Will (can) you go BROKE betting 1-3% of BR per Bet ?

[Sam Odom]

Sammy was asked this question...

[jjgold]

no..wait how much bankroll??

$1000

[Sam Odom]

the amount of BR/$$$ is irrelevant

1000 or 100000

[TxAaron]

BigDeem5 could lose a roll betting 1% in 105 bets.

[Sam Odom]

BD5 is like most on here ( i like BD5 )

they start off with good MM ... lose a few in a row or go 2-7

then go crazy with an all-in bet

[RyanLeafOfBets]

Start with 1K

Example:

Jags PK
Bills +4
Packers -7

0-3 -$333 each bet = broke.

[mrmarket]

Bankrolls are for winning players. Everyone else had a budget.

[uncynd]

BD5 is like most on here ( i like BD5 )

they start off with good MM ... lose a few in a row or go 2-7

then go crazy with an all-in bet

OK but that's not acceptable criteria to fit the original question. The answer is complicated really, if you are a break-even gambler eventually the rake (price) will bust you, I suppose for the majority of people the question is actually; how long does it take to bust a bankroll under these conditions.

[Sam Odom]

RLoB

333 of 1000 is NOT 1-3%

besides , should NOT have >10% in action at one time

[Duff85]

Was betting with 1/3 kelly criterion for a good while and bets on average were coming in around 0.8% of my bankroll. Started betting a lot more volume and wanted to streamline my processes somewhat so started flat betting around 1%. It obviously depends on what odds you are backing things at too. I assume you are talking about backing spreads around even money - in this case you would have to get on an absolute horrible run to lose your bankroll at 1%. Obviously your bet size goes up and down with your bankroll - so it is going to take a lot more than 100 losses to bust you out.

On a Saturday or Sunday i'm going to have 50-80 bets on and most of the time these will win and lose at a similar rate. Even the days I take an absolute horrible beat down i'm losing like 10%-15%.

Edit: Just read your post and you know all of this already.

[acl123]

Yes.If something can happen it will happen.When and how long nobody knows.

[Sam Odom]

good stuff Duff85

in theory you can slice a carrot in half an unlimited # of times

[acl123]

Over a long enough period if time. Your 100% certain to bust.

[Sam Odom]

Over a long enough period if time. Your 100% certain to bust.

more likely to fall under the min bet requirement first

[dj_destroyer]

You will eventually reach the min bet and then you will be broke...

No betting half pennies at Pinny

[RyanLeafOfBets]

RLoB

333 of 1000 is NOT 1-3%

besides , should NOT have >10% in action at one time

Wow, I read this wrong. Thought it said 1/3. Oops. I'm blaming my not being able to read on the flu.

[Sam Odom]

Bump for Bigbill365

[Mikeyanks23]

Bump for Bigbill365

Some people have to learn the hardway

[BigDeem5]

i'll fukkin hammer whoever I wanna hammer

[Sam Odom]

i'll fukkin hammer whoever I wanna hammer

[ChalkyDog]

I lost 11 wagers in a row using bankroll management, and got no where near going broke.

Hell, I went down ~9 units the first weekend of football (1-3% plays) and was still no where near.

If you simply assume you are betting coin flips, betting with BR management, you would have to be unluckier than the guy who was at both Hiroshima and Nagasaki when the bombs were dropped.