Turning $50 into $1,000...my quest and strategy

NolaDrewDats · 01-22-14, 11:47 PM

This is a plan to fail. Big favorites lose all the time.
Bet small on straight up picks (mainly dogs) until you build your BR up enough to bet larger.

BadLuckSanta · 01-22-14, 11:49 PM

This is stupid. Bet $1000 on a winner and you'll have $1000.

jjgold · 01-22-14, 11:51 PM

What not to do is bet Moneyline parlay's

Kid I wonder why you literally lost your shirt

MasterP10 · 01-23-14, 09:08 AM

You will be broke in no time, sorry for the bad news.

tsimmns · 01-23-14, 10:50 AM

Honestly he might or might not be broke. I am following a similar plan. I put 100 bucks on 5dimes at the beginning of college football and lost it all on 4 team 13 pt teasers. I re-deposited and have turned the 100 into 601 currently.

My advise if you'd like to hear it. Never use your whole bankroll on ML parlays. Last night before I won 100 bucks on the St. Louis game I was tempted to do a 3 team ML parlay risking 500 to win around 540 or so. The parlay included Ohio and then I though screw this.

I bet instead my whole roll for the most part on St. Louis who almost lost, but didn't. I have done a few teaser bets betting 130 to win 100 and other things along the way. My advise would be take the 50, bet on a team you know will not lose, collect the small winnings and then do the same thing again until you don't have to bet your whole roll to win a couple bucks. I might not be the best at gambling, but come baseball season I hope to have at least 1k on 5dimes and then start betting in a sport I love.

GL to you on whatever you do.
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LordVodka · 01-23-14, 11:11 AM

Ive done similar and you need a lot of luck and go all in a few times and hope you win. I was betting only on dog moneylines.

someone in another thread said this, "in a game where the odds are stacked against you, you can only get ahead by betting as few times as possible."

wufpakman21 · 01-23-14, 11:54 AM

Originally posted by tsimmns

Honestly he might or might not be broke. I am following a similar plan. I put 100 bucks on 5dimes at the beginning of college football and lost it all on 4 team 13 pt teasers. I re-deposited and have turned the 100 into 601 currently.

My advise if you'd like to hear it. Never use your whole bankroll on ML parlays. Last night before I won 100 bucks on the St. Louis game I was tempted to do a 3 team ML parlay risking 500 to win around 540 or so. The parlay included Ohio and then I though screw this.

I bet instead my whole roll for the most part on St. Louis who almost lost, but didn't. I have done a few teaser bets betting 130 to win 100 and other things along the way. My advise would be take the 50, bet on a team you know will not lose, collect the small winnings and then do the same thing again until you don't have to bet your whole roll to win a couple bucks. I might not be the best at gambling, but come baseball season I hope to have at least 1k on 5dimes and then start betting in a sport I love.

GL to you on whatever you do.
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Thats actually the best advice you could get considering your small amount of money. I've been in your same position. It's very tough. My advice is don't get greedy. Be careful with heavy favorites on the road.

Plaza23 · 01-23-14, 06:07 PM

Tonight's play:

514 Ohio State -740*vs Illinois
522 Memphis U -1250*vs Houston U
538 Cincinnati -1400* vs Central Florida
542 Arizona -1450* vs Colorado
548 Gonzaga -4000* vs San Diego

65.93 to win 28.96

Plaza23 · 01-23-14, 06:10 PM

Originally posted by tsimmns

Honestly he might or might not be broke. I am following a similar plan. I put 100 bucks on 5dimes at the beginning of college football and lost it all on 4 team 13 pt teasers. I re-deposited and have turned the 100 into 601 currently.

My advise if you'd like to hear it. Never use your whole bankroll on ML parlays. Last night before I won 100 bucks on the St. Louis game I was tempted to do a 3 team ML parlay risking 500 to win around 540 or so. The parlay included Ohio and then I though screw this.

I bet instead my whole roll for the most part on St. Louis who almost lost, but didn't. I have done a few teaser bets betting 130 to win 100 and other things along the way. My advise would be take the 50, bet on a team you know will not lose, collect the small winnings and then do the same thing again until you don't have to bet your whole roll to win a couple bucks. I might not be the best at gambling, but come baseball season I hope to have at least 1k on 5dimes and then start betting in a sport I love.

GL to you on whatever you do.
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Exactly what I'm shooting for! I dont mind winning small amounts each day. Its better than losing.
I'm playing the safest games possible - home 10+ point college favorites of good teams. I dont even play NBA anymore bc its too random.

The only time i have gotten burned by this strategy so far is when Indiana lost at home to Northwestern. But IU isnt a good team and I should have known better.

DrStale · 01-23-14, 06:11 PM

This is the absolute worst way to build your bankroll. The heavy juice gives you comfort when in reality youre making -EV plays every single day.

Grease King · 01-23-14, 06:19 PM

It is more than likely this will fail, but I would love to see you prove me wrong.

DiggityDaggityDo · 01-23-14, 06:20 PM

Good luck man. You got this.

CoachemUp · 01-23-14, 06:20 PM

Save your time and ship the $50 bones over to me. Ty.

drfunkmaster · 01-23-14, 07:04 PM

just take the leafs tonight or arizona game over...

