Originally <a href='http://www.sportsbookreview.com/forum/showthread.php?p=24580781'>posted</a> on 10/02/2015:
Yes, sorry about BR. BR=Bankroll.
I've tried all kinds of spreadsheets, databases. But you'll think I'm crazy, I always go back to plain old-fashioned notebooks. So, I can't really recommend anything, but any old spreadsheet like Excel is useful. I just find it tedious to enter numbers all the time. If I'm trying to figure out a specific wrinkle, I'll use those. But, there's just something about seeing everything written out in my own hand, almost like I can figure out my temperment by my handwriting when I took those notes (was I tired? agitated? in a hurry? etc). I guess I can be superstitious like anyone else, I seem to do my best when I write it all out and go through this routine, maybe just dumb luck.
As for web sports data, I pretty much stick to pro-football-reference.com. I'll admit it's a little clumsy and there are better ones out there. But somewhere along the line I started using it and I'm familiar with it, so I stick to it.
Wow thanks Slacker. I have managed to figure out what touts are but I didn't realize units originated from them. My interpretation of units was simply the confidence in the outcome. I figured i'd start at 20 dollar minimum bets and based on my confidence i'd increase the bet. So 20 bucks = 1 unit.. 40 = 2 and so on. I guess I just dunno what i'm talking about so i'll not list my units.
Question though, in your first post you said "I just flat bet everything 1% of BR".. what is BR?
Also, are there any spreadsheets for keeping track of player/team data that I may find useful? Any good web sources for that kind of data? I'm full of questions.
And thanks Jowfarms. GL2U2
Question though, in your first post you said "I just flat bet everything 1% of BR".. what is BR?
Also, are there any spreadsheets for keeping track of player/team data that I may find useful? Any good web sources for that kind of data? I'm full of questions.
And thanks Jowfarms. GL2U2
I've tried all kinds of spreadsheets, databases. But you'll think I'm crazy, I always go back to plain old-fashioned notebooks. So, I can't really recommend anything, but any old spreadsheet like Excel is useful. I just find it tedious to enter numbers all the time. If I'm trying to figure out a specific wrinkle, I'll use those. But, there's just something about seeing everything written out in my own hand, almost like I can figure out my temperment by my handwriting when I took those notes (was I tired? agitated? in a hurry? etc). I guess I can be superstitious like anyone else, I seem to do my best when I write it all out and go through this routine, maybe just dumb luck.
As for web sports data, I pretty much stick to pro-football-reference.com. I'll admit it's a little clumsy and there are better ones out there. But somewhere along the line I started using it and I'm familiar with it, so I stick to it.