Ok, strange thing happened this week. Let me give you some background info.
I started sports betting about 6 months ago. I did it all through a friend who was putting my bets in online. I lost a few thousand quickly and he stopped putting my bets in because he couldnt afford my losses. I went down to -10,000, most of which he ate the bets himself rather than put them in online. I had paid him about $3500 cash throughout the losses, so he had money to cover some of them, the rest was in "hypothetical money"
One day I started betting soccer and started killing it. In about 3 weeks I had the -10,000 back to 0. Again, he had put in alot of my lossses, thus losing the $$. He didnt put in any of my winnings, so they were all out of his pocket. About a month later and now im up $13,000 on him.
This is a good friend, who does bets for a few other people and generally is up on them. He has paid me about $1000 so far, but you can imagine its awkward. I would be more willing to let some of the debt slide if I hadnt paid him $3500 cash when I was down.
Anyways, once I got to this point I cut off my bets with him and went out on my own. I bought into a few books and quickly lost a few thousand. The biggest difference I noticed was when I had a huge balance with him I could chase losses, whereas now my $500 buyins were allowing me the flexibility I had with him.
I should point out that when I was betting through him and winning, I was doing minimal research. I would look at the lines, look at records, and make the picks. I would watch the games myself and bet 2nd halfs based on what I saw. This worked great.
When I went out on my own, I started doing more research. I started coming here and reading peoples picks. Brief summary, I dropped like 3 week in 2-3 weeks.
I swore I was done for awhile, but this weekend I decided to buy into 2betdsi for $265. I stayed off all the forums this weekend, and just made my bets with minimal research/gut instincts. 1st day my balance ended up at 755, last night I ended up at $2600. so in 2 days I almost 10x my buyin.
The moral of the story? I have no idea. I just think its odd that the less research/talking about bets with people I do, the better my results.
Anyone else notice anything like this?
I started sports betting about 6 months ago. I did it all through a friend who was putting my bets in online. I lost a few thousand quickly and he stopped putting my bets in because he couldnt afford my losses. I went down to -10,000, most of which he ate the bets himself rather than put them in online. I had paid him about $3500 cash throughout the losses, so he had money to cover some of them, the rest was in "hypothetical money"
One day I started betting soccer and started killing it. In about 3 weeks I had the -10,000 back to 0. Again, he had put in alot of my lossses, thus losing the $$. He didnt put in any of my winnings, so they were all out of his pocket. About a month later and now im up $13,000 on him.
This is a good friend, who does bets for a few other people and generally is up on them. He has paid me about $1000 so far, but you can imagine its awkward. I would be more willing to let some of the debt slide if I hadnt paid him $3500 cash when I was down.
Anyways, once I got to this point I cut off my bets with him and went out on my own. I bought into a few books and quickly lost a few thousand. The biggest difference I noticed was when I had a huge balance with him I could chase losses, whereas now my $500 buyins were allowing me the flexibility I had with him.
I should point out that when I was betting through him and winning, I was doing minimal research. I would look at the lines, look at records, and make the picks. I would watch the games myself and bet 2nd halfs based on what I saw. This worked great.
When I went out on my own, I started doing more research. I started coming here and reading peoples picks. Brief summary, I dropped like 3 week in 2-3 weeks.
I swore I was done for awhile, but this weekend I decided to buy into 2betdsi for $265. I stayed off all the forums this weekend, and just made my bets with minimal research/gut instincts. 1st day my balance ended up at 755, last night I ended up at $2600. so in 2 days I almost 10x my buyin.
The moral of the story? I have no idea. I just think its odd that the less research/talking about bets with people I do, the better my results.
Anyone else notice anything like this?
