Just don't have the time, resources and knowledege to be a consistent winner on my own, After finally admitting that, I have been following others who have the TIME to handicapp. Firm beleiver in hard work pays off and not sure handicapping 30-60 mins a day is hard work, so I follow people in other sports. I would estimate that 20% of my plays are from my own "numbers and ideas". 80% from others. Found this to be the best for me. What pct of your picks come solely from yourself?
Fishhead said:
A really ROUGH estimation would be that 97.8673% of my plays are not my own.
I do not try to handicap because I simply cannot pick winners. I am Joe Public who doesn't call EVERYONE ELSE Joe Public.
I scalp, I middle, I play 2nd halfs with inflated numbers, I follow people shamelessly and I never have a LOCK.
... and I have made a profit every week the last 6 weeks - in the past 9 weeks, I have made a profit every week except 2.
cincy_ said:
Cincy, I am somewhat similar, and somewhat not. I am very contrarian, and it hurts me sometimes. I like to follow the conservative cappers here, and try to scalp enough to turn the vig in my favor. I handicap some stuff, and have done well in baseball and the NFL. I'd say 100% of my hockey, basketball, soccer, and tennis bets are not my own. Foots and Baseball is about a 50/50 split. I always play under 40 or less in college, and that counts for something.
ice man said:
The amount of games bet and amount of money wagered would be in some realistic proportion to the time that I personally could spend studying.
I guess if I was so busy that I couldn't spend anytime analyzing a certain game, that I could see myself wagering the games of somebody that I respect very, very highly.
Don't know, hope to never really be in that position.
agree to an extent. However you come up with "picking winners" , that to me is still the most important thing(excluding middling,scalping,etc). We all talk fancy about money management and the likes but you better be in 54 % range for this to be worth it. If your not betting more winners than losers than you need to find a way quickly or quit!!!Journeyman said:
nothing wrong with this ( I do feel so much more confident with my own plays) but what makes you feel you know more than the next guy, Not a criticism just a question. If your not putting the necessary time (hours a day) I can't beleive that you can have a better feel than people that do put in this time.Belch One said:
