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make money tailing in survivor?

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Just tail the opposite team when the top survivor make its picks!
 
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Quote Originally Posted by S_A_I_N_T_S:

Tailing won't make you money long term. How do you actually know the capper you're tailing isn't tailing someone else who's tailing someone else? The tailing could go on for several layers, keep that in mind.  Now you're on a play that many people/levels are tailing and have found yourself on the wrong side based on one person's opinion that has spread like wildfire.  

When you put all the time in figuring out a process of who and when to tail, from which contest, w8n on plays throughout the day, and for how much, you could've already developed a process to cap games yourself.   

That's the only way to make money is to build your skill by capping your own games or find a profitable system or 2 and ride them until they shift. Once they shift, you adjust them to make them work best for you based on your level of risk.  


Agree with you 100% Saints .. and thats how we make money.

 
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Posted: #28
Perfecta has the best opinion on this ...........and i tried it for about 6 months by taking the top 3 daily and i had a 47% winning ......no money in that.......but if ya like me ya gotta see for urself.
 
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Posted: #29
tailing doesn't work, I'll tried it. 
 
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Posted: #30
JUST TAIL ME :)
 
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Well... I tailed for a little while at the beginning of the MLB Spring Training Season, but had to stop.  Found out that I am actually pretty damn good at picking my own Spring Training games, so I'm sticking with that.  I actually moved up in the ranks to number 8 overall currently, so I felt that tailing someone else was pointless.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by S_A_I_N_T_S:

Tailing won't make you money long term. How do you actually know the capper you're tailing isn't tailing someone else who's tailing someone else? The tailing could go on for several layers, keep that in mind.  Now you're on a play that many people/levels are tailing and have found yourself on the wrong side based on one person's opinion that has spread like wildfire.  

When you put all the time in figuring out a process of who and when to tail, from which contest, w8n on plays throughout the day, and for how much, you could've already developed a process to cap games yourself.   

That's the only way to make money is to build your skill by capping your own games or find a profitable system or 2 and ride them until they shift. Once they shift, you adjust them to make them work best for you based on your level of risk.  


I agree tailing one guy is a bad idea, but if you use a consensus concept, it can be very profitable.   I ran a Forum Consensus thread on college FB this year and it ended up 33-10 (77%).    Each week I used the picks from 10 - 12 respected cappers in the forum, and a game was considered a consensus play if at least 4 guys were on it with nobody on the other side.   The trick is finding the right guys to include.   I watched the threads for about 4 weeks before I started doing it and I verified the records of each capper I included.    But of course this concept is much easier to do with football because they only play once a week....

 
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Posted: #33

its all true, im 19-6 in my last 25 survivor picks, so i would start betting the opposite of all my picks for the next week

 
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Posted: #34
tailing can be VERY profitable. Take a look at 'MichaelDaurio' in the MLB Preseason Best Play of the Day Contest. Had you tailed after the first week and a half you would have made 11.5 units the rest of Spring Training. Not bad at all.
 
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Posted: #36
theres no way this will work because in wagerline they play everygame on the board most leaders, whos going to bet like that not me.
 
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Posted: #37
huh? i was talking about a contest in which you are only allowed one play per day. that's it. i agree - no way to win betting a ton of games.
 
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I agree mostly w/ SAINTS  the big problem is tracking  you find a good picker or handicapper & start betting 'em w/ whatever system or progression you are using  &  then   BAM you are out minus units waiting for his or her next pick  " & they don't show up" or maybe wait until the last minute to make their pick or picks,  & it's to late for a guy to bet em  THAT's a big problem
 
Figure out something w/ the consensus picks & come up w/ a good system..... is the way to go
 
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Posted: #39
riding other people streaks is a good idea. our you bet against top streaks
 
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riding others streaks can make you money if you manage your money the right way.

 
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how would you suggest one does it?
 
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Posted: #42
ust a thought-
Try looking at the guys past history of picking games. If he doesn't lose more than 2 or three games in a row you might try playing his picks using the Labourchere method.
 
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Posted: #43
im studying something right now....look for a strong capper that las lost maybe 3 or 4 in a row and then start a 3 game chase for a win.
 
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NEVER bet on someone's pick.......make your own bets. I once made 21 $100 NFL bets in a weekend and my bookie told me that I should just put it all in one game, the one he was betting on, a "lock" he said, well he lost $1100 and I went 18-3 and was paid $1470
 
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I tried tailing in Streak Survivor & the monthly wins contest. It seems like when I tail, the person loses. As soon as I don't tail, that person wins. I must be .
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Classof78:

NEVER bet on someone's pick.......make your own bets. I once made 21 $100 NFL bets in a weekend and my bookie told me that I should just put it all in one game, the one he was betting on, a "lock" he said, well he lost $1100 and I went 18-3 and was paid $1470

 

Nice of your bookie to be so thoughtfull.             

 
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I was actually tailing Classof78 back in December. I think I jinxed him, because he was hot until I started tailing him.
 
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Posted: #48
Hey class of 78, when did the NFL have 42 teams ?
 
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Posted: #49
you gotta lotta balls stickbit
 
 
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sorry wrong thread

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