five minutes on each of the five AL West teams to give some insights into the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels, Oakland A’s, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers.On the Spring Training front, he talked about the Luis Severino and Giancarlo Stanton injuries for the Yankees and key losses for the Red Sox and Phillies.

On the Thursday February 27 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper John Ryan to talk a whole lot of hoops. Adam and John discussed some buy and sell in the NBA on some overvalued and undervalued teams, the Big East, and the Big Ten for this weekend and beyond.The guys focused in on the Big Ten card for Thursday night, including a couple of plays that John really likes. Then the focus shifted to the Big East to discuss this weekend’s action before the guys wrapped up with a little bit of an NBA Buy and Sell segment.

On the Wednesday February 26 edition of BangTheBook Radio, host Adam Burke was joined by professional handicapper Bryan Leonard from WagerTalk.com for this week’s Sports Wagering Talk segment. Adam and Bryan decided to focus on the AL Central with today’s segment as they discussed the Twins, Indians, White Sox, Tigers, and Royals in that order.The guys also spent a few quick minutes on some NBA to discuss the Wednesday night and something that bettors may want to keep an eye on as the regular season winds down.