Is $100 Per Game Too Much For A College Kid To Bet??

[donjuan]

The actual question should be do you think a college kid will have the skills needed to already be betting $100 a game?

Why wouldn't someone in college "have the skills"?

[jjgold]

I do bet most of the time withing my means, I just pick so many fukkin losers

[bababooey75]

Maybe they will be broke and will be sukin cock for $5 bets!

You should never try stand up because you a non funny asshole.

[Fiasco]

False. Ever heard of limits?

I said nothing about limits...

I said it takes the same skill to bet 100 as 1 a game...

my post was purely discussing how the skill does not change as bet size increases (where as poker talent definitely increases as you move up)

now you learn more the more you bet (and obviously if you're moving up you have somehow found success) which increases your overall knowledge and understanding but someone who develops that betting a dollar a game can apply the same concepts...

take units for example... (measure success by units, but units aren't dependent on sitting at a weak table as buy-in influxes can be at ssnl)

my point was someone can be as skilled (to a certain level, no not your "professional" level but a profitable level to say the least) and have as much fun betting 5 bucks a game (especially someone in college who doesn't want to or have time to devote time to line shopping and research) than the guy bringing in 500k a year and betting 500-1000 a game.

you can argue your point to death about pros having far superior skills than rec players but I was simply stating that betting 5 a game is as realistic and fun as betting 100 or 500 a game (minus stress/money you don't have)
try playing ssnl poker as compared to whatever level you currently play (if you play at all)... you worry about your opponents and they understand nothing about the game...

worrying about limits is a whole different topic... (although if you're simply trying to say that the pro is more skilled then I'll agree completely)

[donjuan]

What I am saying is that sports betting doesn't scale like you think it does. Some random prop with a $50 max is going to be a lot easier to beat than an NFL game with a $5k max.

Another example. You have a guy who wants to bet $50 on an NCAAB game and someone who wants to bet $2k. They both decide to lineshop and they both find Cal PK with a $400 max. The $2k guy still likes Cal at -1.5, though, and he bets the rest of the $2k at that widely available number. Who has the higher ROI?

[Fiasco]

how would one betting only the pk not have a higher ROI?

I get what you're saying about limits on props and whatnot (higher limit/harder to beat), I was speaking more to sides and totals with a max of whatever your book has...

assuming one has more funds available to them, more options become available through line shopping and eventually putting pressure on linemakers and whatnot but I was speaking purely recreational

[Shortstop]

My maximum wager is $5. Nothing more, nothing less because $5 is the minimum.

[donjuan]

how would one betting only the pk not have a higher ROI?

That's exactly the point. It's easier to have a higher ROI with a lower bankroll. The difference isn't as big as poker but it's still definitely note-worthy.

[Fiasco]

got it.

I'm only a freshman in college and I'm trying to build myself a roll over these 4 years so I can live on my starting salary + whatever (if) I make from this. I'm still getting all of the math down and ways to cap games... Still don't get Kelly, and clearly have a ways to go... so I don't have to worry at all about limits like you, or another big rolled individual would.

I'd never given much thought to how not being a limit bettor is such a big advantage...

[donjuan]

Good luck. I'd definitely try to better understand the Kelly criterion, if only so that you understand the implications of betting too much.

[Fiasco]

I don't understand kelly because it seems that it suggests that you bet a higher percentage of your roll than I am comfortable with.

more than likely it is because I am not valuing my edge right or something but I haven't had enough time lately to read up on how to find edge and fully understand kelly...

once may comes around though I'll learn how to evaluate edge and kelly hopefully rather quickly...

Idk what I'm doing wrong, I have a long way to go in that area...

[LVHerbie]

bet size / bankroll size is what really matters... $5 or 10k could be too much or too little... it all depends on the roll in your pocket...

but when you start selling the shit in your house to support you habit is when you have serious problems and are only one step away from betting on credit (without $$$ to pay)... next step towards the gutter is sucking some guy's cock to keep from getting thrown out of your ass from your basement apartment...