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  • dragon_2K9
    SBR High Roller
    • 01-21-09
    • 106

    #1
    The $350 Experiment
    I just want to see if I have any skills at making picks. I have no 'system' to make these picks. In fact, i'm a newbie and my picks are just gut feeling picks. So here goes.

    Goal turn $350 into 20K... tough but its worth a try.

    i welcome any tips or criticism.

    1/21/09
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    NBA
    (1) parlay (two teams) 23.75 to win 61.75

    cle -1
    cle @ por over 184.5

    (2) Boston -5.5 17.50 to win 15.90

    (3) Parlay (4 teams) 1st half 17.50 to win 161.80

    bos +0
    phoenix -2.5
    new orleans -2.5
    cleveland +0

    NCAA
    (4) parlay (6 teams) 30 to win 31.36

    mich. st ML
    louisville ML
    oklahoma ML
    Connecticut ML
    Wake Forrest ML
    Kentucky ML

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    Current Balance: $350 Current Record: 0 - 0
  • jtnguyen79
    SBR Wise Guy
    • 09-26-07
    • 730

    #2
    good luck to you man 350 buck wow what a small bank roll haha but best of luck to you
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    • dragon_2K9
      SBR High Roller
      • 01-21-09
      • 106

      #3
      Originally posted by jtnguyen79
      good luck to you man 350 buck wow what a small bank roll haha but best of luck to you
      thanks bro. just trying it out without losing much money. if it works out, great! if not, atleast i'll have fun.
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      • wild willy
        SBR MVP
        • 11-20-08
        • 1298

        #4
        Keep it fun and good luck there's a lot of good cappers on this forum
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        • google99
          SBR Wise Guy
          • 01-08-09
          • 592

          #5
          good luck to you...

          couple weeks ago i started out with just 300$ and made it over $1600 within 1 week...again gl
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          • mixpicks
            SBR Sharp
            • 01-09-09
            • 280

            #6
            300/1600 one week huummm
            ...and I thought I Was Good...
            Must Of Hit a 4-5teamer too.
            man i'll give ya 3k one wk. 16000
            What's Your %
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            • Karayilan9
              Restricted User
              • 01-10-09
              • 3742

              #7
              I would'nt put too much on Parlays with a small bankroll, anyway GL!
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              • dragon_2K9
                SBR High Roller
                • 01-21-09
                • 106

                #8
                RESULTS:

                1/21/09
                ----------

                NBA
                WIN (1) parlay (two teams) 23.75 to win 61.75

                cle -1 (win)
                cle @ por over 184.5 (win)

                WIN (2) Boston -5.5 17.50 to win 15.90

                LOSS (3) Parlay (4 teams) 1st half 17.50 to win 161.80

                bos +0 (win)
                phoenix -2.5 (win)
                new orleans -2.5 (loss)
                cleveland +0 (win)

                NCAA
                LOSS (4) parlay (6 teams) 30 to win 31.36

                mich. st ML (loss)
                louisville ML (win)
                oklahoma ML (win)
                Connecticut ML (win)
                Wake Forrest ML (loss)
                Kentucky ML (win)

                1/21/09 = + 30.15

                ---------------------
                Current Balance: $380.15 Current Record: 2 - 2
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                • jtnguyen79
                  SBR Wise Guy
                  • 09-26-07
                  • 730

                  #9
                  an up day is always good congrats and keep it up
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                  • SportsLockPicks
                    SBR MVP
                    • 12-03-07
                    • 3386

                    #10
                    put it all on the celtics ml tomorrow...triple it up on the real quick
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                    • dragon_2K9
                      SBR High Roller
                      • 01-21-09
                      • 106

                      #11
                      Originally posted by SportsLockPicks
                      put it all on the celtics ml tomorrow...triple it up on the real quick
                      thanks for the suggestion... but I'm going to practice some smart money management and take this experiment seriously. Can't put my entire bank roll into one game.
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                      • google99
                        SBR Wise Guy
                        • 01-08-09
                        • 592

