Online Poker or Sports Betting?

[HustleGetPaid]

Which is more profittable if you starting out small time, grinding, and trying to use bankroll mgmt? Small time meaning starting bankroll of let's say $100-$300. Of course this depends on your poker skills and your capping skills, but which is the best route to making a constant profit?

[tltaylor89]

Poker you have more control over how you lose vs sports

[obamaismyuncle]

Poker, start with sit and go's and tourneys with low entry fee's($20 max)and build a bank roll, then start taking shots at the bigger tourneys.

[whatsgood5]

Poker is easier, if you are good of course. Also much easier to strike it rich quick

[smitch124]

Poker is better for making money, but to me, more of a grind.

[durito]

sports betting by far, but it takes at least a middle school education to figure it out

[Al Masters]

PokerStars 4Million gauranteed tomorrow afternoon,take a shot.

[eidolon]

its easier to grind your way up in poker.

1% betting versus 1% at a table.

I doubt anyone can consistently double their bankroll every year betting sports. you can probably hope for 20%-50% increase in your bankroll, when betting on sports (1% per bet). There is also huge swings, because the lvl is always the same when betting sports. Out of 10 years, you will probably have a losing year. (I'm sure professional bettors have a better idea of the swings year-2-year)

But poker you can do this easily, especially at the low tables where you can turn 100$ into $5000 in a year by just grinding it out. (you would probably only be making 1 dollar/hour).

[DrStale]

Poker IMO, but like you said it depends on where your ability lies. The majority of people will lose long term on both. I have found that intelligence and experience pays off more in poker, but that may just be me. BOL.

[ericthegangster]

poker for sure

[Glitch]

dumb question.

whats more likely to happen some jerkoff hitting a buzzer-beater three from halfcourt or some donk catchin his flush on the river Again.

in sports theres more you can study and a better edge you can attain from knowledge. poker is a game of skill but the luck factor balances it out so any good player can lose and any bad player can win.

[Glitch]

very surprised to see all these guys saying poker. betting sports is like only playing when you have good cards if you want to play intelligently like that. the research and analysis one can execute, makes it the better choice.

i play poker almost every day of my life and im not bashin the game- but its not a way to consistently make money online.

[jayc88]

for most people it would be much easier to win playing poker than betting sports.

[HustleGetPaid]

I agree with most with poker being the way to go.

[MC PICKS]

Poker. Sports betting gives me something to watch while while rocking 5 tables at once online. I only bet TV games, although I cap them myself and pick and choose the ones I make plays on. I never just throw money at a game cause its on the tube. Play 7-10% of your bankroll in both venues.

[Yi]

Sports Betting, it makes watching the games more interesting.

[keyboarding]

Poker is better for making money, but to me, more of a grind.

Exactly.

[Glitch]

i guarantee 9/10 of you lose money playing poker- especially online. not saying a lotta people dont lose at sports but having a good pick is like having a buddy thats the dealer and he says:

ok 3 hours from now- walk up to table number 5, ill deal you Aces your first hand and give someone else queens. sometimes the queens win but mosta the time heads up in that situation- the aces are suppose to come out on top.

you really should not be betting sports if you think the luck factor is anywhere near as prominent in sports as it is in cards. i believe poker is the greatest game ever invented and im not trying to take anything from it- however its not hard to find 3 Great picks in a week and basically walk up to the table with aces 3 times.

if youre just betting every night on a hunch of a team youve heard of minus 10 points against a team you dont know that much about- yeah youre gonna lose a lot. you cant research the other guys hand in poker- especially online where there are so few tells. you guys are all very wrong and its sad seeing whats on this thread.

out of the 5 or 6 guys saying poker is more profitable above- who can provide any proof that youre up from online poker the past week. i will give you 5 points if you can prove such proof. and even if you can, thats a small sample out of what im sure is a lot of losing- and if you have been getting lucky thusfar- its bound to end at some point.

if you think you have more control over whether or not you win in cards- then you really should not be betting sports at all.