Cuse0323 · 01-23-14, 07:05 PM

On your way to turning 50 into 0, so at least you got that going for ya.

grease lightnin · 01-23-14, 07:15 PM

Originally posted by DrStale

This is the absolute worst way to build your bankroll. The heavy juice gives you comfort when in reality youre making -EV plays every single day.

I turned $325 into $2k last year. You know how I did it? I got lucky. I have given back $745 this year. Up $60 with the local currently. Lol

cankid · 01-23-14, 07:22 PM

bad strategy, but pulling for ya

lucullus · 01-23-14, 07:39 PM

Big chalk plays can work but you should find the team's with huge statistical difference's, especially if they are road dogs. Also look at small favorite's like Duke vs Miami last night those are easy and lot of money

KDF500 · 01-23-14, 10:00 PM

I think you're going to take those games today as well. My suggestion would be to lower your parlays to three matches. It's just my opinion though

KRIT · 01-23-14, 10:19 PM

Yep this will fail. Only a matter of time until a big fave goes down.

Plaza23 · 01-24-14, 12:29 AM

Originally posted by Plaza23

Tonight's play:

514 Ohio State -740*vs Illinois
522 Memphis U -1250*vs Houston U
538 Cincinnati -1400* vs Central Florida
542 Arizona -1450* vs Colorado
548 Gonzaga -4000* vs San Diego

65.93 to win 28.96

These all won, although I had to sweat out Gonzaga which was ridiculous.
Up to 94.89.

I dont think i will play any games tomorrow, but saturday there are a few games i like. Probably bet Oklahoma State, Kentucky, and Kansas.

z-doggie · 01-24-14, 12:47 AM

Parlays put the odds in 5-dimes favor,,just sayin...

chipper · 01-24-14, 12:48 AM

Good luck! I hope this works for you.

Killer_Demo · 01-24-14, 01:13 AM

Heavy Juice is gonna cost you your bankroll if 1 big favorite loses

ChicagoCover · 01-24-14, 02:09 AM

BriGuy · 01-24-14, 02:20 AM

Originally posted by Plaza23

These all won, although I had to sweat out Gonzaga which was ridiculous.
Up to 94.89.

I'm glad you're winning. Out of all your picks, I saw Ohio State as the most dangerous one.

I do a similar thing during the football season. I pick the 10 teams I feel are most likely that weekend (college or pro) to win straight up and do a $100 parlay.

ChalkyDog · 01-24-14, 03:10 AM

I think this thing is risky, but it can work with the right amount of patience and diligence in capping. Just because it's a heavy favorite doesn't mean you should't really cap these game.

I will offer this one piece of advise, which you may or may not have already thought about, and that is don't put road teams in these parlays. Not against anyone.

Any team can shit itself in college basketball on the road.

Good luck!

Plaza23 · 01-25-14, 10:20 AM

Starting today off with:

523 Iowa -550*vs Northwestern
540 Kentucky -1350*vs Georgia
552 Oklahoma State -1350* vs West Virginia

94.89 to win 34.48

ebbearsfb1 · 01-25-14, 10:34 AM

Originally posted by ChalkyDog

I think this thing is risky, but it can work with the right amount of patience and diligence in capping. Just because it's a heavy favorite doesn't mean you should't really cap these game.

I will offer this one piece of advise, which you may or may not have already thought about, and that is don't put road teams in these parlays. Not against anyone.

Any team can shit itself in college basketball on the road.

Good luck!

good posting right here

good luck on your challenge

killawookie · 01-25-14, 11:24 AM

You will get to 300-500 bucks and lose because your heavy favorite picking strategy will change based on the lines that they offer. I know it will happen because I do this very thing you are. Currently lost 100 down to 6.50 and I'm up to 165 again buying 15+ points on totals(-500)-(-800). I find that it's safer to not take a heavy side as you will have to 'sweat out' teams like Gonzaga... but if you take a total side that has a good chance of winning and help 15 points (usually about 4-5 minutes of reduced game time needed to hit) to the cause it will let you enjoy the game rather bitch and moan a -5000 favorite is letting some shit team hang around all game.

High3rEl3m3nt · 01-25-14, 11:39 AM

Let the guy have his fun...it's only a $50 experiment...too many cooks in the kitchen.

Plaza23 · 01-25-14, 04:42 PM

Originally posted by Plaza23

Starting today off with:

523 Iowa -550*vs Northwestern
540 Kentucky -1350*vs Georgia
552 Oklahoma State -1350* vs West Virginia

94.89 to win 34.48

These all won. Up to 129.37.
Tonight's bet:

614 Boise State -3500*vs San Jose State
634 Louisiana Tech -2400*vs Marshall
636 Creighton -850*vs Georgetown
653 Kansas -1600*vs TCU

129.37 to win 35.23

BriGuy · 01-25-14, 06:13 PM

Originally posted by Plaza23

These all won. Up to 129.37.
Tonight's bet:

614 Boise State -3500*vs San Jose State
634 Louisiana Tech -2400*vs Marshall
636 Creighton -850*vs Georgetown
653 Kansas -1600*vs TCU

129.37 to win 35.23

Creighton would scare me considering the dud they put up 2 games ago.

manny24 · 01-25-14, 06:18 PM

could Kansas lose to TCU 2 yeRS in a row?