                        #12
                        Originally posted by mixpicks
                        300/1600 one week huummm
                        ...and I thought I Was Good...
                        Must Of Hit a 4-5teamer too.
                        man i'll give ya 3k one wk. 16000
                        What's Your %
                        nope, i did not play any parlays at all...guess it was just a lucky week..i double it on first day..went 8-2 with mix bets of $25 $50 and couple of $100 bets..then got another 200$ next day...and so on..
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                        • dragon_2K9
                          SBR High Roller
                          • 01-21-09
                          • 106

                          #13
                          1/22/09 PICKS:
                          ----------

                          NBA
                          (1) parlay (two teams) 10 to win 40.59

                          BOS ML
                          BOS @ ORL over 192.5

                          (2) Parlay (2 teams) 6pt teaser 20.15 to win 13.43

                          BOS +10.5
                          LAL -8

                          NCAA

                          (3) parlay (2 teams) 4.5 pt teaser 50 to win 41.66

                          Georgetown -1.5
                          Butler -5.5

                          ---------------------
                          Current Balance: $380.15 Current Record: 2 - 2
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                          • dragon_2K9
                            SBR High Roller
                            • 01-21-09
                            • 106

                            #14
                            RESULTS

                            1/22/09 PICKS:
                            ----------

                            NBA
                            (loss) (1) parlay (two teams) 10 to win 40.59

                            BOS ML (win)
                            BOS @ ORL over 192.5 (loss)

                            WIN (2) Parlay (2 teams) 6pt teaser 20.15 to win 13.43

                            BOS +10.5 (win)
                            LAL -8 (win)

                            NCAA

                            LOSS (3) parlay (2 teams) 4.5 pt teaser 50 to win 41.66

                            Georgetown -1.5 (loss)
                            Butler -5.5 (win)

                            1/22/09 = - 46.57

                            ---------------------
                            Current Balance: $333.58 Current Record: 2 - 2
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                            • dragon_2K9
                              SBR High Roller
                              • 01-21-09
                              • 106

                              #15
                              Not a very good day today. hmm... Time to try for the fences.

                              1/23/09 PICKS:

                              NBA

                              (1) parlay (two teams) 4pt teaser 333.58 to win 303.25

                              NO +2
                              Cleveland -2.5
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                              • BelieveTheHype
                                SBR Wise Guy
                                • 01-03-09
                                • 747

                                #16
                                lol.. you go from betting reasonably to betting it all on a teaser?

                                and why are playing so many parlays in the first place?
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                                • onlooker
                                  BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                  • 08-10-05
                                  • 36572

                                  #17
                                  Originally posted by dragon_2K9
                                  thanks for the suggestion... but I'm going to practice some smart money management and take this experiment seriously. Can't put my entire bank roll into one game.
                                  What happen to this?
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                                  • onlooker
                                    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                    • 08-10-05
                                    • 36572

                                    #18
                                    You do know that Chandler is OUT, and West is DOUBTFUL for the Hornets? Right?
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                                    • johnnymapalo
                                      SBR MVP
                                      • 06-14-08
                                      • 2999

                                      #19
                                      the guy is getting desperate.. Don't ever get desperate mi amigo. Parlays and Teasers will send you to the poor house quick. Paitience...
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                                      • walbjj
                                        SBR High Roller
                                        • 10-28-08
                                        • 105

                                        #20
                                        busto it seems
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                                        • wild willy
                                          SBR MVP
                                          • 11-20-08
                                          • 1298

                                          #21
                                          Go to bbd thread beted you"ll see why thanks
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                                          • vassman86
                                            SBR MVP
                                            • 03-11-08
                                            • 1042

                                            #22
                                            Wow, I'm a nice guy, but this is the worst case of money management I've seen in my life. You did a two team teaser and lost both teams...for your entire bankroll. Here's a tip: when setting goals, make sure they're reasonable, smart, measurable, and have a time frame. Turning $350 into $20k is not a reasonable goal; your mission was doomed from the start.
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                                            • DevilDog
                                              SBR High Roller
                                              • 12-27-08
                                              • 190

                                              #23
                                              I have mentioned so many times on this and other boards that money management needs to be talked about a lot more than what picks a guy is making.

