Learning Discipline

[captaincool]

I've decided to become more disciplined in my betting and I feel keeping a record here is the best way to do this. The threat of public shame will hopefully prevent me from backing stupid bets and this should lead to some profits. My only rule is no impulse bets, particularly live or in-play 'bankers' which have really cost me in the past. I also want to avoid loss chasing as much as possible and I think the best way to do this is to place my bets for the day early and not to deviate. I will be betting on football, tennis and major horse racing events and will use a 5 point staking system. 1pt = £20 (it'll be a long time before I place a max bet). I will be looking to make a profit of 10pts (£200) per week. So, first bet: Somdev Devvarman to beat Ryan Sweeting - 1pt @8/11 ladbrokes There's some good reasoning for this in the tennis thread. Devvarman won when the two met last week and he is a player who has looked fairly good on hard courts this year. That was one of eight losses from Sweeting in his last ten matches and he's not really good enough at ATP level. I think the odds make this a worthwhile play on a player I like.

[captaincool]

Re: Learning Discipline

I've decided to become more disciplined in my betting and I feel keeping a record here is the best way to do this. The threat of public shame will hopefully prevent me from backing stupid bets and this should lead to some profits. My only rule is no impulse bets, particularly live or in-play 'bankers' which have really cost me in the past. I also want to avoid loss chasing as much as possible and I think the best way to do this is to place my bets for the day early and not to deviate. I will be betting on football, tennis and major horse racing events and will use a 5 point staking system. 1pt = £20 (it'll be a long time before I place a max bet). I will be looking to make a profit of 10pts (£200) per week. So, first bet: Somdev Devvarman to beat Ryan Sweeting - 1pt @8/11 ladbrokes There's some good reasoning for this in the tennis thread. Devvarman won when the two met last week and he is a player who has looked fairly good on hard courts this year. That was one of eight losses from Sweeting in his last ten matches and he's not really good enough at ATP level. I think the odds make this a worthwhile play on a player I like.

Not the start I had wanted for this thread. Both players were awful on serve and the match ended up being played like a WTA match with breaks almost every game! Slightly annoying that Sweeting now faces Kunitsyn or Gonzalez. If it was someone else it'd be worth opposing him but they're both very unpredictable at the moment. So far it's -1pt for the thread :(