Every so often I like to revisit the topic of bad beats to refresh your memory and also for you to understand in order to win consistently you have to understand how to lose. I did not say be happy with losing but how to deal with it and move forward so you can profit.
We all get them. They are part of the tax we pay in this business for turning a profit. Let me be clear about this topic. Despite what you may have heard or believe bad beats DO NOT even out. Yes you will win some games you do not deserve to win however the bad beats will outnumber those so called lucky wins.
The education of a sports bettor never ends. With the arrival of analytics and the ever evolving expanding and sophistication of sports data; it is expand, adapt in order to survive. It is really no different than any other profession which requires constant educational upgrades due to new technology, changing industry, evolving rules and regulations, competitor strategies etc.
We will call these items below under stated under the radar critical factors to success in sports betting. These factors sometimes overlooked; do not let that be the case for you.
Career success is measured by how much you enjoy what you do. The optimum is to look forward to your work enjoy the process of problem solving. That in essence is our function with sports betting.
Always try to get better. This business like most is always evolving and changing. Adapt to succeed. Never stop learning and growing.
The only thing that can stop you is you. Have a passion for what you do and eventually the money will follow.
With the NFL regular season heading into week 3 this is a good time to remind you about the danger of overreacting. Nowhere is this a greater problem than with the NFL. Do not be a Joe be a Pro.
When someone tells you they are very good at something it probably takes you less than a minute of listening to figure out whether they are boasting bragging exaggerating call it what you want or even just plain lying.
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First of all for the sports bettor it is great. All the sports packages NBA league pass, NFL Sunday ticket, NHL center ice, MLB extra innings, ACC, Fox sports channels, Big 10, CBS and NBC sports network, Pac 12, NFL red zone, ESPN and more…
Over the course of your sports betting career, you are going to lose a chunk of wagers for a million different reasons. A missed field goal, a meaningless 3 pointer, a wild pitch, an empty net goal. The list goes on and on.
Some of these bet busting phenomena are out of your hands and are just part of the 45-47% no matter how good we are that are going to end up in the loss column. However some losing bets leave you smacking yourself in the forehead wondering “What the heck was I thinking?”
Let us continue to talk about the most important and misunderstood concept in sports betting “VALUE” Anyone who states that value does not matter if you do not have the winner has no clue and should give up this endeavor right now.
The next 2 grapevines we will devote to the most misunderstood word/concept in sports betting VALUE!
Value in sports betting is the equivalent to location in business. Both are essential to profit long term.
If you “like” a particular side but you bet into a bad line (overpriced) you will NOT make money over the long haul. Value betting/handicapping is betting the right team at the right price. You cannot have one without the other. If you have no edge in other words weakness in the line for a given game than your optimal bet size is ZERO.