                                              This guy could have done well but he made THREE critical mistakes, actually four. He bet too much per game. He bet too many parlays, he bet teasers, and then he flipped his lid and bet his whole bankroll on a teaser!!

                                              God, just donate the money to charity!!! I believe you can turn $350 into 20K but it is going to take a LONG LONG time. Guys on these boards get all caught up in making big money fast. It usually doesn't happen that way. Slow and steady wins the race.

                                              This guy should have been betting about $10 a game....$5 a game would have been more like it. Guys just are not willing to win small amounts at a time.

                                              Let me give you an example: There are three kinds of bettors. There are the kind that just play ridiculous shit and hope to make money, which this guy was. There are guys that bet to make money as an investment, but not really make a living. And then their are guys that make a living betting on sports.

                                              If you were to put $1000 into a savings account you might make 2.5% for the year. Hell, a 10 year Treasury pays you about 2.14% a year. If you were to be really conservative you could EASILY make 10% a month wagering on sports, and probably more, and have a lot of fun doing it. That is sports INVESTING.

                                              Now, if you have a large enough bankroll and you make just 10% a month you could make a very nice living betting on sports. A $100,000 bankroll at 10% a month is $10,000. I guarantee you that 99% of the guys here do NOT make $10,000 a month on their regular jobs. Most don't make half of that.

                                              So let's take a look at how you could EASILY make 10% a month conservatively. Let's start out with a $1000 bankroll. No, you are not going to make a living with that bankroll unless you live in a box and eat out of a dumpster. But let's run the numbers.

                                              To make 10% a month all you need to do is win $100. So over a thirty day period you need to win $3.33 a day! Now most of you will laugh at that....but yet you put your money in savings making less than 3% a YEAR! So wake up and get into reality.

                                              The safe conservative wager would be 2.5%, or $25 per game. So let's say you make four plays a day for a total of 120 plays a month, all at -110 or dogs. NO CHASING, although chasing would make these numbers look a lot better.

                                              Now let's say that you only hit 54% of your bets. You would have WON 64.8 bets, but let's round that up to 65 winning bets. You LOST 55 bets.

                                              So at 65 winning bets times $25 a game you WON $1625.00.

                                              At 55 losing bets times $25 a game you LOST $1375 PLUS $137.50 on the juice for a total of $1512.50 in losses.

                                              You have a NET profit of $112.50.
                                              In ONE month you made 11.25%. Now many of you will scoff at that, yet you willingly put your money in savings and other investments that pay you FAR less for the ENTIRE YEAR!


                                              If you want to be a heavy hitter you need to have the bankroll and use good money management techniques. Slow and steady wins the race. And by the way, I think if you use this board correctly you can do MUCH better than 54%. But I just wanted to show you what can be done with a low winning percentage.

                                              If you made five bets a day you would have made more at the same wager amount and the same winning percentage and of course if you made less than four bets a day with the same wager amount and the same winning percentage you would have made less.

                                              But let's see, would you rather make 11% of your bankroll a MONTH, or lose it all acting like a f'n idiot? If you have to think for more than a millisecond on that one you are the idiot.
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                                              • Harley Hound
                                                SBR Rookie
                                                • 01-15-09
                                                • 9

                                                #24
                                                Very well put Double D.
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                                                • brooks85
                                                  SBR Aristocracy
                                                  • 01-05-09
                                                  • 44709

                                                  #25
                                                  makes sense to me
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                                                  • onlooker
                                                    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                                    • 08-10-05
                                                    • 36572

                                                    #26
                                                    DevilDog just summed it all up in that post above.
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                                                    • ghn999
                                                      Restricted User
                                                      • 01-24-09
                                                      • 367

                                                      #27
                                                      florda state and uconn baby!
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                                                      • dragon_2K9
                                                        SBR High Roller
                                                        • 01-21-09
                                                        • 106

                                                        #28
                                                        DoubleD.... you are absolutely right. Im an idiot. Its time to redeem myself. I just reloaded $500 and starting it again.

