How do you decide how much to bet on a sporting event?

[DJ Fieri]

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[wlk3]

How much I got vs how much I like my choice...

 

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Level of confidence helps sway how much I bet. Well that and how drunk I am.

 

[cerealboi]

In real life or here?

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I never bet in real life.

In here, I bet 10% on most things, unless I got a good feeling about something. When I have very little, I'll go all in just to try and get my cash up.

 

[DJ Fieri]

In real life or here?

Both?

 

[fishinabarrel]

I bet it all every time and usually on dumb stuff. Never have any vcash. In real life its all about my confidence level and the odds I'm given

 

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had a decent strategy goin -
$100/200/300
on MLB home favorites -
was bouncin around $3-4k -
but came some drinkin and
saw a couple games with some big money,
so i threw in on those
which knocked me back to a lil over $2k -
more drinkin the next day -
got pissed and went all in
on the Astros -
they were down a run,
bases loaded w/ one out,
in the eighth,
and couldn't score -
so now i'm broke -

wreck em!!

 

[cerealboi]

Both?

Here I bet strictly by the payout.

e.g. - 100/140 odds and I'll usually bet either 70 or 140 to get a nice round payout. I figure SportsHoopla bookie will short change me on any random cents payout a la the Superman III scam.

IRL - More likely to do $25 increments.

 

[corn train]

It all depends how much is in the till, I'll take the odds unless there's a spread then take the o\u. I seem to weather the ups and downs better with a standardized bet 200-250, I'll up it to a nickel once Ive cleared 5k and a dime at 10k. I get fucked every time I bet huge amounts on the "sure thing", every time

 

[themuzzer]

Gotta have money to make money, when you have money bet on a sure things big........Until then try to make money on confidence......It helps to place bets late and read news......If at the last min a star QB is sidelined but the odds are already out that may sway my vote.....Try to realize when the bookie puts up a trap game....I.E. A really good team starting their worst pitcher vs a really bad team starting their best pitcher.....That's a trap.

 

[themuzzer]

Knowing injuries and starting lineups help sway my bet as well........Find a good website that puts up lineups and injuries early before the game.

 

[wingsauce7]

I don't bet real life. I've lost 34K here and won 34K here. Sobering numbers that tell me that I suck at betting.

 

[Nosferatu]

Level of confidence helps sway how much I bet. Well that and how drunk I am.

This, but in reverse order...

 

[TechRaiderRider]

realize when the bookie puts up a trap game.....

i noticed this also -

wreck em!

 

[UK Cowboy]

Don't look at lines, pick winners, then look at lines, bet house on underdogs you like outright

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

I don't bet real life. I've lost 34K here and won 34K here. Sobering numbers that tell me that I suck at betting.

Yep...I have won over 200k, but I've lost way more than that. If this were real life @Shaggy would have already e-broken my thumbs

 

[SteelersPride]

vcash or real cash

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

Oh, and sometimes I do panic bets, when I've lost five or six in a row and I try to win it all back in one go.

If you do that IRL, you don't deserve money

 

[Used 2 B Hu]

This thread really needs @handicappers to expound on the fat stacks