$20 into 500 friendly bet

[Slanina]

I'm new to the forum, so hello all! Anyways, my friend bets on sports religiously and well lets just say he doesn't click the withdrawal button often. I always give him a hard time for this. So he decides to bet me that I couldn't do any better. The bet is that I have to turn $20 into 500 by the end of the NBA/NCAA basketball season. If I pull it off he will match the 500 with an additional 500 of his own money. If I lose, which is more realistic, I can't make comments during the games he bets on. This is all in fun, but I'd also like to turn $20 into 1k.

So far I'm 5-1.

Orlando +4.5 over L.A. Lakers - W
Syracuse -4 over Notre Dame - W
Illinois +8 over Michigan St. - W
Philly -2.5 over New York - W
Phoenix +8.5 over Boston - L
Sweetheart Teaser
Arizona +17 and under 61 over Philly
Baltimore +19.5 and under 48 over Pittsburgh -W

Tonight I placed my biggest bet of a whopping 37 on Cleveland -1 over Portland.

I know you guys laugh at the bets(amountwise), but it's meant to be fun. I just want to share my current record and keep track of it on here. I've been on the forum for a few days browsing peoples selections/suggestions and combining them with my own information. I'm told you aren't supposed to bet with your heart, but the cleveland line just seems ridiculously nice. Once again, hello all.

[Slanina]

Btw, does anyone do sweetheart teasers? +10.5 on 4 NBA/NCAA games seems easier to hit than going 3-1 on ATS bets. I tried the 13.5 on both football games and it came through. Just curious.

[wild willy]

I'm not an expert on teasers But no worries the boys will correct me fast if I"M wrong. Yes I would say that they are a whole lot easier but the problem is they pay so little. for example say you won 3 strait teasers then you lost Just 1 I would think betting the same amounts of course you would be pretty much even

[MJ]

My personal opinion is that a basketball teaser is not a good bet. I found that the the parts of the teasers that won I would have won outright. Of course I am talking about a normal 4 point teaser here.

If you want to win over the long haul you should place straight wagers and use good money management. I use the Kelly Criterion to place bets based between 55% to 60% win ratio depending on how strong I feel the wager is. The 55% is for normal -110 bets. If you are betting Moneylines you may want to raise the expected win ratio. I also only bet Half Kelly. I am more conservative with my wagering. Some do Full Kelly wagers.

Here is a nice Kelly Calculator that I use.

http://www.smartcapper.com/cgi-bin/basic/index.pl?cmd=tools&tool=kelly_criterion_calculator&odds_format=A&probability=55.00&pmo=minus&amr_odds=110&type=half&bankroll=10000.00

[Slanina]

I'm going to stay away from those teasers for now. With my only bet winning tonight I don't want to change what's working.

[cheesehead004]

Good luck bro. I was all the way down to $20 in a small account I made 3 weeks ago, and after a bit of luck it's up to $6,000 right now and I use it often alongside my main account. As Garnett would say, anything is posssssiibbbbllllleee haha

[ManBearPig]

Good luck bro. I was all the way down to $20 in a small account I made 3 weeks ago, and after a bit of luck it's up to $6,000 right now and I use it often alongside my main account. As Garnett would say, anything is posssssiibbbbllllleee haha

Dam I wish I could do this...I just cant understand how some of you guys do this for the life of me... Maybe I'm playing the wrong type of bets...I dunno

[cheesehead004]

Dam I wish I could do this...I just cant understand how some of you guys do this for the life of me... Maybe I'm playing the wrong type of bets...I dunno

Nah bro, I started off with 200 just to see if I would like the book. I fell down to $4, and the minimum bet was $10. I had to play blackjack to get it to $20. I parlayed the $20 on 3 -1.5 Hockey lines and hit around $350 on that play. I had to get a last second empty net goal to hit the parlay. After that, I played like $50 a bet and went up to around 1000 after a while and eventually got to $6000 today playing Boston and Cleveland in both my accounts big.

Basically, I got insanely lucky to even have any money left in my account. IMO it will always take at least one ridiculously lucky play to build a small roll, especially if you have no patience.

[Slanina]

Picks for 1/22


NBA Sweetheart teaser (-120) :

Boston + 15 and over 182

Washington + 24 and under 218


NCAA

Minnesota +1 over Purdue

[solobass]

Good luck bro. I was all the way down to $20 in a small account I made 3 weeks ago, and after a bit of luck it's up to $6,000 right now and I use it often alongside my main account. As Garnett would say, anything is posssssiibbbbllllleee haha

damn right bro, you can go down, but don't go out!

[Slanina]

Late bets considering my first two already lost. Need some money on the game to watch it.


Lakers first to twenty points.

Parlay :

Washington + 14 and over 208.5

[Slanina]

1/23

Cleveland -6.5

Detroit under 186

Houston over 209

[xxxvince]

gl and like the way u play, just to have fun

[Slanina]

1-2-1 today. I took the under on 2nd half of the cavs game and got some back. Back to back losing days is the opposite of what is supposed to be happening here.

[Slanina]

1/24

NBA:

New York under 207

Milwaukee -7



NEW YORK: 10-2 Under in January
PHILADELPHIA: 11-2 Under as home favorite


NCAA:

Mississippi state over 133.5

[G's pks]

1/24

NBA:

New York under 207

Milwaukee -7



NEW YORK: 10-2 Under in January
PHILADELPHIA: 11-2 Under as home favorite


NCAA:

Mississippi state over 133.5

Almost time to reload that $20, after an 0-3 day.

[jayc88]

i would like to turn 1 usd into 5000k

[Slanina]

i would like to turn 1 usd into 5000k

Don't be an ass. Read the original post. No need for sarcasm.

[Slanina]

Almost time to reload that $20, after an 0-3 day.

Yeah, I lost the $20. It was all in good fun. Although, it made me miss my gambling days.

[SamsNCharge99]

put up another $20, LOL, start over

[johnnymapalo]

$20..Lol. What can you do with $20? If you don't have at least $100 in your account I don't see the point of gambling...

[Slanina]

$20..Lol. What can you do with $20? If you don't have at least $100 in your account I don't see the point of gambling...

Crazy how that first post eludes so many. $100 into 500 doesn't worthy an additional 500 from someone. $20 does with it being a friendly bet.

[G's pks]

Sell the bike...go all in on one game...make a thread and we will be there for you!

[Slanina]

Haha. I could never get myself to sell my bike. I'll have her until I'm 40.

[G's pks]

Haha. I could never get myself to sell my bike. I'll have her until I'm 40.