Quote Originally Posted by timgopack:
good job on your 1st posting day.....could you give a rough estimate on wins/losses in a certain time frame like the last few weeks or so??? So do you bet through a sportsbook or just doing it for fun?? If you've been on a good run lately you should have a decent bankroll??
Sorry if its too many questions just like to get an idea of who i'm dealing with
Hope you do well !! Especially if i tail you
and especially so you don't get any of the wound up nut bags i've seen on here when a guy has 1 loss after 100 winners
Thank you, sir.
I used to do this for a living, but frankly, the ups and downs of betting became very destructive on my psyche. The hobby stopped being about the fun and it started becoming a chore, something that I think anybody doing this should avoid at all costs.
Now, I strictly do it for extra money on the side. I like to think (naively perhaps) that I'm a sharp mind that plays with a square's bankroll.
I use several different books, at the moment I'm at Bookmaker after just cashing out from Youwager.
I tend to play dogs a lot, and I keep an eye on a lot of stats guys and I take their projections and compare it to the line the books put out. If I can find a line that's been inflated, even if it's by a point or two, I feel like I can capitalize on that.
Yesterday, the Heat line for example was inflated in favor of the Lakers.
Lately, I've been busy with the NFL playoffs but during the week I play NBA because the high volume of games allows for a lot of profit if you can hit them.
I've been doing pretty well, but I won't count it because unposted plays whether winners or losers don't count. Here's a run down of a few of my plays off the top of my head lately that I didn't post: Portland 2h -7 yesterday (W), Suns +6 (W), Heat-Celts Under 185.5 (W) Warriors ML (L), Heat -6 (W),
those are my last few NBA plays that were not documented on here, so 4-1, not terrible, not incredible.
The key is consistency as far as my unit size and thought process, but losing is inevitable no matter how great a play seems. Just making the right plays in the right spots.
Since bowl week, I would be up big time if I was playing with big units.