What Hook means
The hook refers to the half-point attached to a spread or total, as in -3.5 - "the hook" specifically means that extra half point. It exists to eliminate pushes, and landing on the wrong side of the hook by a single point is one of the most common sources of a bad beat.
Key points
- The hook refers to the half-point attached to a spread or total, as in -3.5 - "the hook" specifically means that extra half point.
- It exists to eliminate pushes, and landing on the wrong side of the hook by a single point is one of the most common sources of a bad beat.
Example and context
In practice
It exists to eliminate pushes, and landing on the wrong side of the hook by a single point is one of the most common sources of a bad beat.
Related glossary terms
These terms sit in the same part of the betting vocabulary and are useful to read next.
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