Be careful!!!
@ 4 years ago...New England Patriots were playing a Sun. or Mon. Night game. N.E. needed a TD to cover, inside 2 min to play... I saw Bledsoe REALLY hurt his throwing hand (turned out to be a break). NE had no running game or backup QB worth mentioning.So I completely drain my account buying the other side.
Bledsoe stays in, drives for the win. Doesn't play another down for the rest of year
@ 4 years ago...New England Patriots were playing a Sun. or Mon. Night game. N.E. needed a TD to cover, inside 2 min to play... I saw Bledsoe REALLY hurt his throwing hand (turned out to be a break). NE had no running game or backup QB worth mentioning.So I completely drain my account buying the other side.
Bledsoe stays in, drives for the win. Doesn't play another down for the rest of year
i ve messed it up bigtime time and again while live betting, till i learned, hopefully, to keep my cool. Friend of mine who works at book told me it's the single most profitable thing they got, most punters can be "cold blooded" when they bet and cap but during the game the action can get to you, go to your head and irrational decisions are very common place, under or overestimating odds and chances, chasing etc. etc. what else do you want to know, what sports do you live bet?
it's kinda risky though if you dont know the sport well, what to expect.
the guys that are successful at it are the guys whose initial leans are very successful (prior to research). There are some guidelines to follow for every sport that influence the chance for a win or loss, as well. Off the top of my head for the NBA I pay careful attention to a ratio of turnovers, rebounding adv., fg%, and ft's for the home and away team. The key to profitability in the interactive market is speed in calculations and predicting which way elements of the game cause the market price to shift. A lot of the time an injury or a turnover causes an over-reaction in the price.
I do pretty good betting on golf interactives at WSEX. I do much better at selling contracts then I do betting for them. This year has been very profitable going against Tiger. If he is within 10 shots of the lead going into the weekend you can still get a pretty good price for betting against him. A great angle to bet against him is going into the final round when he is not in the lead. I'm not sure of the exact percentage but I believe 90% of his wins are from when he is either tied or in the lead going into the final round. The public sometimes has to much faith in some people.
The one thing I do like about it is that if I feel like I am going to get stuck big time I can always buy back some of the action and limit my losses.
The one thing I do like about it is that if I feel like I am going to get stuck big time I can always buy back some of the action and limit my losses.
Just wanted to hear about experiences with interactive and any good strategies people might be willing to share. I gave it a shot last night on the Yankees/Angels game. I can't remember having so much fun. It was a 1-1 game through the fourth inning on.
Every half inning I'd sell the team up to bat and buy the opponents. The team at bat (especially if they could get the lead off runner on) would jump to 55-60. Then they wouldn't score and the other team would jump that high. I realize this was a lucky first time, but I really nickeled and dimed them.
One inning late in the game, Angels had great scoring chances (first and second no outs and later bases loaded with one out). I bought a bunch of NY at a real low cost -- $30 I think. Angels didn't score and the next inning the Yankees got runners on first and third no outs. I sold all my positions at $80. They couldn't score! So their price dropped back to $40-$44 and I loaded up again and they ended up winning, making me an additional $56 per option.
It was a blast! But I need some help. I had no clue what I was doing. I just was getting lucky. Any strategies? I am going to play the Arizona/Chicago game this afternoon and don't want to lose what I won last night.
Every half inning I'd sell the team up to bat and buy the opponents. The team at bat (especially if they could get the lead off runner on) would jump to 55-60. Then they wouldn't score and the other team would jump that high. I realize this was a lucky first time, but I really nickeled and dimed them.
One inning late in the game, Angels had great scoring chances (first and second no outs and later bases loaded with one out). I bought a bunch of NY at a real low cost -- $30 I think. Angels didn't score and the next inning the Yankees got runners on first and third no outs. I sold all my positions at $80. They couldn't score! So their price dropped back to $40-$44 and I loaded up again and they ended up winning, making me an additional $56 per option.
It was a blast! But I need some help. I had no clue what I was doing. I just was getting lucky. Any strategies? I am going to play the Arizona/Chicago game this afternoon and don't want to lose what I won last night.
