You need to follow the ones that realize that avoiding bad days is more important than having good days.
If someone does not understand that, they have no chance.
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And what does 50-48 +40 units have to do with chasing?
You can be 30-45 +40 and have the most sound money management in the world.
You can also be 100-50 and be the biggest chaser on the planet.
Im not trying to be rude, but this ranks right up there with the dumbest comments I have ever read.
There are a million ways someone can be 50-48. Every kind of capper in the world can be 50-48. The best money manager and the worst money manager can all go 50-48.
what about the guy that goes 3-2, 2-2 1-3, 3-2, 2-2. What if he does that almost everyday and is mostly a big dog better? This would come out to something very close to 50-48 +40 units.
I say the best kind of capper to follow is one that follows sound money management.
You hit that fact on the head.
You can learn alot about someone just by the way they manage there money.
Also, If a capper uses 20cent lines and only one book, you can automatically write them off as someone you dont want to follow.
The capper needs to keep a consistant pattern. If he is chasing like you say when losing, this is a no-no. Its very easy to spot a chaser.
If someone has a card with 5 plays at 3, 4 ,2 ,2 and 1 units, and the day is not going well, and all of a sudden he lays down a 7 unit play on the west coast game, this is a pure chase play.
So what he is saying is that he did not even feel like this add on was worthy of even being on his original card, but all of a sudden he adds a big 7 unit play to the late game.
So a game that was not even on the original card is all of a sudden the highest rated game of the day.
There is nothing wrong with adding plays during the day, as long as you have a good reason. You cant call someone a chaser just because they add games to the original card.
In some cases this poster may feel that if they wait till later they will get a better line, this is perfectly ok.
But money management is the first indication of how good they are.
If there money management sucks, they suck. Its that simple.
you should also completely disregard someone that doesn't post their record. as Chop has indicated, unit record is far more important than W/L record, so focus more on units than W/L. if they don't post their record, there is more than likely a reason for that.
Generally speaking, the "10-2 in last 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!" or "7-1 in last 2 days" advertisers should be avoided as well. All that usually means is they were 4-18 in the week before that.
Find someone that suits your style. Some guys post 12 games per day and do well, others post 3 or 4. Some mainly play dogs, some mainly play favorites. There are a lot of good cappers on here with many varied styles.
The tracker forum is a good place to get an idea how some of the guys play. Not everyone posts in there, but many do and it will have all of their season plays in one thread.
Lastly, guys that post something like 2 or 3 unit plays as their lowest play are artificially inflating their unit records so take that into account when you review their posts.
Generally speaking, the "10-2 in last 12!!!!!!!!!!!!!" or "7-1 in last 2 days" advertisers should be avoided as well. All that usually means is they were 4-18 in the week before that.
Find someone that suits your style. Some guys post 12 games per day and do well, others post 3 or 4. Some mainly play dogs, some mainly play favorites. There are a lot of good cappers on here with many varied styles.
The tracker forum is a good place to get an idea how some of the guys play. Not everyone posts in there, but many do and it will have all of their season plays in one thread.
Lastly, guys that post something like 2 or 3 unit plays as their lowest play are artificially inflating their unit records so take that into account when you review their posts.
44 imo you are wrong on a couple of things .someone that dont post the record should be overlook here you are wrong if a guy had been posting for years and people know that capper to be ok then no big deal.as for 7-1 over the last few days.you are wrong again and this to me give people who hot etc and we all thru cold and hot spells..............ck this units thing is way overblown........
no what i was saying if newbies are reading these posts ,they should follow watch cappers over a period of time to get a good feel as to who needed to be follow or who not follow.people who know follow these posting forums on a reg thing know the posters that work hard and are serious about this and the others that just want to be notice,they are the ones that do not stick around too many yes..gl.ck
With respect to carolinakid, I agree with fhmesq44. He really laid it out well IMO and I doubt I can really add much to it, but I'll try. Just to get this out of the way, I think carolina is a good capper and the only one here who does not post a record who I like to hear from. He's been here a long time and has earned respect from most here.
That aside though, generally I try to avoid those that go out of their way to trump themselves up as the next coming or something. Although a couple good cappers do this, generally it is a sign of inexperience or attention whoring, which winners don't need to do (after all, we're here to win, not to get our E-asses kissed). Record and money management are huge. When cappers are posting 10 or 15 unit plays, it's generally hard to take them seriously. A unit, to me, is a person's standard play. If someone is putting 15 times their standard play on 1 game, then they don't use proper money management. Plus, people who follow others generally aren't willing to risk that much on a play, so their results will be different. There's also a lot to be said for styles. Most go by the old rule that fewer plays = more success over the long haul. And that rule is generally a pretty solid one. There are a few cappers here, however, myself included, who have more success playing larger cards.
Once you are able to tell the good from the bad, the issue of style is probably the one that will decide the question for you. Like fhm said, there are a number of styles to choose from, even aside from the ones who play big or small cards. Some play bets ranging from 1 to 5 units. Some flat bet at 1 unit per play. Some play lots of dogs. Some play lots of favorites. Some play run lines. Some play props. You need to decide what you like before deciding who to follow.
Since nobody has given any names yet though, I'll try. I wish I could recommend Buffettgambler, but he recently left the forum scene. Choptalk, Dsethi, Green Machine, Tomorrow's Newspaper, Mark's Moneymakers, smartz, pyrocapper, and carolinakid would be the first recommendations that come to mind. And I believe that fhmesq has quietly had success with his system plays. He posts all plays in one thread so he doesn't get noticed as much because people don't want to dig through the big thread. Plus, it's a system, which a lot of people are weary of. Big Hustla is another option. He did well in NBA last season but went tout halfway through. I can't say whether he'll do the same in baseball, but I think he's a pretty decent capper. Finally, Ibethuge and 5 star bomb are doing well this year, but I can't claim to know enough about their capping abilities to say whether they're good or just hot though. That's not a shot at them, as I respect everyone who contributes here, and each of them certainly do so. They've done very well so far this year so I think they deserve a mention.
Finally, I'm sure I forgot one or two cappers, if not more. Apologies to those I left out.
That aside though, generally I try to avoid those that go out of their way to trump themselves up as the next coming or something. Although a couple good cappers do this, generally it is a sign of inexperience or attention whoring, which winners don't need to do (after all, we're here to win, not to get our E-asses kissed). Record and money management are huge. When cappers are posting 10 or 15 unit plays, it's generally hard to take them seriously. A unit, to me, is a person's standard play. If someone is putting 15 times their standard play on 1 game, then they don't use proper money management. Plus, people who follow others generally aren't willing to risk that much on a play, so their results will be different. There's also a lot to be said for styles. Most go by the old rule that fewer plays = more success over the long haul. And that rule is generally a pretty solid one. There are a few cappers here, however, myself included, who have more success playing larger cards.
Once you are able to tell the good from the bad, the issue of style is probably the one that will decide the question for you. Like fhm said, there are a number of styles to choose from, even aside from the ones who play big or small cards. Some play bets ranging from 1 to 5 units. Some flat bet at 1 unit per play. Some play lots of dogs. Some play lots of favorites. Some play run lines. Some play props. You need to decide what you like before deciding who to follow.
Since nobody has given any names yet though, I'll try. I wish I could recommend Buffettgambler, but he recently left the forum scene. Choptalk, Dsethi, Green Machine, Tomorrow's Newspaper, Mark's Moneymakers, smartz, pyrocapper, and carolinakid would be the first recommendations that come to mind. And I believe that fhmesq has quietly had success with his system plays. He posts all plays in one thread so he doesn't get noticed as much because people don't want to dig through the big thread. Plus, it's a system, which a lot of people are weary of. Big Hustla is another option. He did well in NBA last season but went tout halfway through. I can't say whether he'll do the same in baseball, but I think he's a pretty decent capper. Finally, Ibethuge and 5 star bomb are doing well this year, but I can't claim to know enough about their capping abilities to say whether they're good or just hot though. That's not a shot at them, as I respect everyone who contributes here, and each of them certainly do so. They've done very well so far this year so I think they deserve a mention.
Finally, I'm sure I forgot one or two cappers, if not more. Apologies to those I left out.
Agree with that. You seem to be the lone exception to the post records and recent record advertising. I wasn't saying that one shouldn't advertise a recent hot streak. HOwever, I think you will agree that, generally speaking, the guys that don't post records and are streak advertisers are also generally the guys that don't stick around long and/or don't win regularly. As I said, you seem to be the lone exception. However, I still don't understand why you don't post a record.
While you may be a good capper, new posters won't know that and would have to wade through 100s of posts of your's alone to find that out.
