Okay, so, I’ve been messing around with parlays lately, and there’s this thing called a “push” that I finally figured out. I’m gonna walk you through what I did and what I learned about it, in plain and simple terms, no fancy jargon.
First off, I placed a parlay bet at one of those online sportsbooks. You know, picking a bunch of games, hoping they all hit so you get a big payout. I was feeling pretty good about my picks, had a nice mix of favorites and underdogs. I threw down my money and waited for the games to start.
As the games went on, I was sweating bullets. Some were close, some were blowouts, but in the end, one of my picks ended in a tie. I’m not talking about a soccer tie, but like, the score was exactly what the sportsbook predicted for the spread. That’s what they call a “push”.
Now, I was worried. Did this mean my whole parlay was busted? I started digging around, reading up on what happens when there’s a push in a parlay. Turns out, it’s not as bad as I thought.
- Basically, a push means that specific part of the bet is ignored.
- It’s like that game never even happened.
- The sportsbook just acts like you bet on one fewer game.
So, if you had a 4-team parlay and one pushes, it turns into a 3-team parlay. Your potential payout gets smaller, yeah, but you don’t automatically lose everything because of that one tie.
I learned that this is pretty standard across most sportsbooks. They all handle pushes in a similar way. It’s just something you gotta be aware of when you’re putting together your parlays.
My Realization
It’s not the end of the world if one of your games ends in a push. Your parlay is still alive, just with a smaller payout. You just gotta adjust your expectations a bit. Don’t get scared and think it’s over because the whole bet is lost. It’s just like removing the push one. In the end, I still got a decent payout on my parlay, even with the push. It wasn’t as big as I hoped, but hey, a win’s a win, right?
So that’s my little adventure with pushes in parlays. Hope this helps some of you out there who were as confused as I was!
