“IF” bets and setbacks
I mentioned last week that if your book offers “if / reverses” you can play them instead of parlays. Some of you may not know how to bet “yes / reverse”. Follow a full explanation and comparison of “if”, “if / reverse” bets and parlays, along with situations where each is better.
A “yes” bet is exactly what it seems. Bet on Team A and IF win, then place an equal amount on Team B. A parlay with two games running at different times is a type of “yes” bet in which you bet on the first team, and if you win Bet double on the second team. With a true “yes” bet, instead of betting twice on the second team, you bet an equal amount on the second team.
You can avoid two calls to the bookmaker and block the current line in a later game by telling your bookmaker that you want to make a “yes” bet. “If” bets can also be made on two games that start at the same time. The bookmaker will wait until the first game is over. If the first game wins, it will put an equal amount into the second game even though it has already been played.
Although a “yes” bet is actually two bets in a row in normal surveillance, you cannot later decide that you no longer want the second bet. Once you make a “yes” bet, the second bet cannot be canceled, even if the second game has not yet fired. If you win the first game, you will have action in the second game. For that reason, there is less control over an “if” bet than over two consecutive bets. However, when the two games you bet overlap on time, the only way to bet one if another wins is to make a “yes” bet. Of course, when two games overlap on time, canceling the second game’s bet isn’t an issue. It should be noted that when the two games start at different times, most books will not allow you to complete the second game later. You must designate both teams when you place the 188bet.

You can make a “yes” bet by telling the bookmaker, “I want to make a ‘yes’ bet” and then, “Give Team A IF Team B for $ 100.” Giving your bookmaker that instruction would be the same as betting $ 110 to win $ 100 on Team A, and then, only if Team A wins, betting another $ 110 to win $ 100 on Team B.
If the first team on the “yes” bet loses, there is no bet on the second team. It doesn’t matter if the second team wins or loses, your total loss on the “if” bet would be $ 110 when you lose on the first team. However, if the first team wins, you would have a bet of $ 110 to win $ 100 on the second team. In that case, if the second team loses, their total loss would be just $ 10 vig in the division of the two teams. If both games win, you would win $ 100 on Team A and $ 100 on Team B, for a total win of $ 200. Therefore, the maximum loss in a “yes” would be $ 110, and the maximum profit would be $ 200. This is balanced against the downside of losing the entire $ 110, rather than just $ 10 vig, each time teams split with the first team on the losing bet.
As you can see, it matters a lot which game you place first on a “yes” bet. If you put the loser first in a division, then you lose your entire bet. If you split but the loser is the second team in the bet, then you only lose the vig.




