Y.S.K.M.V - (Tennis) Bets 237 Yield : -10.19%/ROI:Don't Ask!

[Guest cjamars]

Tennis - Is it possible to make money betting on something you know nothing about? My question is only semi facetious. Football is (for better and worse) my own brand of poison both for the pleasure of watching and the sweaty palmed pain of betting. I made a very serious stab at gambling glory in a 3 month spell in Liverpool before Christmas. I had the good fortune to be able to do nothing but sit all day doing studying form, gambling and generally being dissolute. It was absolutely brilliant. I was to all intensive purposes gambling professionally. Unfortunately while I turned over a very large sum of money my return was meager. I had resigned myself to losing a mid range 4 figure sum worse case scenario but as it was I made a few hundred quid which didn’t scratch the surface of my expenses and the income foregone. Although I kept generally to good staking policies my return was (much like previous years) made really only possible by 5 or 6 largewins (thank you Bestikas and Viking) without which I would have been very much in the red. It was definitely fun while it lasted but convinced me of the belief (generally backed up by studies) I have always had that football is amongst the hardest of all sports to make a profit (let alone a living from). My admiration for those few who make football betting pay as full time career was enhanced in spades by my own futile efforts. Any lingering dreams of never working again vanished over 3 great months on the Merseyside. Since after Christmas I haven’t has much as had a single flutter for reasons of being burned out, away from decent communications and a desire to convince myself that I could do without. Well I’ve decided to give another serious stab at glory but as the football season in Europe is drawing to a close I’ve decided to cast my eye further afield and try something a bit different. I was pondering a return to golf betting that I had a mild but relatively successful flirtation with back around 1999-2000 but the whole game leaves me cold and I decided to abandon that. Then what did I see but a little spinning tennis ball on Joe’s site next to the venerable Football Data link. “Eureka†I thought :eek . Tennis!! One small problem…:lol .I know absolutely fcuk all about it. I lost interest when the lovely (best legs in tennis ever IMO) Steffi retired so it probably sounds like a bad idea to most of you. Tennis does have a number of things going for it as a betting medium however chief amongst them being the head to head nature of things. I know court surface, past tournament record etc are important too but to what degree will be a matter of trial and error.Imam starting from a position of complete ignorance I’m going to start with a bank of 2,000 Units and bet in stakes of 40 units. To add spice these will be real life units. I am going to base my bets purely on stats and on internet reports – I will not see a single match. I will try and draw up a list of qualifying factors this week and start betting next week in time for the tournament in Rome. I’d like to also enter for the Systems League (call it the “Death or Glory†system). Any input from tennis buffs and general punters welcome. Keep it constructive ;) . This is not a wind up as Odds Against will testify (hopefully) having seen some of the work I put into betting using Paul Steele’s book on football .

[Guest madmick]

Re: Tennis - Possible to make money with no 0 knowledge??? Good on ya CJ I know F-All about footie, don't think I have seen anything other than the odd highlights clip from the Premiership, yet still doing alright with the DIMB2.0 system which is now guarnateed to end the season in profit, and will probably finish with 8%+ yield. So I think it is possible to make a profit without being a 'fan' of that sport. As for tennis specifically I think it could be suitable, and will, time permitting, be having a look at it myself over the coming months. Hope it all works well and finishes more glorious than dead! Good luck M.