WNBA · Basketball · Aug 16, 2026 19:00 EDT · avg book margin 5.1%

Phoenix MercuryvsPortland Fire

Mercury–Fire moneyline: Rushbet's 2.88 decimal sits 3.7% above sharp consensus, 11 hours to tip

What happened: Final score: 85–88. The edge paid: the flagged side won, returning +1.88 units on a flat 1-unit stake. The market agreed with the signal: the price closed +3.8% better than where the edge was flagged (positive closing-line value — the strongest sign the edge was real). For the record: the flagged price stayed live for about 11 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 Rushbet2.88Fair price2.78+3.7% above fair

Omenizer detected 53 bookmakers pricing this bet above the no-vig fair near close — this story covers one of them. Members see the full board, live.

The setup — the analysis as published at detection, written 11 hours before start and frozen for the record. The market it describes has since closed; the outcome is above.

At detection—11 hours before Phoenix Mercury take on Portland Fire in the WNBA—a moneyline gap has opened between Rushbet and the consensus built by independent sharp operators. Rushbet's decimal odds of 2.88 price one outcome 3.7% above the fair value those professionals have converged on. The mispricing is accessible at writing; it is a tradeable market dislocation, not post-game analysis.

That consensus fair line derives from 5 independent sharp sources, meaning the benchmark reflects distributed professional judgment rather than any single book's model.

One historically profitable pattern in our Playbook encompasses this signal—its strongest iteration has posted +10.8% ROI on settled bets.

Settled bets in this category—WNBA moneyline at mid-range odds—have accumulated +6.6% ROI across 1437 tracked wagers, establishing a record 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 23 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).