[jjgold]

Poker is for suckers, anyone that plays ends up broke

Sports you end up broke also but a slower death

[Brick]

Poker for me, but thats because i put more time into poker. Sports betting always evens out to around 50%, but if you are good at poker your return on investment is going to be considerably better.

[Brick]

JJ, certain people are not meant to play poker. You for instance are one of those spazzy little nutcases that is not meant to play.

[DrStale]

out of the 5 or 6 guys saying poker is more profitable above- who can provide any proof that youre up from online poker the past week. i will give you 5 points if you can prove such proof. and even if you can, thats a small sample out of what im sure is a lot of losing- and if you have been getting lucky thusfar- its bound to end at some point.

http://www.pokerprolabs.com/DrStale/pokerstars.aspx

The game is harder to play than it was a few years ago, alas I am not up as much as I would hope. But I have been winning for the last 5 years. Not always a lot but I am up consistently. I highly doubt that I have been "getting lucky" for that long.

[durito]

its easier to grind your way up in poker.

1% betting versus 1% at a table.

I doubt anyone can consistently double their bankroll every year betting sports. you can probably hope for 20%-50% increase in your bankroll, when betting on sports (1% per bet). There is also huge swings, because the lvl is always the same when betting sports. Out of 10 years, you will probably have a losing year. (I'm sure professional bettors have a better idea of the swings year-2-year)

But poker you can do this easily, especially at the low tables where you can turn 100$ into $5000 in a year by just grinding it out. (you would probably only be making 1 dollar/hour).

Bankrolls under 100k in sports should increase by way more than 100% a year. Assuming you have the slightest clue.

[konck]

One thing online sports has over poker....when you win to much in sports they cant steal it from you with super accts

[sharpcat]

Neither one is a good choice if you only have a 100-300 dollar bankroll, you basically need to do 1-3 dollar bets in sports and play 10/15 cent tables in poker and will be making around 1 dollar an hour.

Not sure about you but handicapping and playing poker is not worth my time at a dollar an hour.

Wait till you can put up a much larger bankroll if you plan on grinding out a profit, at least 1,500 dollars.

[jlgarciaiii22]

Neither one is a good choice if you only have a 100-300 dollar bankroll, you basically need to do 1-3 dollar bets in sports and play 10/15 cent tables in poker and will be making around 1 dollar an hour.

Not sure about you but handicapping and playing poker is not worth my time at a dollar an hour.

Wait till you can put up a much larger bankroll if you plan on grinding out a profit, at least 1,500 dollars.

I agree, this is the right answer.... You will have to take to many shots and a big score with a roll like this!

[sharpcat]

I agree, this is the right answer.... You will have to take to many shots and a big score with a roll like this!

Love your quote jl nice to see somebody on this board who supports the professionalism of the game. If you lose pay up, too much support for stiffs around here

[Glitch]

http://www.pokerprolabs.com/DrStale/pokerstars.aspx

The game is harder to play than it was a few years ago, alas I am not up as much as I would hope. But I have been winning for the last 5 years. Not always a lot but I am up consistently. I highly doubt that I have been "getting lucky" for that long.

nice man- you were killin those 180s in 2008

and it looks like things have bounced back for you very recently after going for a bit of a negative spell in the red. ive read books on poker, play almost daily, watch it on tv, play live cash games and respect the game- so dont think im tryin to say its all luck or something.

theres no way to see what you deposited or if you lost in cash games or what but im not just typing this sh*t to hate and it really doesnt matter. i do well sometimes, i do poorly other times online. proof is proof and you have made a couple tournament cashes this past week- very cool.

your success is an anomally and i guess what im trying to say is that in poker- you are at the mercy of the cards and the random number generators of the sites. in sports you can lose on some BS too but you can essentially do enough research where you can choose your cards.

nice work there doc

[trixtrix]

sports (used to be casino), all the way up to 20kish imo. assuming you have all the outs, sia and bodog alone will net 10k-30k assuming you know what you're doing.

[beerman2619]

sports betting