Finding value as the postseason begins.
August 19, 2022 by Charlie Eisenhood and Michael Ball in Fantasy, Opinion with 0 comments
Hello and welcome to a new frontier in ultimate frisbee: you can legally bet on the sport. That’s right: DraftKings has started offering markets for the AUDL in a growing number of states, although not all states with legal access to the service currently have access to AUDL markets…yet.
This column for subscribers provides weekly AUDL betting picks, our best bets, and game analysis. If you’re new or need to brush up on the sportsbetting basics, check out our introductory entry.
The first round of the playoffs proved fairly surprising, as we missed on our Best Bets. But as we move into the next round, we’ll take those lessons, plus those learned from past playoffs and the whole season to get a better picture of how to bet some pretty tight lines.
Playoff Week 2 AUDL Games
AUS at CAR (-2)1 [41.5]
Keith: The Sol’s Week 6 upset over Carolina has turned to looking anomalous in their body of work. Narrow home wins against the Flyers and Hustle are their best results on the season, but they haven’t replicated that success on the road. And in that marquee win, they had just nine turnovers, well below their 17 turns/g average, and a controversial call in the Sol’s favor ended the game. It’s a positive sign that they also led in the Week 4 tilt, but the talented Austin club hasn’t been able to bring that ability to bear against the best competition consistently. CAR -2
Opened on -1.5 ↩
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