                                                        One pick today

                                                        1/24/09
                                                        ----------

                                                        Orlando -4 27.50 to win 25 1st half


                                                        -----------------------

                                                        Current Balance: $500 Current Record: 3 - 5
                                                        Status -350
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                                                        • onlooker
                                                          BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                                          • 08-10-05
                                                          • 36572

                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by dragon_2K9
                                                          DoubleD.... you are absolutely right. Im an idiot. Its time to redeem myself. I just reloaded $500 and starting it again.

                                                          One pick today

                                                          1/24/09
                                                          ----------

                                                          Orlando -4 27.50 to win 25 1st half


                                                          -----------------------

                                                          Current Balance: $500 Current Record: 3 - 5
                                                          Status -350
                                                          Maybe you should start a new thread.
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                                                          • Harley Hound
                                                            SBR Rookie
                                                            • 01-15-09
                                                            • 9

                                                            #30
                                                            hahaha......Call it the $500 redemtion thread!
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                                                            • dragon_2K9
                                                              SBR High Roller
                                                              • 01-21-09
                                                              • 106

                                                              #31
                                                              1/24/09 RESULTS
                                                              ----------

                                                              LOSS Orlando -4 27.50 to win 25 1st half


                                                              -----------------------

                                                              Current Balance: $472.50 Current Record: 3 - 6
                                                              Status -377.50
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                                                              • dragon_2K9
                                                                SBR High Roller
                                                                • 01-21-09
                                                                • 106

                                                                #32
                                                                1/25/09 PICKS:

                                                                NCAA

                                                                (1) Parlay (two teams) 20 to win 52

                                                                Mich st -3.5
                                                                Pitt +1

                                                                (2) Pitt +1 27.50 to win 25
                                                                (3)Georgetown -8 (-120) 48 to win 40
                                                                (4) Georgetown -4.5 (1st half) 22 to win 20

                                                                NBA

                                                                (5) Chi +6 (-150) 30 to win 20
                                                                (6) bos -5 (1st half) 30 to win 20
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                                                                • 50lipa
                                                                  SBR Sharp
                                                                  • 01-18-09
                                                                  • 409

                                                                  #33
                                                                  What exactly are you trying to accomplish here, i don't understand really? You want to be a pro bettor so everyone would come to your threads and say oh my god you rule please pick something so we can all win teh millionz $$$?

                                                                  This is a betting comunity, you learn by reading, researching, following older members, more experienced people in this field of sports betting, you then read some more, you resarch some more and give your own input to various discussions, different fields of betting, then you get acknowledged for your efforts and eventually get the feeling about the game.

                                                                  It's not a crime to read and bet on what other people bet, there are some damn good cappers on this forum, so use their information wisely and sooner or later you will think more and more like them eventually realising, hey, look, i'm there, i can bet successfully on my own. Hip hip hoo fkn ray.
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                                                                  • dragon_2K9
                                                                    SBR High Roller
                                                                    • 01-21-09
                                                                    • 106

                                                                    #34
                                                                    1/25/09 Results: +47 (4-2)

                                                                    NCAA

                                                                    WIN Parlay (two teams) 20 to win 52

                                                                    Mich st -3.5
                                                                    Pitt +1

                                                                    Win Pitt +1 27.50 to win 25
                                                                    Loss Georgetown -8 (-120) 48 to win 40
                                                                    Loss Georgetown -4.5 (1st half) 22 to win 20

                                                                    NBA

                                                                    Win Chi +6 (-150) 30 to win 20
                                                                    Win bos -5 (1st half) 30 to win 20

                                                                    ------------------------
                                                                    Current Balance: $519.50 Current Record: 7 - 8

                                                                    Status -330.50
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                                                                    • dragon_2K9
                                                                      SBR High Roller
                                                                      • 01-21-09
                                                                      • 106

                                                                      #35
                                                                      1/26/09 PICKS:

                                                                      NBA

                                                                      (1 Atlanta ML (+145) 28 to win 40.60
                                                                      (2) Houston -2 (-110) 22 to win 20
                                                                      (3) New Jersey ML (ev) 22.68 to win 22.68
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