Show Parlay

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by jman5581

Round 8 stops right there! Dagummit...


That was a decent little run... I would be curious to see what my win % has been so far. I don't have time to figure it up right now. It's gotta be somewhere in the 50% range. Just betting WIN in short fields might be a more profitable strategy, but this is pretty fun.

Hi jman5581,
I was fooling around with show parlays last year for awhile. I started with $5 and parlayed until I reached $20. At that point I began to wager half of the total, giving me a cushion in case one ran out. It was very tedious and I reached a point where I felt I was letting some decent win bets and pick 3 opportunities get by, particularly when I reached a profit level of $80 and I was losing $40 on a show bet when I could have been investing $40 in a pick 3 using multiple horses. However all said and done I made a small $20 profit and never lost my original $5. I played about 25 races over a 10 day period before giving up.
Good luck on your endeavor, I may start one up again myself.