Grand Slam a good bet

[zippyneedsawin]

Originally Posted by cloud_break

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When you play this bet, in general, is it better to play more horses in the first three legs in hopes of cashing multiple times, or it is best to spend more on the last??? I know it's tough to answer that question in a vacuum, but I was wondering if you had any thoughts.

Hope you don't mind if I butt in.. So far, I've liked this bet when there's a horse I like to single in the last leg. If you can get to the final leg, you are pretty much guaranteed to get better "win" odds on that same horse than the posttime odds.

Here are three examples:

1) On belmont day, Cacique paid $6.40 to win... the Grand Slam paid nearly $50 for $2 (that's nearly 25-1, instead of 2-1) -- I missed on the 3rd leg, but dang.. nice payer!!

2) Last week, I did a $20 Grand Slam where I singled ALL four legs.. I was alive into the last leg with the 8/5 favorite MUSEEB... the willpay was $70!!!!.. he lost(and so did I), but the winner payout was $200+ for $2 ... If I had "backed up" my bet with an single-single-single-ALL for $2, it would have cost me just another $14... live and learn.

3) See my earlier post that demonstrates how I "learned" from my previous bets!!!


So far, I haven't made a bet where I thought you needed to "spread" in the last leg... if I do, I imagine I will try to single the first three legs instead...