Originally posted on 05/06/2014:

Quote Originally Posted by kenz View Post
Future bets are a no-no. If you take them often, 99.9999% you lose money
The only way you consistently lose money is if your player loses in their first match (terrible luck or bad capping maybe) or you're stubborn and don't trade out when the opportunity is there. Otherwise, there is no reason you can't make money. It's just an understanding on what you're getting into. Too many people play them just looking for the end game of a big payout on longer odds.

There are situations where you're going to be able to ride it out and maybe hit something like that, but the majority of the time - your futures plays are for trading purposes. If you understand that, you can make money just like you can make a daily bet on a match IMO. You won't make a profit necessarily every tournament you try, but guess what - you don't make a profit necessarily playing single bets every day throughout a tourney either!

Futures IMO are still underutilized.