WNBA · Basketball · Aug 16, 2026 19:00 EDT

Phoenix MercuryvsPortland Fire

Dabble's totals quote sits 4.0% soft to sharp consensus, 9 hours from tip

What happened: Final score: 85–88. The edge paid: the flagged side won, returning +1.20 units on a flat 1-unit stake. The closing line moved against the signal (-8.2% CLV) — honest note: on this one, the market did not confirm the edge. For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 6 hours after detection before the edge closed.

How it ended, price by price: Phoenix Mercury vs Portland Fire — full match recap with closing odds

Offered at Dabble2.08Fair price2.00+4.0% above fair

This story covers a single signal — right now the member board has 662 live signals across 274 matches, found the same way.

The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 8.6 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.

At detection—9 hours before Phoenix Mercury take on Portland Fire (WNBA)—a totals market gap has opened between Dabble and the consensus built by independent sharp operators. Dabble's decimal odds of 2.08 price this outcome 4.0% below the fair value those professionals have converged on. The mispricing is accessible at writing; it is a tradeable market dislocation, not post-game analysis.

When competing bookmakers are scattered across a wide range of prices, one side of the market is typically mispriced—and the sharp consensus identifies which side that is.

That consensus fair line derives from 75 independent sharp sources, meaning the benchmark reflects distributed professional judgment rather than any single book's model.

This signal aligns with historically profitable patterns in this category. Settled bets in WNBA basketball totals at mid-range odds have accumulated +3.2% ROI across 66 tracked wagers, establishing precedent for how such mispricings have closed.

Dislocations of this magnitude do not persist to tip-off. Historical patterns show comparable edges in this market segment have typically compressed toward consensus within roughly 20 hours from detection.

Historical, aggregate data on settled bets — not betting advice and not a guarantee. Markets adapt; edges fade; variance is real.

AN EXAMPLE OF THE MEMBER VIEW · what members see on a bet like this — shown for a different, already-settled match PRO
Chicago Sky vs Los Angeles Sparks · WNBA · Basketball — flagged side Chicago Sky @ 2.08
92 Omen Score

This is the complete breakdown members get for every live signal. The example below is a DIFFERENT match, already settled — its market is closed, so full disclosure costs nothing. Everything is real except values marked 🔒, which are members-only (decoy digits shown).

Why this bet
+2.9%
Entry edge
+3.5%
Edge near close
+1.1%
Risk-adjusted edge
2.01
Fair price (no-vig)
2.12
Entry odds
Quality
85/100
Confidence
3
Sharp books
Prime signal
Class
Market state: Strong sharp consensus (3+ books) · priced from: Market consensus (no-vig)
Sizing
2.6%
Recommended stake
3.3%
Full Kelly (theoretical max)
Insights
High confidence + meaningful price gap — best risk-adjusted segment.
A sample of bookmakers on this betnear close — every price against the same no-vig fair
BookmakerOddsVs fair
BC.Game2.08+3.5%
betplay2.08+3.5%
rivalry2.08+3.5%
betwhale2.08+3.5%
Heritage Sports2.04+1.6%
Betway2.00-0.4%
FanDuel2.00-0.4%
Bet991.95-2.8%
espn-bet1.95-2.8%
theScore1.95-2.8%
DraftKings1.95-2.8%
BetRight1.94-3.3%
Risk & profitability profile
Heavy favoriteFavoriteCoin flipUnderdogLongshot
2.08 odds → 48% implied win probability
50%
Fair win probability
+7.1% 🔒
Expected ROI (model)
+3.0% 🔒
Cohort realized ROI
The endingthe part only a settled signal can show
Detected Aug 05, 03:20 UTC at 2.12 (+2.9% edge) → fair price at close 2.02 → closing-line value +1.8%
✅ Settled: WON · +1.12 units
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Record settled · last updated Aug 17, 2026 01:32 UTC · How these numbers are made: methodology · the dataset — fair prices shown are margin-free. Spotted an error? Request a correction (include this page's URL).