Player props
Softer markets, smaller limits, and where most of the edge lives.
Props are where the money is. There are hundreds per game, they go up later, far less money hits them, and books are genuinely less good at pricing whether a player gets three rebounds or four than at pricing who wins. Looser numbers, longer-lived mispricings.
What comes with that
- Fatter margins. A prop can hold two or three times what a main line holds.
- Small limits. A book may take thousands on a side and fifty dollars on a strikeout total.
- Thinner consensus. Fewer books quote each prop, so the fair price behind it is less certain.
- Scratch risk. A late lineup change can void or gut a perfectly priced position.
Over 300 bets, the difference between the best price and the worst is $338 — on the identical bet, decided by nothing but where you clicked.
How to play them
Shop harder than anywhere else — the spread between books is widest here, so the same prop can be a great bet at one book and a bad one two taps away. Size a little smaller than the suggestion, because the fair price carries more uncertainty. And take the volume: this is the market where a patient bettor placing lots of small bets makes the most money.
One real prop, EV-ranked, so it is the best one on the board rather than a sample picked to flatter. Game lines are capped at three. Premium lifts both.
Props sit on the Props tab and mixed into All. The grade is worked out exactly the same way as it is on a moneyline.
Settings → Fair value weights lets you set a different reference set for props than for main lines, which is worth doing — the books that are sharpest on a spread are not always the sharpest on a strikeout total.
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Why are props softer than main lines?
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Why size a prop below what the suggested stake says?
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Where should you shop hardest?
Props are where the softest prices and the smallest limits both live. Bet lots of them, small.
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