Backing then Laying, feelings upon.......

[Guest mr rossi]

Recently started looking into this concept. You identify a match wear you back one team as you think that the odds will drop closer to the game. You then make a few calculations and if the lay price is low enough you 'sell' your bet, THUS if done in the correct way you are guaranteed some kind of profit no matter what the result of the game is. At first thought na thats not in the spirit of things, but working out which game is likely to be the best one to use, reading how others are going to react, whether you think teams are currently over priced all adds to the erm(vocabulary failure) good stuff (er yeh that works) about it. Any one else any hints, thoughts on the matter?;)

[Guest OddsAgainst]

Re: Backing then Laying, feelings upon....... To be able to do this obviously the market has to move in your favour. E.g. your selection goes a goal up. If you close position on what is eventually a winning bet you will have reduced your profit. As we know, if you strike bets at value prices then in the long term you will profit. So if you close a bet then the closing bet has to be value as well, if it is not you will in the long term reduce your potential profit, or worse, turn profit into losses. IMO, those laying in-running soccer bets are shrewd cookies and you will need to be even shrewder to take their money form them.