Questions on trialling a new system

[slick mick]

At the moment I'm paper trialling and refining a new system focusing on handicaps. I'm moving some cash from my various poker accounts into betfair to begin small scale cash trials. My questions are; 1) Using equal stakes what per cent of my bank should I be using per bet, going on poker experience I would try 2% but let me know what you think. 2) How long a run should I be looking at for the paper trial and then the small cash stakes trial. Any advice would be welcome.

[slapdash]

Re: Questions on trialling a new system

At the moment I'm paper trialling and refining a new system focusing on handicaps. I'm moving some cash from my various poker accounts into betfair to begin small scale cash trials. My questions are; 1) Using equal stakes what per cent of my bank should I be using per bet, going on poker experience I would try 2% but let me know what you think. 2) How long a run should I be looking at for the paper trial and then the small cash stakes trial. Any advice would be welcome.

The long answer is "It depends ...". Having said that, 2% of your bank looks sensible unless your bets are at very high odds. "How long a trial?" really does depend. The higher the odds and the smaller the apparent edge you have, the longer a trial you'll need before you can be reasonably confident that you do have an edge.

[slick mick]

Re: Questions on trialling a new system Odds have varied between 1.1 and 3.05 but are mostly between 1.25 and 2. So far I have had 30 wins in a row and no losses for a profit of 15 bets, so average profit is 0.5 bets.